Big reshuffle at charitable trust

SHETLAND Charitable Trust has announced the appointment of four new trustees, a move that completes a major reshuffle of its board.

They are:

• Ryan Leith, who works as port controller at Lerwick Port Authority;
• Alan Ockendon, who worked in finance and administration in the salmon and mussel industries;
• Ken Harrison, who recently moved to Yell from Cheshire after a career in senior management in local government;
• Robert Leask, who has worked in senior management teams in the private and public sectors, including the Scottish Government.

In addition, two new trustees, Emma Miller and Robbie Leask, who were recruited last summer, have now taken up their positions.

These appointments follow the unopposed election of Dr Andrew Cooper as the trust’s new chairman and Margaret Roberts as vice-chair.

The posts had become vacant after the retirement of Bobby Hunter who had served two four-year terms on the trust.

Also standing down at the end May after serving eight years as an appointed trustee was James Smith, the charitable trust’s only director on SCT Renewables Limited, the company that holds the trust’s stake in the Viking Energy project.

TrusteesPeter Malcolmson, Keith Massey and Tom Macintyre have meanwhile decided not to seek re-appointment after their initial four years on the trust.

Dr Cooper said: “A warm welcome to our new trustees. I look forward to working with them on the core aims of the trust, to enhance the lives of people in Shetland.”

Thecharitable trust now comprises of 12 trustees, a board size agreed in June last year. They are: Andrew Cooper (chairman), Margaret Robert (vice-chair), Jolene Garriock, Ken Harrison, Yvette Hopkins, Robert Leask, Robbie Leask, Ryan Leith, Emma Miller, Ian Napier, Alan Ockendon and Drew Ratter.