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Appointments to advisory board
07/05/2004
Four new members have been reappointed, and the two
existing members re-appointment to the Scottish Industrial
Development Advistory Board.
The four new appointees are:
Professor Robert Beaty OBE is Vice Chair of Court at the
University of Paisley, Vice Chair of the James Watt College
Board of Management and a Visiting Professor in Product
Design at the University of Glasgow. Professor Beaty is
Managing Director of Glencon Ltd and is also a Board Member
of the Scottish Institute for Enterprise and the
Engineering Education Scheme for Scotland. He was formerly
Director of Personal Computer Manufacturing and
Development, IBM Greenock, and Chair of Scottish Enterprise
Renfrewshire.
Archie Bethel OBE is Managing Director of Babcock
Engineering Services and a Board Member of Scottish
Enterprise Lanarkshire. He is also immediate past
President of Scottish Engineering. He was previously Chief
Operating Officer of Motherwell Bridge Group Ltd and a
former Chief Executive of Lanarkshire Development Agency.
Until recently Mr Bethel was also a Member of the Scottish
Advisory Task Force for New Deal.
Afzal Khushi is Managing Director of Jacobs & Turner
Ltd based in Kinning Park Glasgow, which produces the
Trespass range of snowboarding, surfing, and outdoor
clothing. Mr Khushi is a Member of the Scottish Council
for Development and Industry and an Independent Adviser to
the Enterprise Networks Review. He is also a Member of the
Board of Snowsport Industries of Great Britain.
Judith MacKenzie is an Investment Manager with Aberdeen
Murray Johnstone and is currently a Director of Citel
Technologies Ltd. She was formerly a Technology Analyst at
Bell Lawrie White and prior to that a research analyst with
Albert E. Sharp.
The two reappointments are:
Dr Dominic McKay is Managing Director of FCI Systems and
Assembly Division Europe. A mathematician with a PhD in
Colour Physics and a Diploma in Management Studies, he was
a visiting Professor in Business Studies at Glasgow
Caledonian University.
John Quigley is Scottish Regional Secretary of the Trade
Union AMICUS.
These appointments/reappointments will be for three
years and will run until 31 December 2006.
The posts are part-time and Members receive no
remuneration. None of the appointees holds any other
Ministerial Appointment.
The Scottish Industrial Development Advisory Board
(SIDAB) advises Scottish Ministers on the exercise of their
devolved powers under Section 7 of the Industrial
Development Act 1982, specifically in relation to the
Regional Selective Assistance scheme. In practice, SIDAB
provides advice to officials on larger RSA cases, where
grants of over £250,000 are under consideration.
These Ministerial public appointments were 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. None
of these Members, except Mr Quigley, have been involved in
political activity in the last five years. Mr Quigley was
Chair of the Greenock & Inverclyde Constituency Labour
Party from 1983 to 1998.
SIDAB comprises 12 Members including a Chair and, in
accordance with statutory requirements, represents a cross
section of experience at senior level in industry,
commerce, finance and workers' representatives.
Further information on the RSA scheme is available on
the internet at
www.rsascotland.gov.uk