Unwitting bias?

Congratulations to the new Charitable Trust trustees on being selected and I wish them luck taking it forward.

I cannot help noticing though that no less than five of the new trustees are also members of Shetland health board.

I know they are all people who will have the interests of the trust at heart, but I can’t help wondering how they all happened to get there.

Historically there has been no link between Shetland health board and the trust and it may well be in the best interests of Shetland for them to act together in future for our benefit.

However it does raise the question was this planned or was it a happy accident?

If it was planned I feel it was a bit dishonest to look for independent trustees Or was there unwitting bias in the selection process?

The independent consultant who organised the recruitment of trustees was previously involved in recruiting for public appointments for the Scottish government.

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Did previous experience help those who had gone through it before?

I must say that this is not sour grapes on my part. I went through an interview and felt I could have done far better.

Shetland deserves the best trustees it can get. I feel the Shetland public need an answer.

John N Hunter
Nordia
East Voe
Scalloway