Graham Finlayson

Graham Finlayson has 19 years of experience in pastoral farming in Australia. Together with his wife Cathy, he purchased the 7,000-hectare farm Bokhara Plains in New South Wales in 1999 and began to introduce regenerative planned grazing in 2002. He achieved significant increases in carrying capacity, eventually running more than 1,200 cattle. The property also demonstrated measurable improvements in grass cover, soil quality, water management and biodiversity, and has been profiled by Australia’s Soils for Life programme.

​Graham has received a number of awards in recognition of his achievements. He was awarded the New South Wales Young Farmers of the Year award in 2006, a Regional Primary Production award in 2007 and a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2008. This scholarship allowed him to study regenerative land management on rangelands across the world. Graham has also been employed as a ‘mentor’ to other farmers by the Western Catchment Authority of New South Wales.
Graham graduated with distinction from Longreach Pastoral College in Queensland.

Graham is General Manager of SLM Partners in Australia. He is responsible for managing all operations of the SLM Australia Livestock Fund on its cattle properties in Queensland and New South Wales.
SLM Partners is an investment manager that uses capital to scale up ecological farming and forestry systems. We manage funds and separate accounts, typically investing in land and real assets. We work with institutions, family offices and other long-term investors who want to achieve sustainable financial returns alongside positive environmental impacts. Founded in 2009, we have operations and teams in Europe, the USA and Australia. ​