Speakers

As Chief Officer at Scotland’s Towns Partnership my role is to drive transformative change for our towns through collaboration and partnership with key stakeholders across all sectors.

I have over 25 years’ experience in senior management roles across the retail and business sector in a variety of small, medium and large organisations; including Marks and Spencer and Scotmid Cooperative. Company director and founder of my own business of 19 years, I deliver a consultancy service bringing a wealth of experience in marketing and consumer strategy, retailing expertise and business transformation to SME’s across the UK. A true advocate of independent business, I owned and ran a highly successful online and store for 17 years which was underpinned by a consumer centric digital strategy.  

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, I have a solid foundation in all aspects of multi-channel marketing, brand management and entrepreneurship.  I am also an active and experienced mentor developing leaders bringing out the best in people and enabling confidence and continuous improvement in both business and personal growth.

An ardent supporter of the third and charitable sector, I held a 2 year appointment as chair of the fundraising board at Maggie’s FV which involved a successful tenure in increasing brand awareness, supporting and influencing the fundraising team in exceeding annual income.