Alastair Eric Hotson Salvesen, CBE (29 July 1941 – 9 December 2024) was a British billionaire businessman and heir.
[5] Salvesen was chairman of Dawnfresh Seafoods Ltd, Dawnfresh Holdings Ltd, Scot Trout Ltd, RR Spink and Sons Ltd, Dovecot Studios Ltd, The Dovecot Foundation, Praha Investment Holdings Ltd, Edinburgh New Town Cookery School Ltd, Fettes Enterprises Ltd 1995, and had various other business interests.
[6] In April 2015, the Sunday Times estimated his net worth at £1.0 billion[7] In 2020, Salvesen received £214,363 from the Common Agricultural Policy, which included £64,425 for Greening Practices including a Grey Partridge conservation project on the Whitburgh Farm Estate.
[8] Salvesen was a board member of the early-stage technology and science investor group Archangels from 2009 until he stepped down in March 2019.
[10] Salvesen was appointed a CBE in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to the arts and charity in Scotland.