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Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority
24/07/2006
Five members have been reappointed to the Board of the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority.
The reappointed members are:
Dr Michael Cantlay is Chairman and Managing Director of William Glen Limited which has tourism, leisure and retail interests in Scotland, Canada and the USA. Dr Cantlay was brought up in Callander where he still lives and his business is headquartered. He has recently retired as Deputy Chair of VisitScotland, and was formerly Chair of Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley and an advisory member of the Board of Scottish Enterprise. In 2003 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Stirling University in recognition of his contribution to public service. In January 2006 he became Chair of Forth Valley College.
Isabel Glasgow is Chair of Scottish Natural Heritage West Area Board, member of SNH Main Board, Chair of the Firth of Clyde Forum and Chair of Scotland's Moorland Forum. She was, for many years, Chair of the Scottish Council for National Parks and member of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Interim Committee.
David Hughes-Hallett is an independent Chartered Surveyor and Consultant practising mainly in the area of countryside and the natural heritage, including project monitoring and dispute resolution by mediation. He is a former Director of both the Scottish Landowners Federation and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. He was for seven years a Main Board member of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Currently he is a member of the East Areas Board of Scottish Natural Heritage and a panel member of Waterwatch Scotland. He is Convenor of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Local Access Forum.
Terry Levinthal is the Director of the Scottish Civic Trust. He is an Urban Designer, and has studied architecture, environmental design and planning in Canada and the UK. He is a co-opted member of the Heritage Legislation Review Working Group of the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland and a member of the Scottish Executive's Architecture Policy Progress Group. He was formerly the Vice-Chairman of Built Environment Forum Scotland and has been a Board member of a number of charitable bodies involved in heritage and planning issues across Scotland.
Kate Sankey has a background in environmental and conservation science, sustainable development education and community based lifelong learning. She works part time in the Institute of Education at the University of Stirling. She lives in Stirlingshire on the edge of Flanders Moss NNR, where she runs an organic farm with an associated environmental, craft and IT learning and training centre. She is Vice Chair of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Community Partnership. She is Chairman of Forth Environmental Link and a member of the Scottish Sustainable Development Forum and a former Chief Executive of the Scottish Environmental Education Council.
These re-appointments are for a term of three years and will run from 8th July 2006 until 7th July 2009.
The posts are part-time and attract a remuneration of £186.62 per day for a time commitment of two or three days per month. Isabel Glasgow is a Board Member of Scottish Natural Heritage and is Chair of the Scottish Natural Heritage West Areas Board. Dr Mike Cantlay is Chair of Forth Valley College. None of the other appointees hold other public appointments.
The National Park Authority has 25 members. Its purpose is to deliver the four statutory aims for the National Park in a collective and co-ordinated way.
The National Park's statutory aims are to:
- conserve and enhance the natural and cultural heritage of the area;
- promote sustainable use of the natural resources of the area;
- promote understanding and enjoyment (including enjoyment in the form of recreation) of the special qualities of the area by the public;
- promote sustainable economic and social development of the area's communities.
These Ministerial public appointments were made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice.
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 made public. David Hughes-Hallett has declared political activity on behalf of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. None of the other appointees has declared political activity within the last five years.