Iain Robertson is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University's Brewing and Distilling School in Edinburgh.
He has been appointed distiller of R&B Distillers' Raasay Distillery, which is being constructed at the site of a former Victorian hotel.
In the past, whisky was made illegally on the island off Skye using illicit stills. The new distillery is to due to open in September.
The tiny island of Raasay is to have it first legal whisky distiller.