
Neil Sutherland
Trustee
Neil is the business owner and Managing Director of MAKAR Ltd which delivers services in the built environment sector from design frameworks and master-plans to house design, manufacture and assembly. The company, employing around 25 people, focuses on locally sourced timber construction using progressive off-site techniques and aims to deliver high quality, healthy buildings along with environmental accountability.
Neil engages widely with the policy agenda on the build environment and has formal links with higher education establishments and the construction industry. Based on the family farm just outside Inverness, Neil spends his weekends working with his wife on their organic vegetable farm.