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Deputy Chair appointed to Scottish Natural Heritage
27/05/2005
Keith Geddes was today appointed as Deputy Chair of
Scottish Natural Heritage.
Mr Geddes, who has been a Board Member of SNH since
April 2001, will serve until 31 March 2007. He has been
appointed as Deputy Chair following the retirement of
Michael Scott in April.
Keith Geddes is Policy Director with Pagoda Public
Relations. He is presently Chair of the SNH Audit and Risk
Management Committee and of Greenspace Scotland.
He is a former member of the Scottish Arts Council,
Scottish Enterprise and Livingston Development Corporation.
His is a member of the Accounts Commission for Scotland, a
post which attracts a remuneration of £4,400 per annum.
Until May 1999 Mr Geddes was a Councillor on City of
Edinburgh Council (having been leader of the Council and
Presedent of COSLA). He stood as a Labour candidate in the
1999 Scottish Parliament election and, in 2001, as the
Labour candidate for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale in
the Westminster Parliamentary elections.
This post is part-time and attracts a remuneraion of
£18,733 per annum for a time commitment of six days per
month.
The general aims and purposes of Scottish Natural
Heritage are to secure the conservation and enhancement of
natural heritage and to foster understanding and facilitate
the enjoyment of it