APRS Team

Find out a more about the APRS team who form the day to day operation of APRS, united in our mission to preserve Scotland’s rural landscapes. Any questions? Just drop us an email and we will get back to you.

For Media enquiries call 0131 225 7012 and press 1 or email Kat

Kat Jones – Director

Kat brings two decades of experience in Scottish conservation (SNH, now NatureScot, and then RSPB Scotland, where she led all aspects of working with people, including communications, membership, visitor experience and community engagement). She joined APRS from Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, Scotland’s civil society climate coalition, where she led on their response to COP26. She has a PhD in the behaviour of the much-maligned lesser black-backed gull, enjoys ceilidh calling when the opportunity arises and lives in, and manages an oak woodland at the foot of the Campsie hills. kat@aprs.scot

Kat works Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

Nikki Sinclair – Green Belts Alliance Manager/National Parks Strategy Project Manager

Nikki has degrees in Ecological Science and Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity from Edinburgh University. She worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh before joining the National Trust for Scotland, firstly as a property management planner and then as part of the policy team. Nikki works one day a week managing the APRS Green Belts Alliance Project and does other environmental policy work on a consultancy basis. In March 2022 she took over the role of managing the joint APRS/SCNP Scottish National Parks Strategy Project. nikki@aprs.scot

Nikki works three days a week

Laura MacLeod – Office Manager and Administrator

Laura has worked in the charity sector for over eight years, most recently as Operations Manager for a national grant-giving music charity.  As Office Manager at APRS, Laura manages all aspects of the administrative and office functions, including finance, governance and membership management. Outside of work and raising her young family, she enjoys the great outdoors, particularly discovering new walks or pottering in the garden. info@aprs.scot

Laura works Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays