 | Chair - The Rt Hon Henry McLeish - Mr McLeish has unrivalled experience and political expertise as a former First Minister of Scotland, Minister for Enterprise and Life Long Learning, and Minister for Devolution. He was also Minister for Justice between 1997 and 1999 which included responsibility for prisons. In total, Mr McLeish has over 30 years experience of elected office at Westminster, the Scottish Parliament and Fife Council. |
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 | Chief Constable David Strang - Mr Strang has been Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police since 29 March 2007. He graduated with a BSc degree in Engineering Science from the University of Durham and a MSc degree in Organisational Behaviour from Birkbeck College, University of London. Chief Constable Strang joined the Metropolitan Police in 1980 and rose through the ranks with a variety of operational and staff office postings. |
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 | Richard Jeffrey - Mr Jeffrey is currently the President of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and the Chair of the Edinburgh Tourism Action Group. He is also a board member of several organisations including Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, Edinburgh Convention Bureau and Edinburgh Leisure. Until May of this year Mr Jeffrey was also Managing Director of Edinburgh Airport, a post which he held for six years. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Aberdeen Airport. |
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 | Lesley Riddoch - Lesley Riddoch is a Sony award winning broadcaster and Director of Feisty Ltd - a Dundee based radio, podcast & TV production company. She presents a weekly current affairs programme Riddoch Questions for BBC Scotland and has just published her first book, Riddoch; On the Outer Hebrides. She is a topical newspaper commentator - regular columns in the Guardian and Scotsman won her a place on the 2006 shortlist of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. |
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 | Geraldine Gammell - A graduate from Glasgow University and a chartered accountant by trade, Geraldine Gammell took a career break in 2002 to achieve a better work:life balance. Keen to return to a focused challenging role, she became Director of The Prince's Trust in Scotland, bringing with her valuable private sector experience to building stronger links between The Prince's Trust and private sector funders. |
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Sheriff Alistair Duff - Born in Fife and a graduate of Edinburgh University Sheriff Duff served as a Procurator Fiscal Depute between 1977 and 1981. A criminal defence solicitor from 1981 until 2004 he qualified as a solicitor advocate in 1993. Sheriff Duff has been a member of both the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and the Parole Board. He was appointed Sheriff in Dundee in July 2004 and currently chairs the Dundee branch of the Scottish Association for the Study of Offenders.
Josephine MacLean - Josephine MacLean graduated from Glasgow University in 1967 having obtained a LL.B degree. In 1975 she became Director of Administration and Legal Services of Monklands District Council. In 1990 she was appointed as a full time Stipendiary Magistrate in Glasgow.
Dr Karin Dotter-Schiller - Dr Dotter-Schiller is one of two Deputy Directors-General of the Prison Service in the Federal Ministry of Justice in Vienna, Austria. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna and finished her doctoral studies in 1980. Dr Dotter-Schiller, who has served as a Judge in the District 1 Court of Vienna and as a Public Prosecutor, was one of the founder members of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) - a worldwide organisation dedicated to improving professionalism and standards in the field of corrections and has played an active part in its development.