Iain Robertson was chief executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) from 1990 to 2000 having previously spent 15 years with BP, latterly as director of acquisitions and divestitures in the USA. In addition to other senior industry and voluntary sector roles, he has served as a member of several boards, including the Scottish Tourist Board, Locate in Scotland Supervisory Board and the Cairngorms Partnership.

Mr Robertson is a member of the Accounts Commission and an independent member of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Legal Services gROUP Board. He was recently appointed chair of the Coal Liabilities Strategy Board, which is linked with the latter role.

Graham Bell has been a member of the Scottish Bar since 1980 and a Queen’s Counsel since 1990. He is currently a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Les Campbell is a Chartered Accountant and is currently Finance Director at Student Loans Company Ltd. Before joining Student Loans Company, he was Director of Finance & Corporate Services at Glasgow Housing
Association and prior to that he spent over 25 years in a variety of financial roles in the private sector.

Denise Loney qualified as a solicitor in 1987 and has held a variety of positions in private practice from trainee to partner. Her area of expertise is civil litigation and she is currently a Partner in Semple Fraser LLP, in Glasgow.

Paul McBride joined the Bar in 1988 and became Counsel in the UK in the year 2000. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Faculty of Advocates criminal bar association and has served as an Advocate Depute.

An elected local councillor for Argyll and Bute since 1999, Ellen Morton is a part-time member of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Mrs Morton’s experience includes thirty years in various teaching posts, and managing a business.

David Nicol is a solicitor and partner with Allan McDougall Solicitors, Edinburgh. He has been a legal adviser at a legal clinic run by a voluntary organisation for over 10 years and is a Director of Family Mediation Lothian.

Sheriff Ross has been a sheriff in Dumfries since 2000. He has previously served as a sheriff in Linlithgow for three years and as a temporary sheriff for 10 years. Before becoming a sheriff, he was a solicitor for 23 years. He had an active court practice during which he, for a time, acted as a part-time procurator fiscal. He is a former President of the Law Society of Scotland (1994-95) and served on their Council for nine years.

Graham retired from the Royal Air Force in 2003 as a Group Captain after 31 years service.  He is currently a member of Fife NHS Board where he is Chair of the Audit Committee. He has over 30 years of senior management experience in a wide range of appointments.