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National Galleries of Scotland appointment
13/04/2004
The re-appointment of the Chair of the Board of Trustees
of the National Galleries of Scotland was announced today
by Culture Minister Frank McAveety.
Brian Ivory CBE has been Chair of NGS since June 2000.
He has extensive experience in the Arts world since his
membership of the Scottish Arts Council from 1983-1992 and
his membership of the Arts Council of Great Britain for the
last four years of that period. He is Co-Founder of the
National Piping Centre and was appointed Chair in 1996.
He is also a director of HBOS plc and of Remy Cointreau
SA of France, and Chair of the Scottish American Investment
Company PLC. He was until 1999 Executive Chair of Highland
Distillers plc.
This re-appointment will be for four years and runs from
April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2008.
This post is not remunerated but carries a time
commitment of six days per month. Mr Ivory holds no other
Ministerial appointments.
The National Galleries of Scotland is a Non-Departmental
Public Body (NDPB) and the Board is appointed by, and
accountable to, Scottish Ministers. The National Galleries
of Scotland Act 1906 (as amended by the National Heritage
(Scotland) Act 1985) provides for the Scottish Ministers to
appoint between 7 and 12 Members to the Board of Trustees,
including the Chairman.
NGS comprise the National Gallery of Scotland on the
Mound in Edinburgh, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
on Queen Street and the Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean
Gallery, both at Belford Road. The Royal Scottish Academy
building on the Mound has undergone major refurbishment as
part of the Playfair Project and re-opened in August 2003.
The Galleries also have outstations at Paxton House, near
Berwick, and Duff House in Banff. NGS will receive over
£10.3 million in grant-in-aid from the Scottish Executive
in 2004-05.
This Ministerial public appointment was made in
accordance with the Code of Practice issued by the Office
of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
All appointments are made on merit and political
activity plays no part in the selection process. However,
in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations,
there is a requirement for appointees' political activity
(if there is any to be declared) to be made public. Mr
Ivory declared no political activity.