Carol to become the voice of the SIC

BBC Radio Shetland producer Carol Anderson has been appointed to front the council’s new communication team.

She will head a team of two press officers, due to be appointed, as current communication officer Elaine McGregor is to leave at the end of March, and media adviser Tom Morton’s contract has come to an end.

The 49 year old will start in her new job as Shetland Islands Council’s senior communications officer on 1 March.

The appointment was made as part of the council’s improvement programme in the wake of the highly critical Accounts Commission report, last year.

Executive manager Peter Peterson said: “I think that this is a really exciting appointment and one which staff, members and the public will see the benefits of. 

“Carol comes with a wealth of experience.  It’s also nice to be appointing someone local who knows a lot about this council and Shetland.”

Ms Anderson said: “It’s been a privilege and a pleasure to work for Radio Shetland for almost a decade and a half. 

“Over those years I’ve been an avid observer of the council, and I’m excited now to have the chance to make my own contribution to its development, as it faces some of the greatest opportunities and challenges in its history.”