Board of Directors
Maybe we should have titled this section Rogues Gallery! But we thought you'd appreciate putting a face to the name of those volunteers on the Trust's Board of Directors.
Paul Wadge
Elected 30/11/20. Paul is relatively new to Culbokie having moved here with Fiona in December 2019 from Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire. Paul’s career, spanning 43 years, was in telecoms manufacturing - initially as a programmer in the very early days of development of software to control tele...
Chairperson
Alison Petch
Elected 3/10/16. Alison returned full time to the family home in Culbokie when she retired in 2015. After training in planning and in social work, she spent her working life in health and social care. Initially this was as a university based researcher. Latterly she led two third sector organisation...
Vice-Chair
Jillian MacKenzie
Elected 02/12/2014. Jillian is a Chartered Accountant originally from Sutherland but moved down to Ross-shire and then Culbokie from 2006 due to work. Jillian is from farming family and this area of work remains much of her routine in Frame Kennedy, a long standing accountancy practice she runs with...
Company Secretary and Treasurer
Marilyn Richards
Elected 2/12/14. I retired to Culbokie in December 2013 having spent my whole life living in small communities and since then have been involved in a variety of volunteer roles within the community. For 30 years I worked near Greenock and then in Kirkwall as a Maths teacher in a variety of promoted ...
Minute Secretary
Richard Fyfe
Elected 2/12/14. Richard has lived in Culbokie since moving from Dingwall in 2001. He retired from SEPA in May 2021. He worked for SEPA in Dingwall as a Chemist before becoming a specialist in environmental regulation. He also has experience in dealing with planning and Scottish Water issues and has...
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Penny Edwards
Elected 2/12/14. Penny’s career has been in rural development, countryside management and forestry. Previous jobs have included Head of Strategy with the Central Scotland Countryside Trust, Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and Field Officer with the British Trust for Conservation v...
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Mark Douglas
Elected 26/10/15. Mark is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, having studied in Glasgow, and has worked in the construction industry for the past 30-years. He moved to Inverness in 2000 having worked in the Highlands and Islands for a number of years, whilst commuting on a weekly basis from Glasgow. Mark...
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Angie Morris
Elected 26/11/18. Angie has lived in Culbokie for 19 years. Having taught in a sixth form college in Hampshire, secondary schools in South Wales and as voluntary secretary of the Henville Educational Foundation in Hamble, her background is in education and the performing arts. Since moving to the Hi...
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