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Scottish Screen Board appointment
25/06/2004
A member of the Board of Scottish Screen has been
re-appointed by the Culture Minister.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport,FrankMcAveety, today announced the re-appointment
of Donald Emslie, who was first appointed to the Board
of Scottish Screen in July 2000.
Mr Emslie is the Chief Executive of SMG
Television, Chairman of ITV Council and the GMTV Board
and is a vice president of the Royal Television Society
(RTS). He is also Chairman of the Royal Lyceum Theatre
Company and Chair of the Scottish Industry Skills Panel
and a Board Member of Skillset.
This reappointment will be for four years and will
run fromJuly 1, 2004toJune 30, 2008.
This post is part-time and attracts no remuneration.
There is a time commitment of six meetings per year but
Board members may be involved in additional meetings and
events. Mr Emslie holds no other public
appointments.
Scottish Screen develops, encourages and promotes
every aspect of film, television and new media inScotland. Working with the Scottish Executive,
Scottish Screen's purpose is to establish
Scotlandas a major screen production centre and project
Scottish culture to the world. Scottish Screen
receives Grant-In-Aid from the Executive of £2.685 million
per year and distributes Lottery funds for film production
of around £3 million per year.
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 Emslie declared no political
activity.