John Duncan
Chair
John Duncan has been the Chair of Forth Sector’s Board of Trustees and Director’s since 2007 and a board member since 2001. John qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978 and until 2002 he worked in accountancy firms in Scotland, London and even Hong Kong. In 2002 John moved from the world of accountancy to the voluntary sector with time spent as Financial Controller of Maggie’s Centre and then as Director of the English Speaking Union Scotland. John now works on a self-employed basis

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Juliet Cheetham
Juliet is social worker and has worked in probation and after care and mental health services in England and Scotland. 
 
Juliet has also taught social work and medical students at Oxford University and spent some years as a researcher. She had a special interest in immigration and in social work with minorities. Juliet returned to Scotland to set up the Social Work Research Centre at Stirling University to undertake evaluation of the effectiveness of social work services.
 
Juliet was the Social Work Commissioner with the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland and now works for the Social Work Inspection Agency, as well as being a General Member for the Mental Health Tribunals.
 
Juliet became a Forth Sector board member in 2006.

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Alison Mieklejohn
Alison Meiklejohn is Occupational Manager for Royal Edinburgh
Associated Services and Edinburgh Community Partnership. Alison has worked in the field of mental health since 1985. In 1990 Alison became Head Occupational Therapist for In-Patient Rehabilitation Services, a role that expanded to include specialist services, acute psychiatry, older people, children and adolescent mental health, physical disablities and, in particular vocational rehabilitation. It is through vocational rehabilitation that Forth Sector first came to Alison’s attention.  Alison joined the board in 2006

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Andy Hunter
Andy Hunter founded Edinburgh Community Trust (later to become Forth Sector) in 1981 with a group of like-minded trustees. The aim was to distribute funding and grants to projects that were a bit riskier or more innovative and were less likely to attract mainstream funding. The Trust believed that meaningful work contributed to an individual’s mental health and wellbeing.

For many years Andy worked for Garvald Edinburgh, a charity providing day, accommodation and support services for adults with disabilities.

In June 2008 Andy moved into a completely different area when he set up his own business, Storybikes, providing bespoke cycle tours with stories along the way.

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Iain Stevenson
Following a degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Ian Stevenson has worked in a range of businesses, most recently working on a range of applications to telecommunications providers based on a proprietary platform technology. During 2009 Ian participated in the prestigious Saltire Fellowship, a tailored programme aimed at producing the next generation of business leaders for Scotland. He learned about all aspects of business including leadership, entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, innovation management, and accounting and experienced working in a global marketing organisation on a three month placement with Sun Microsystems in Silicon Valley. Ian is currently in a marketing role with Scottish technology company ATEEDA. Ian has been on the board of Forth Sector since 2009.

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Kate Storrow
Kate Storrow is Employment and Learning Services Manager for RNIB, a post she has held since 2000. Kate manages teams in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow who help over 60 blind and partially sighted people a year into jobs and help to retain over 100 jobs. Kate is also involved in the design and delivery of the £2.5 million Employment and Learning Centre at Jewel and Esk College through RNIB.

Kate began her career as a care assistant working with blind children, before moving into further education for visually impaired students. She has worked for RNIB in a number of roles since 1990.
Kate is also an Associate Board Member of the Scottish Union of Supported Employment.
Kate joined Forth Sector in 2009.

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Craig Russell
Craig is Deputy Director for Efficiency and Transformational Government Division at the Scottish Government, which includes responsibility for shared services, benchmarking, Public Sector ICT Policy, Identity and Privacy Policy e-Care and GIS.  Previous posts have included responsibilities for the Year 2000 Compliance programme, and the Management of Change, Efficiency Planning and Performance Management programmes. His background is in Internal Consultancy, including Market Testing and Soft System Analysis.  He also worked as an architectural photographer for 10 years with the Ancient Monuments Commission. Craig joined Forth Sector’s board in 2009.

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Roy Durie
Roy Durie has had a long career specialising in the sale and valuation of public property. He also has extensive experience in the valuation, sale and relocation of industrial properties.
A Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the British Institute for Management, Roy has worked for the Ministry of Defence and many health boards among other clients in the public property sector. He is also an Arbiter/Independent Expert called in respect of rent review and capital valuation disputes in Scotland as an Arbiter of RCIS.
Roy has been a board member of Forth Sector since 2006.

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Mike Harland
Mike Harland is an independent consultant with over 36 years of practical experience in social work, housing and social policy development with local and central government, NGOs and Civil Society - both in the UK and Eastern Europe.

Since 1994 he has predominantly worked on social reform programmes in Albania, Romania, Lithuania, Armenia Russia, Kyrgyzstan and change management in the UK. Mike has also designed and developed a wide variety of grant programmes including assessment, evaluation and monitoring. Currently, Mike is working in Russia developing the creation of social enterprises / firms and a sustainable enterprise programme.
Mike joined the board of Forth Sector in 1991.

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