The Board
The Cairngorms National Park Authority's board comprises 25 members. The Scottish Ministers appoint ten members, another ten are nominated to the Board by the four councils in the Park area - Highland, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus Councils - and five are elected locally. The members will serve between 18 months and four years.
The Register of Board Members' interests can be downloaded as a PDF or as a Text file.
Members' Code Of Conduct
The Scottish public has a high expectation of those who serve on the boards of public bodies and the way in which they should conduct themselves in undertaking their duties. The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 provides for new Codes of Conduct and established a Standards Commission for Scotland to administer the requirements and deal with any alleged breaches of the codes.
Members of the Cairngorms National Park Authority must meet those expectations by ensuring that their conduct is above reproach at all times.
The Code of Conduct can be downloaded as a PDF.
David Green is the Convener of the Cairngorms National Park Authority Board. A self-employed crofter who has diversified into tourism based on the croft, he lives in Ross and Cromarty. He was a Crofters Commissioner until September 2002, Convener of Highland Council until May 2003 and Chair of the Crofters Commission until March 2007. In June 2007 David was awarded
an OBE for services to Local Government and crofting.
Eric
Baird is currently Deputy Convener of the Park Authority Board and Convener of the Audit Committee. He is Head Ranger on the Glen Tanar estate, has specialist knowledge of countryside issues and sits on the Grampian Regional Forestry Forum.
Cllr Francis
(Stuart) Black (Highland Council - Scottish Liberal Democrat) is a board member of North Areas Board of Scottish Natural Heritage and Chairman of Explore Abernethy, a community project involving the creation of a local footpath network. He serves on a number of Highland Council’s committees, is a former member of the Cairngorms Partnership Board and has been a Strathspey hill farmer for over 40 years.
Geva Blackett, Chief Executive of the Scottish Countryside Alliance was elected for Ward 5. She is passionate about the people of the Park and the wildlife & countryside that provide the economic and social backdrop to our lives. As a Board Member she works hard for the future of our iconic, managed landscapes so that local people, living in local houses can do local jobs.
Duncan
Bryden is a self employed Rural Development consultant with a professional ecological background. He has undertaken a wide range of recreational and tourism-related activities within the Park.
Nonie
Coulthard from Glen Isla is a consultant in ecology and biodiversity nd has experience working in conservation management in Africa and Scotland. She is a keen participant in many outdoor activities and is a member of the Cairngorms Local Outdoor Access Forum.
Cllr Jacqueline (Jaci) Douglas (Highland Council) was elected to Highland Council in May 2007 as an Independent councillor. Jaci returned to Scotland in 2003, having lived and worked abroad for a number of years, and lives and works in Grantown on Spey. She was a founding member and organiser of the Cairngorms Farmers Market and worked for Grantown Initiative, an organisation which seeks to support local community groups. Jaci sits on the council's Education, Culture and Sport Committee and Gaelic Committee.
Cllr David Fallows (Highland Council), a former United Kingdom representative to United Nations and EC Committees on Electronic Data Interchange Standards, has lived in Newtonmore for over 18 years and with his wife started the Newtonmore Craft Centre and Gallery. Before becoming a councillor, he was chairman of the Newtonmore Vicinity Community Council and has been a board member of Cairngorms Chamber of Commerce and Strathspey Community Transport Company. David has been instrumental in the growth of community web sites in Badenoch and Strathspey. He sits on the council's Housing and Social Work Committee.
Lucy
Grant is a partner in the family livestock farm and has developed a good general knowledge of the area’s issues.
Cllr Andrew (Drew) Hendry (Highland Council) was elected as a Highland Councillor in May 2007. He has an established background in senior retail and manufacturing management and has worked at Director level with a multinational company before setting up his own Business in 1999. He is chair of the council's Planning, Environment and Development Committee and sits on the Education, Culture and Sport Committee.
Cllr Marcus Humphrey (Aberdeenshire Council – Scottish Conservative) is a Chartered Surveyor who has been involved in farming, forestry, tourism and land management in the Park area. He is currently Deputy Provost of Aberdeenshire Council and Vice-Chairman of the Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee.
Robert Kinnaird from Kingussie, is Chief Executive of CairnGorm Mountain Limited and is a Director of the Aviemore and Cairngorm Destination Management Organisation. He is a member of the Scottish Tourism Innovation Group and is a qualified trainer of ski instructors and qualified mountaineering instructor.
Cllr Bruce
Luffman JP (Aberdeenshire Council – Scottish Conservative) is the CNPA representative on the North East Scotland Tourism Group. He is a member of the North Board of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and Chairman of the South Aberdeenshire Licensing Board. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee on Aberdeenshire Council. Bruce and his wife run a B&B in Strathdon.
Eleanor
Mackintosh was elected for Ward 4 and is Convener of the Finance Committee. She lives in Glenlivet and helps at home on the farm having previously been a financial adviser with the Clydesdale Bank. She serves on various community groups.
Cllr Ian Mackintosh (Angus Council) is a farmer (third generation) and member for Kirriemuir and Dean ward. At present, Ian is a member of NFUS Environment and Land Use Committee and has been president of Angus NFU twice. He is a land manager member of Angus Local Access Forum. Ian has over 12 years experience in local government; is Depute Leader of the Council, Convener of the Council's Civic Licensing Committee and Convener of the Tayside Police Joint Board.
Anne
MacLean has an interest in Human Resource issues, disability rights and awareness and is a board member of the Highland Society for Blind People, the Royal National Institute of the Blind Scotland and Albyn Housing Society. She served as an Assessor for the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland for six years until June 2006.
Alastair
MacLennan was born in Grantown-on-Spey and is a farmer who has diversified into tourism and other business ventures being a demonstration farmer since 2000. He has been at the forefront of the LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) initiative and is a director of the Cairngorms Farmers Market Association. He sits on the National Access Forum, Cairngorms FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group), and the National Farmers Union’s Land Use and Environment Committee. He is Chairman of the Cairngorms Farmers Market Association and was previously a board member with the Cairngorms Partnership.
Mary McCafferty was elected for Ward 3 and has a thirty year professional background in education. She is a Justice of the Peace and currently serves on the Bench at Badenoch & Strathspey District Court. She is a member of the Community Council and works closely with a number of local agencies, is a Trustee and secretary of the Dulnain Bridge Village Hall and administrator for Dulnain Bridge Community Company. She has also been involved with the Sunshine Club for twenty five years and is a member of Grantown Twinning Association.
William McKenna was elected for Ward 2. He worked locally in the skiing business for over 20 years and is a part-time ranger on the Rothiemurchus Estate. He is currently involved with Aviemore Community Company, the Citizens Advice Information Service and CRAGG (Cairngorms Rothiemurchus and Glenmore Group) as a member of the community association.
Cllr Fiona Murdoch (Moray Council) was brought up on a farm outside Dufftown in Moray. Previously a partner in the family farm business, Fiona also worked as a journalist for twenty years. In more recent years, Fiona has run several businesses, including a holiday cottage business, a small printing firm, a specialist whisky shop and was one of the original instigators of Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Fiona was elected as independent councillor for the Speyside-Glenlivet ward in May 2007.
Cllr Sandy Park (Highland Council – Independent) was elected as Convener of the Highland Council in May 2007. He has been involved in outdoor pursuits in the National Park area for over 40 years.
Andrew
Rafferty was elected for Ward 1 and is the principal vet in the Strathspey Veterinary Centre. He lives on a smallholding near Aviemore and is a director of Laggan Forest Trust.
Cllr Richard
Stroud (Aberdeenshire Council - Liberal Democrat) previously worked with the Community Education Service in the Upper Deeside/Donside areas and has considerable contact with community organisations and individuals in these areas through his professional work. He is an active mountaineer and ski mountaineer.
Susan
Walker OBE is a specialist in water and land. She is currently a board member of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Deer Commission for Scotland and a member of the Fisheries (Electricity) Committee and Waterwatch Scotland. She served as a board member of Scottish Natural Heritage for six years until March 2006.
Ross
Watson from Nethybridge is a nature reserve warden and ghillie and has experience of nature conservation both within the Cairngorms National Park and in National Parks in Tanzania and South Africa. He is also a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament where he is Convener of the Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.
