Trustees
Our Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance of the charity and has been drawn from across the country. While, in the past our board was drawn principally from learning disability charities and universities, we now have a board of entirely independent trustees, drawn from the whole population. No trustee has a financial interest in the company. All trustees complete the register of interests. Our Chairperson is Eddie McConnell, who was appointed by the Board in 2018.
Iain Nisbet
TrusteeIain is an Education Law Consultant at Cairn Legal, and former Chair of the Scottish Government Advisory Group on Additional Support for Learning. He joined the Board at SCLD in 2017.
Kenneth Watt
TrusteeKenneth Watt is the Head of Devolved Nations at the Competition and Markets Authority. His background is in policy, public affairs and communications, with previous roles at the British Red Cross, Oxfam and the Scottish Parliament. He joined the board in 2022 and his younger sister has a learning disability.
Ann Dougan
TrusteeAnn is the Director of Cactus Consulting, and a former Board Member at Quarriers. She joined the Board at SCLD in 2017.
Jan Savage
TrusteeJan is the Executive Director of Scottish Human Rights Commission and was previously Director of ENABLE Scotland. She joined the SCLD board in 2022.
Eddie McConnell
ChairEddie is the Chief Executive at Downs Syndrome Scotland. He was previously Director of Development at Sense Scotland and a former Board member at Indepen-dance. Eddie joined the Board at SCLD in 2017. He is also dad to Finlay who is 15 and has Down’s Syndrome.
Fiona Whelan
TrusteeFiona is the Assistant Director (Accessibility & Inclusion) at the University of St Andrews. Fiona joined the board in 2022.
Mark Hull
TrusteeMark is a Chartered Accountant who works as a Relationship Director in the Higher Education team for Bank of Scotland. Mark joined the board at SCLD in 2018.
Marion Gillooly
TrusteeMarion is an Independent Celebrant, who was previously Executive Director of The Dollywood Foundation UK. Marion joined the Board at SCLD in 2017.
