About Us / The People
Michael & Susan Gibson
Michael and Susan bought Macbeth’s over twenty years ago and have built it up over that time.
They live at
Edinvale Farm, the main beef supplier to Macbeth’s, and (although we are frantically trying to retire them), they still take a very active part in the business.
Michael Gibson trained originally as an accountant, which he persevered with for a number of years before he decided that it was not for him. At this point he bought Edinvale and ‘rustled’ the two Highland cows that had belonged to his parents to adorn their garden.
From these fairly modest beginnings Michael and Susan developed their highland herd, successfully winning prizes at shows throughout Scotland.
In recent times, Michael has been instrumental in his work with organisations such as the Scottish Land Owners Federation, The Highland Cattle Society, The Food Standards Agency and more recently the Macaulay Institute.
Susan Gibson has been the mainstay of the Macbeth’s operation for the last twenty years and is largely responsible for where it has reached today.
She has steered the company through difficult times, notably the BSE crisis in 1997 and more recently the Foot and Mouth outbreaks.
Both Michael and Susan enjoy their outdoor pursuits including skiing, walking and field sports as well as an awesome appreciation for good food and wine! It is largely this that gives them the passion which lies behind Macbeth’s.
Jock Gibson
Jock started out his professional life as a consultant engineer in Peterborough before moving to Glasgow to do a stint there.
Having decided that there was probably more to life than the traditional 9-5 (occasionally 6,7 or 8), he moved back up north to start running Macbeth’s in 2006.
His aim is to build on the success that his parents started and promote the business on the mail order market.
Outside of Macbeth’s, Jock is a keen sailor, having done several trips to Scandinavia, one “across the pond”, and extensively sailed around the west coast of Scotland.
He also enjoys his skiing as well as anything else that can get him outside.
Chris, Cyril, Stuart, Willie & Kevin
The guys behind the meat!! Chris has been with us at Macbeth’s since we bought it and started as an apprentice.
We are fortunate in that he has decided that he seems to reasonably like it here and is now running the behind the scenes operation.
To help him is Cyril, a very experienced butcher who is primarily responsible for the mail orders and front of house activities.
Stuart looks after the manufacturing side of life and we recently hired Willie as an apprentice and Kevin, who has a number of years experience in the industry.