Scottish Forest Industries Cluster
Forest Industries Advisory Board

Following the recent announcement, the following have been appointed as members of the Advisory Board (initially for 2 - 4 years).  A chair will be selected at the first meeting, after which time Stefan Kay OBE will step down as Interim Chair.

Mr Alexander (Alex) Brownlie, Group Director, BSW Timber plc
Mr Tom R Bruce Jones, Director, James Jones & Sons Ltd
Mr Steve Lavery, Managing Director, Tilhill Forestry Ltd
Mr Hamish Macleod, Joint Managing Director, Howie Forest Products
Mr Colin Mann, Managing Director, Scottish Woodlands Ltd
Mr Richard Palmer, Commercial Director, A W Jenkinson Forest Products
Mr Bob Stubbs, Consultant
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 - representative yet to be confirmed. 

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, and from Highlands & Islands Enterprise, working in partnership with the Confederation of Forest Industries ltd (ConFor). 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.

  Fiona Angier - Research Projects Manager, Confederation of Forest Industries  (ConFor)

  James Alexander - Industries Directorate, Scottish Enterprise 

  Simon Armstrong - Timber Transport Project Manager, Confederation of Forest Industries  (ConFor)

Roger Coppock - Policy Advisor, Business Development, Forestry Commission Scotland

 

    Jamie Farquhar - Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor)

Jean Finlayson - Coordinator, Scottish Forest Industries Cluster / ConFor

  Charlie Fulton - Facilitator, South Scotland Forest Industries Cluster

Andy Leitch - Timber Development/Timber Transport, Forestry Commission Scotland

Stuart MacFarlane - Skills Development Scotland Ltd (Careers Scotland)

  Andy McDonald - Director, Industry Co-ordination, Scottish Enterprise

Stewart Meikle - Facilitator, Highland Forest Industries Cluster