Board & Advisory Council

Our Board and Advisory Council bring an extensive range of expertise, support and guidance to help steer us in the right direction and deliver our strategy.

• Elma Murray OBE (Chair)   

• Colin Sneddon (Vice Chair) – Consumer Investments, Financial Conduct Authority

• Amy Simmons (Vice Chair) – young person

• Brenda Scott (Company Secretary) – Partner, Brodies Solicitors 

• Adam Bennett – Chief Executive, ProjectChange

• Ian Campbell – Independent

• Ellie Craig – young person

• Martin Coppack – Director, Fair by Design Campaign 

• Emmanuella Damptey – Student, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland & young person

• Tim Frew – Chief Executive, YouthLink Scotland 

• Louise Long – Chief Executive, Inverclyde Council

• John Dickinson – Associate Director, Global Inclusion, Equity and Diversity at Kimberly-Clark

• Mairéad Reid – Student, University of Glasgow & young person

• Fraser Macdonald - Deputy Director at Data for Children Collaborative

• Martin Raymond - Director, Cloudline Public Relations

Our Board plays a significant part in Young Scot. They are responsible for our overall governance and strategic direction, developing our organisational aims, objectives and goals in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, legal and statutory guidelines.

Young Scot Board Essential Reading:

• Young Scot Strategic Plan 22-25: our direction of travel, priorities and plans until 2025.

• Young Scot Governance, Code of Conduct & Ethics Policy: the principles and practices that our Board must follow whilst carrying out their duties and responsibilities.

• Guidance and good practice for Charity Trustees: the charity trustee duties set out in The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

• Governance Code for the Third Sector: the core principles of good governance for the boards of charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises in Scotland.

• Duties under Companies Act 2006 and responsibile to Companies House.