| Scottish Forest Industries Cluster Forest Industries Advisory Board
Following the announcement, the following have been appointed as members of the Advisory Board (initially for 2 - 4 years).
Mr Alexander (Alex) Brownlie, Group Director, BSW Timber plc Mr Tom R Bruce Jones, Joint Managing Director, James Jones & Sons Ltd Mr Steve Lavery, Managing Director, UPM Tilhill Mr Colin Mann, Managing Director, Scottish Woodlands Ltd Dr Ed Suttie, Centre for Materials & Engineering, Building Research Establishment Mr Fergus Tickell, Managing Director, Northern Energy Developments Ltd Mr George Webb, Group Purchasing Manager, Norbord Ltd
Ex officis members: Scottish Enterprise Ms Margaret Watson, Head of Forest Industries
Forestry Commission Scotland Dr Bob McIntosh, Director
Confederation of Forest Industries Ltd Mr Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive
Highlands & Islands Enterprise Ms Elaine Hanton/Ms Audrey MacIver, Key Sectors: Energy Team
Minutes of meetings: 2008 - May, June, September, November 2009 - February, May
Cluster activities are carried out under the overall guidance of the Advisory Board comprising key individuals from across Scotland's forest industries, with the original vision and commitment to take forward the strategy outlined in Roots for Growth. The previous Leadership Group met for the first time in October 2000 under the Chairmanship of Mr Sandy Brownlie CBE, Chairman of BSW Timber plc. Mr Stefan Kay OBE took over as Chairman in January 2002 and served until the group's dissolution in February 2008.
Cluster Team The work of the Advisory Board is supported by the Scottish Enterprise Executive Team, who are drawn from across the Scottish Enterprise network, representatives from Highlands & Islands Enterprise, the Regional Cluster network and the Cluster Support Unit. These include:
Margaret Watson - Head of Forest Industries, Scottish Enterprise Margaret Watson is currently Head of Forest Industries at Scottish Enterprise (SE). Margaret joined SE in 2005 as a member of Dumfries & Galloway's Sector Development Team, with responsibility for the Forestry Sector and the Scottish Forest Industries Regional Clusters. She trained as a Chartered Surveyor at Cirencester and having worked throughout England in that field, she spent 16 years as Estate Manager at Forrest Estate, Dalry, Ayrshire before joining SE. The daughter of a forester, Margaret has a life-long affinity with the industry. Her work at the highly acclaimed Forrest Estate involved the development of renewable energy schemes involving both hydro and wind power.
James Alexander - Industries Directorate, Scottish Enterprise
 Jamie Farquhar - National Manager for Scotland, Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor)
Charlie Fulton - Facilitator, South Scotland Forest Industries Cluster
Claire Glaister - Facilitator, North East Scotland Forest Industries Cluster
Richard Howard - Renewable Energy, Scottish Enterprise (South)
Brenda Joyce - Project Manager, Priority Industries, Scottish Enterprise (West)
Andy Leitch - Timber Development/Timber Transport, Forestry Commission Scotland
Steve Luker - Facilitator, Mid Scotland Forest Industries Cluster
t.b.c. - Skills Development Scotland Ltd (Careers Scotland)
 Andy McDonald - Director of Industry Co-ordination, Scottish Enterprise
Stewart Meikle - Facilitator, Highland Forest Industries Cluster
 Roland Stiven - Timber Transport Project Manager, Timber Transport Forum
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