Composition
Chief Executive and Secretary: Anton Colella
- Rod Ashley, CA
- Graeme Bissett, CA
- Catherine Burnet, CA
- James (Jim) Boyle, CA
- Jim Coyle, CA
- Bruce Cartwright, CA
- Geoffrey (Geoff) Cook, CA
- Anna Coutts Donald, CA
- Robert Dick, CA
- Andrew Dougal, CA
- Elizabeth Gammie, CA
- Guy Jubb, CA
- Gavin MacKenzie, CA
- Jim Pettigrew, CA
- Marta Phillips, OBE, CA
- Bruce Pritchard, CA
- John Sharkey, CA
- Graeme Sheils, CA
- Janet (Jandy) Stevenson, FCA
- Rob Waddelow, CA
- Ronnie Wilson, CA
- Neil Young, CA
Public Interest Members: Rhona Brankin, Quinton Quayle, Niall Scott, Robert Black
Terms of Reference
- To ensure the objects of the Royal Charters are achieved in a manner consistent with regulatory body status
- To determine strategies and tactics necessary to achieve the objects and to monitor their efficiency
- To ensure the effective management and direction of the Institute's affairs
- To establish the boards and committees specified in the Royal Charters and other such bodies as the Council considers necessary to enable it to discharge effectively its duties under Charter and statute
- Generally, to ensure that high standards of corporate governance are observed at all times
as at 25 May 2011.
Council & Executive Team Profiles
Professor Sir David Tweedie, CA, President
Sir David was educated at Edinburgh University (BCom 1966, PhD 1969) and qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant in 1972. After qualifying he taught accounting for six years at Edinburgh University.
He was appointed Technical Director of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) in 1978 and moved in 1982 to the position of national technical partner of the then Thomson McLintock & Co.
In 1987 his firm merged with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co and he was appointed national technical partner of KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock. During this period he was also Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the UK's Auditing Practices Committee from 1986 to 1990 and the UK's representative on the International Auditing Practices Committee from 1983 to 1988.
In 1990, Sir David was appointed the first full-time Chairman of the (then) newly created Accounting Standards Board, the committee charged with the responsibility for producing the UK's accounting standards. In January 2001 he was appointed the first Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) until his term ended in June 2011.
He is a Fellow of the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and a visiting Professor of Accounting in the Management School at Edinburgh University, having previously held visiting professorships at the Universities of Lancaster and Bristol. He has received honorary degrees from eight British universities.
He was knighted in 1994 and has been awarded The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ Founding Societies Centenary Award for 1997, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants’ Award for 1998, The International Federation of Accountants International (IFAC) Gold Service Award for 2011 and The International Accounting Bulletin Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 – all for services to the Accounting Profession.
Sir David is a member of IFAC’s Nominating Committee and is Chairman of Leuchie House, Scotland's charity giving respite care to those with degenerative diseases and to their families.
Office Bearers
Anton Colella, ICAS Chief Executive
Anton joined ICAS in October 2006 as Chief Executive, following five years as Chief Executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Prior to SQA, he held various teaching posts including Teacher of RE at Holyrood Secondary School, Glasgow; Principal Teacher of RE at St Columba’s High School, Gourock; and Depute Head Teacher at St Margaret Mary’s Secondary School, Glasgow.
Anton is a Council member of the Confederation of British Industry Scotland (CBI). He is chairman of the Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS is an independent, educational charity representing over 70 member schools in Scotland, which educate more than 32,000 children of mixed abilities from diverse backgrounds. SCIS promotes choice, diversity and excellence in Scottish education). He is also trustee of Columba 1400 (a social enterprise devoted to releasing the potential of young people who have weathered tough times).
Former affiliations include being a member of the Skills Advisory Board for the MoD, Vice-Chairman of Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Board Member of Scottish Further Education Unit and a member of the Quality Assurance Agency Scotland Committee.
Brendan Nelson, CA, Deputy President
Brendan trained as a CA with Thomson McLintock & Co in Glasgow and London. He qualified in 1973 and joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co London in 1974. Peat Marwick Mitchell and Thomson McLintock merged to form KPMG. He was made a partner in KPMG in 1984 and had a distinguished career in professional practice with KPMG, where he became Vice-Chairman of the UK firm and was also Global Chairman of the Banking and Financial Services networks of KPMG International.
Brendan joined the Board of RBS plc in April 2010 as a non-executive director. He chairs the Group Audit Committee. In November 2010 he was appointed as a non-executive director of BP plc, where he sits on the Chairman’s Committee and chairs the Audit Committee. Additionally, Brendan served as a member of the Practitioner Panel for six years. This is the statutory body established by the Financial Services and Markets Act to advise the Financial Services Authority and to report publicly on the views of the FSA’s work.
Brendan is a past Council member of ICAS and Chaired the Institute’s Audit Committee between 2005 and 2008.
Jann Brown, CA
, Vice-President
Jann trained with KPMG, qualified as a CA in 1990, and immediately went on to complete her CTA in 1991. She stayed with KPMG until 1997, specialising in corporate tax. In 1997, she moved to Deloitte & Touche but could not resist the call of a role in industry and moved to Cairn Energy plc in 1998, initially as Group Tax Manger and later moving to Group Financial Controller then Finance Director, a post she has held since 1996. This current role includes responsibility for employee matters and investor relations within Cairn, now a FTSE 100 company.
Outside of this role, she has been actively involved with Arts in Business in Scotland, holding board level responsibilities.
Council
Rod Ashley, CA
Rod is Chief Executive of Scotwest Credit Union, a Scottish based mutual deposit taker.
In 1990, he commenced his CA training with Alexander Sloan & Co. in Glasgow, leading to membership of ICAS in 1993. He moved to Coopers & Lybrand before joining Scotwest Credit Union as a manager in 1996, becoming Chief Executive in 2004. In 2000, he was invited to serve on the Credit Union consultation panel of the Financial Services Authority in the lead up to the FSA assuming full regulatory powers over Credit Unions. Rod is a recipient of the World Council of Credit Unions World Young Credit Union professional scholarship and he has served on the Smaller Businesses Practitioner Panel of the Financial Services Authority. He was elected to the Council of ICAS in 2008.
Rod has been an ICAS marker and question writer over a number of years and has assisted students in the preparation for the Institute’s examinations.
Graeme Bissett, CA
Graeme qualified with Arthur Andersen in 1982, became a partner in 1990 and had profit responsibility for the Audit & Business Advisory and Corporate Finance practices in Scotland. In 1998, he joined Kwik-Fit Holdings plc as Group Director of Finance, followed by two years as CFO of a global telecoms group.
Graeme was a member and then Convener of the Institute’s Accounting Standards Committee and of the Technical Liaison Committee over the period 1993-2002. In recent years, Graeme has developed a portfolio of activities, including consultancy and non-executive Chairman and advisory roles with Listed and Private companies in the retail, logistics, packaging, distribution and hospitality sectors. Graeme is Chair of the Children’s Welfare Charity, Children 1st and is currently Convener of the Institute’s Regulation and Compliance Board.
James (Jim) Boyle, CA
Jim completed his CA training in Arthur Andersen’s Glasgow office. He qualified in 1994 and remained as a manager with Arthur Andersen until 2002. In 2002 he joined Deloitte as an Audit Director and in June 2005 he was admitted to the Deloitte partnership. Jim’s audit portfolio includes a number of high profile listed, privately owned and PE-backed businesses across a range of industries including retail, manufacturing, media, technology, leisure, transport and food and drink.
Now principally based in the Edinburgh office, Jim also leads Deloitte’s Entrepreneurial Business team in Scotland and is a corporate member of the Entrepreneurial Exchange. He is a course adviser to the Strathclyde Business School Management Development Programme.
Jim joined the ICAS Qualification Board in November 2007 and in 2011 succeeded Jock Lennox as Chairman of the Board. Jim took up his Council seat for the Glasgow & West constituency at the AGM in 2011.
Catherine Burnet, CA
Catherine is a partner with KPMG and is head of the firm’s financial services audit practice in Scotland.
Catherine trained with KPMG in Edinburgh, where she qualified as a CA in 1997. She then relocated to London where she specialised in financial services clients, and continued this focus on her return to Edinburgh in 2000. Catherine became an audit partner in 2009 when she relocated to Chicago to spend 2 years working on global banking clients in the US. She returned to Edinburgh in 2011 and has a client portfolio across the full range of financial sector including investment management, banking and insurance.
Catherine joined the Audit Committee in April 2012 and is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Bruce Cartwright, CA
Bruce has been involved in the restructuring market in Scotland for 25 years and has handled both solvent restructurings and a wide range of formal insolvency appointments. Bruce is Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and a member of Council.
Recent corporate assignments include the sale of Sovereign Oilfield Services and the Sub Ocean Group (both following Administration), the Administration of Globespan Airline, the Administration of Kilmartin property group and the Heritors property group. He is also currently involved in the restructuring/refinancing of a number of companies in the leisure, media and manufacturing sectors.
Within the public sector, Bruce has completed the restructuring of an NHS Health Economy based in the North of England. As Administrator of the Lighthouse Trust, he negotiated the transfer of the national architecture centre to Glasgow Council supported by the Scottish Executive and their sponsored programmes. He was adviser to the Scottish Executive on the restructuring and refinancing of a life-line ferry services operator.
Bruce is also involved in assisting both companies and Pension Scheme Trustees in addressing pension scheme deficit funding issues.
Bruce presented to the Scottish Parliamentary Committee on the proposed diligence and debt reform which culminated in the Scottish Bankruptcy and Diligence Act 2007. In February 2010, he appeared before the Scottish Parliamentary Committee in relation to the current economic and financial services crisis. In February 2010, he appeared before the Scottish Bill Committee in relation to the re-reservation of elements of Scottish insolvency legislation.
Geoffrey (Geoff) Cook, CA
Geoff became a CA in 1988 after training with Scott Oswald & Co., Inverness. He joined BBH Luxembourg in 1997, having spent the previous eight years with Price Waterhouse in the investment management and banking practices of their London, Luxembourg and New York offices. Mr. Cook, who was made a Partner of the Firm in January 2009, is responsible for the Luxembourg office, in particular Relationship Management & Business Development.
He previously held the position of Global Head of Fund Administration and now is responsible for the Firm's Fund Solutions and Distribution Support offering globally. He is a board member of the Luxembourg Bankers Association (ABBL), Chairman of the ALFI/ABBL Depository Banks Forum, and previously a board member of the Luxembourg Fund Association (ALFI), as well as formerly President of the Association of American Banks in Luxembourg.
Anna Coutts-Donald, CA
Anna Coutts Donald is a Director at Alter Domus based in London. Alter Domus is a leading independent provider of professional administration services for multinational corporations and alternative investment funds. Anna leads Alter Domus’ efforts to enhance and expand the firm’s current relationships with key UK and international clients. Anna is also responsible for new business development in the UK.Prior to Alter Domus, Anna was an Associate Director in KPMG’s Investment Management practice in London and had responsibility for co-ordinating the sector’s internal and external activities and assisted the chair of the European team.
After qualifying as a CA in 2006, Anna set up and established along with a group of senior Partner’s KPMG’s Alternative Investments Group comprising hedge, real estate, private equity and infrastructure funds. This led to Anna joining KPMG’s Transactions and Restructuring team where she focused on infrastructure asset opportunities in Europe including due diligence, transaction support and origination.
Anna left Bristol University with a degree in Economics in 2002 and initially joined KPMG in Graduate Marketing which took her out and about on the university “milkround” before starting her CA training with KPMG’s Tax Business School in 2003. Highlights included working with the Global Head of Tax at KPMG and working on a high profile project for HM Revenue & Customs measuring and implementing strategies to reduce the administrative burden and the cost of ‘red-tape’ to the UK tax payer.
Outside of KPMG, Anna enjoys all equestrian pursuits having competed to an international level as a junior. Anna also enjoys tennis, skiing and sailing. Anna joined ICAS Council in November 2010 and is looking forward to having the voice of the ‘recently qualified’ for three years. She also sits on the England & Wales Area Committee.
Jim Coyle, CA
Jim was appointed Divisional Finance Director for Group Operations at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) in 2009. He is also a key member of the LBG Finance Board and holds responsibility for all aspects of the financials for the Group-wide cost base and the Strategic Review programme. Prior to that Jim was leader of the Group Finance function in HBOS and before joining Bank of Scotland in 1991, he held a senior position with BP, following qualification as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and a degree in Law and Accountancy from Glasgow University.
Alongside his role as Divisional FD, Jim sits on the LBG Scottish Executive Committee, a body that decides and drives the strategy for LBG in Scotland and is chair of the Scotland Finance People Board that focuses on career development and the talent management strategy for the strong Finance Community in Scotland.
Jim is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, on the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and a member of the Financial Reporting Council's Financial Reporting Review Panel. Jim is also Chair of Audit Committee of Vocalink Holdings Ltd, a Member of Board of iPSL (Intelligent Processing Solutions Limited) and Chairman of the Board of National Youth Choir of Scotland (Charity Board).
Robert Dick, CA
Robert has an LLB degree and qualified as a CA in 1980 after training with Whinney Murray (now Ernst & Young). Since qualifying he has had a wide range of experience. He was an auditor with Price Waterhouse in Hong Kong between 1980 and 1983. Thereafter he worked in the oil industry in Aberdeen before returning to Edinburgh to join CALA, whose business is residential and commercial property. Robert had various roles at CALA between 1985 and 2008, including Group Finance Director for ten years, then Chairman of two divisions for eight years. He led the team which completed a successful MBO in 1999, taking the company private from quoted ownership. Robert was a trustee of the CALA pension scheme for fifteen years, including eleven as Chairman. He is a Common Purpose graduate and a charity trustee. He is Chairman of the Advisory Group for the 14:19 Fund at Inspiring Scotland. At ICAS he has served on the Business Legislation and Accounting Standards Committees.
Andrew Dougal, CA
Andrew has been a Non Executive Director of a portfolio of Public Companies for 10 years since retiring as Chief Executive of Hanson Plc.
He co-ordinated the Hanson demerger process, breaking up one of the world’s largest conglomerates into five major listed companies, in 1997. After the demerger he became Chief Executive of the surviving Hanson Plc, the FTSE 100 international building materials company
Currently he is a director of Carillion Plc, the integrated support services group; Premier Farnell Plc, the global electronics distribution company; and Creston Plc, the marketing services group. He chairs the Audit Committee of Carillion and Creston. Formerly he was a NED of Taylor Wimpey Plc, Taylor Woodrow Plc and BPB Plc. He has extensive Audit and Remuneration Committee experience.
He is Convenor of the ICAS Business Policy Committee and a member of the Technical Policy Board. Formerly he was a member of the Qualification Board and a Trustee of SATER and SCATE.
He lives in Surrey with his wife and three grown up children.
Elizabeth Gammie, CA 
Elizabeth is a Professor of Accountancy at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, where she is Head of the Accounting and Finance Department. She has published extensively in the areas of accounting education at both undergraduate and professional level and gender issues within the profession. She teaches at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level and supervises a range of doctoral students. Elizabeth was born in 1961 and studied at the Robert Gordon University gaining a BA in Business Studies. Elizabeth commenced her training with Ernst and Whinney in Aberdeen in 1983 and became a member of ICAS in 1986. She joined RGU in 1989 as a lecturer and completed her PhD in 1999.
Guy R Jubb, CA
Guy has a career spanning merchant banking, corporate finance, venture capital and fund management roles in London, New York and his hometown of Edinburgh. Before taking up his present role, Guy was Head of Standard Life Investments’ Smaller Company and Private Equity teams.
He currently heads Standard Life Investment’s Governance & Stewardship Team, which he pioneered in 1992 to develop and implement an efficient approach to corporate governance. The team is responsible for fulfilling all aspects of Standard Life Investments’ governance and stewardship responsibilities, including SRI research and Standard Life Investments’ Global Governance Platform. Each year, Guy and his team meet over 100 companies to discuss a wide range of corporate governance topics to assist the evaluation of corporate governance and stewardship for investment purposes.
Guy has been deeply involved in developing best practice approaches to governance and stewardship. He is a member of a number of influential committees including the ABI Investment Committee and the CBI Companies Committee. He is Co-Chair of the Global Auditor Investor Dialogue and the Conference Board’s European Corporate Governance Council. In addition, Guy was a member of the Corporate Governance Working Group, which assisted the UK Government during its wide-ranging review of company law, and the European Commission’s Auditor Liability Advisory Forum, as well as the Working Group which developed the UKs Audit Firm Governance Code.
Gavin MacKenzie, CA 
Gavin MacKenzie is the Finance Director of the Cairnstar Group which encompasses Caledonian Cinemas, Littlejohns Restaurants and Caledonian Nightclubs. He led the MBO of the group in 2001.
He is also on the Executive Board of the UK Digital Funding Partnership, a Pension Trustee an d Governor of a University College.
After studying Accountancy and Computer Science in Edinburgh, he trained with Ernst & Young and worked in Corporate Recovery. Subsequently he spent five years working in the legal profession before moving into the leisure business in 1997.
He has served on the Highland Local Area Committee, CAs in Business Committee and Technical Policy Board.
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After graduating from the University of Edinburgh,
Sandy joined Arthur Andersen in Edinburgh where he trained and qualified as a
Chartered Accountant in 1985. He then
worked with Arthur Andersen in London and Zurich in their audit and assurance
division. In 1991 on his return to
Aberdeenshire, Sandy joined Johnston Carmichael and became a Partner in 1993
and a member of their Policy Board in 1997.
Sandy was appointed Managing Partner of the Aberdeen practice in 1997 where
he specialised in advising private companies in a number of industries. On 1 June 2007, Sandy was appointed CEO of
Johnston Carmichael, Scotland’s largest independent firm of Chartered
Accountants employing more than 440 people across 11 offices.
David Nicol, CA
David is currently a Special Advisor with KPMG and holds a number of Non –Executive Directorships including CISI and Brewin Dolphin plc.
He trained with Arthur Young McClelland Moores & Co in Glasgow and qualified in 1980.He joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co in Hong Kong in 1981 where he worked with a large number of Financial Services Companies.
He returned to the UK in 1984 and started working in London for Morgan Stanley International as a Product Controller. Over the next 26 years he worked in various roles in Finance and Operations and for the last 6 years until the end of 2010 as the Chief Administration Officer for the Firm in Europe. David has served on the England and Wales Committee of ICAS since 2011. David is married with 2 sons in their 20’s
Jim Pettigrew, CA 
One of the UK’s most popular and successful businessmen, Dundee-born Jim Pettigrew studied at the High School of Dundee, Aberdeen University (LLB) and Glasgow University (DipAcc) before qualifying as a Scottish Chartered Accountant (CA) with Ernst & Young.
Jim undertook a number of commercial finance roles in Scotland prior to joining international insurance broker Sedgwick Group PLC, where he rose to become Group Treasurer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
For many years he was the Chief Financial Officer for the world's largest money and derivatives broker ICAP PLC a member of the FTSE 100, before joining emerging markets asset manager Ashmore Group PLC as part of the team that successfully floated the business on the London Stock Exchange.
He later spent time as Chief Executive of CMC Markets PLC, and is currently a non executive director of a number of companies including: Edinburgh Investment Trust Plc, Hermes, Pacific Investments, Royal Bank of Canada Europe and Aberdeen Asset Management plc.
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Bruce Pritchard, CA
Bruce is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University where he gained a BA in Accountancy and Computer Science in 1993. Subsequently, he trained as a CA with PKF, becoming a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1996.
Since qualifying as a CA, Bruce has worked in industry, mainly in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. His first role after qualifying was as Group Financial Controller of a research organisation focusing on veterinary medicine. He moved from there to start-up a Science Park Development Business, then on to become Finance Director of Ardana, a speciality pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for raising £30m of Venture Capital and preparing the business for its IPO. Following his time at Ardana, Bruce became Senior Director, Finance Europe for CV Therapeutics a California-based, NASDAQ listed biopharmaceutical company, with a market cap. of US$1.2Billion.
Most recently, Bruce has been Group Chief Financial Officer of ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. a Canadian listed Biotech group. Bruce splits his time between the group’s HQ in Montreal, Canada and its UK offices in Cambridge and the Isle of Man.
Bruce is also a non-executive director and trustee of a charity focusing on neglected tropical diseases.
He is an active member of ICAS; he sits on the Institute’s Council and its Qualifications Board. From 2007-2011 he was Chairman of the Institute’s England & Wales Area Committee. Prior to that, he served for 6 years on the Institute’s Council and Executive Board.
John Sharkey, CA
John Sharkey is Group Chief Executive of Scottish Exhibition Centre Ltd which runs the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow. John leads the management team charged with developing and growing the SEC’s core business as the largest conference, concerts, exhibition and events centre in Scotland incorporating ticketing solutions.
John is also part of the team responsible for pushing forward the SECC’s £460 million QD2 master plan which, with the addition of a 12,000 seat arena, will transform the SECC’s 64 acre site into a complete exhibition, conference and entertainment complex – a major component of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games in 2014.
In addition, John is a Board Director of QD Events Ltd, SEC’s exhibition organising subsidiary, which aims to grow and develop consumer and trade events within and outwith Scotland.
John was appointed to the Group Chief Executive position in May 2008 after joining the Scottish Exhibition Centre in 2002 as Finance Director. He has previously held positions within First Group Plc between 1998-2002 and joined Scottish Enterprise in 1994 after a traineeship at Ernst & Young. He holds an Honours degree in Accountancy from Glasgow University and completed an MBA from Strathclyde University in 1995. John has been a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1991, became a member of the ICAS Glasgow & West of Scotland Area Committee in 2006 and was appointed to ICAS Council and the Regulation and Compliance Board in 2009.
Graeme Sheils, CA
Graeme Sheils is a partner with Deloitte, leading the Audit & Advisory business in Aberdeen. He is a member of the firm’s oil & gas industry team and his time is divided fairly evenly between recurring audit and M&A assignments.
Graeme holds a BA in Accountancy & Economics from University of Strathclyde (1984). He trained with Cooper & Lybrand, Glasgow, qualifying as a CA in 1987. He gained experience as a manager in audit and corporate finance in the UK and USA (San Francisco) before moving to Aberdeen in 1994. In 1996 Graeme joined RMD to lead their Audit & Diligence Practice in Aberdeen, becoming a partner in 1997. In 1999 RMD was acquired by Deloitte and Graeme has been a partner with Deloitte since then.
Graeme has served on the Grampian Area Committee as Area Secretary (2004-2007) and has been Area Chairman since 2008. He joined the Regulation & Compliance Board in 2009, having previously sat on the Members Services Board.
Graeme is a supporter of SPARKS and Aberdeen children’s charities, and has been involved with Aberdeen Petroleum Club’s annual charity pro-cel-am golf tournament for a number of years, including serving as Chairman in 2007 and 2008.
Janet (Jandy) Stevenson, FCA
Jandy trained with Deloitte in South Wales qualifying with ICAEW in 1975 by which time she had transferred to the Edinburgh office and began specialising in tax. She lectured on tax matters for ICAS from time to time including on Saturday mornings to the Lady Members Group.
In 1979 she transferred to Thomson McLintock and continued specialising in tax and worked with John Craig in Glasgow.
Returning to general practice in 1982 Jandy set up her own firm with a friend and ran Stevenson & McIntyre until 1989 when she became a partner in KPMG specialising in work for owner managed businesses and charities. It was whilst running her own firm that Jandy joined ICAS.
In 2002 she joined Henderson Loggie to open their Edinburgh office. She is partner in charge of that office and on the Board of the firm and specialises in audit and accounting and has a particular interest in charities. Between 1985 and 1991 she was a non executive director at the Dunfermline Building Society. Between 2002 and 2005 she was seconded part time to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and was involved in the design of the monitoring programme. She has also been a charity trustee and regularly lectures on matters relating to charities.
Rob Waddelow, CA
Rob joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in October 2004 as an auditor for BT Global services, Schlumberger, The MCC and Shell before gaining his CA qualification in October 2007. He was also part of the innovations and new ideas panel.
Rob left PwC in January 2008, to become the Ryder Cup Finance Controller for the European Tour at their Wentworth headquarters. Having overseen the finance of the European team in the USA in 2008, he is now in charge of the finance budget for the 2010 home tournament in Celtic Manor Wales and part of the Ryder Cup strategic party.
Ronnie Wilson, CA
Ronnie is Senior Partner of Galbraith Pritchards, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditor with offices in Ayr, Lanark and Girvan – an independent general practice firm of six partners. Ronnie was born and educated in Ayrshire apart from the then usual practice of attending Glasgow University for one year as part of his CA Apprenticeship. He qualified in 1975 when working with Binder Hamlyn (now BDO Stoy Hayward) in Glasgow and Ayr. He chose to take up an appointment outside the profession as Finance Director and Company Secretary of a major local franchised motor dealership before moving on for a while to a food manufacturing company again in Ayrshire. He then joined McCosh, Pritchard & Co (now Galbraith Pritchards) in 1985 becoming a partner in 1986. The Firm developed substantially under his leadership since then through acquisition and merger to become a respected local provider of services to the private owner managed businesses sector in SW Scotland and further afield.
Ronnie has served since 2009 as Chair of the ICAS South West Scotland Area also becoming a member of Council and the Regulation and Compliance Board the same year. Ronnie is a Past President (and continues to be an active member) of the local Rotary International organisation.
Neil Young, CA
Neil trained with Bird Simpson & Co in Dundee where he qualified as a CA in 1997. Neil then progressed within the firm and was appointed partner in 2001. Neil has a client portfolio covering a wide area of clients in the owner-managed business and charity sectors. As a partner in a small firm, Neil provides advice on audit, accounts preparation and taxation matters.
Neil is a keen triathlete and has represented Great Britain in both the age group world championships for triathlon and duathlon. Neil also enjoys climbing and reading.
Neil has this year been appointed as Tayside Area Committee Secretary and been appointed to the ICAS Council.
Public Interest Members
Rhona Brankin
Rhona Brankin was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 to represent the Constituency of Midlothian.
Between 1999 and 2007 Rhona served as a Government Minister across a range of portfolios including Culture and Sport, Environment and Rural Development, and Health. Latterly she served as Cabinet Minister for Communities. In opposition she was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Since standing down from the Scottish Parliament in March 2011, Rhona is developing a portfolio of interests. She is currently a Trustee of Mavisbank House and a member of the Advisory Board of Arts and Business Scotland. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and an Honorary Member of the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals.
Quinton Quayle
Quinton was elected as Member to the Council in January 2012 with the principal role of ensuring that the public interest is properly safeguarded.
Quinton is Honorary Chairman of International Beverages Ltd and works as a Senior Adviser to De La Rue, Salamander Energy and Sindicatum Sustainable Resources. Quinton was a member of HM Diplomatic Service for 33 years and served as HM Ambassador to Romania and to Thailand. Quinton worked as a management consultant at Price Waterhouse from 1993-4. From 1999-2002, Quinton served as the International Director of UK Trade and Investment. Quinton speaks Thai, French and Romanian.
Niall Scott
Niall Scott was elected as Member to the Council in April 2007 with the principal role of ensuring that the public interest is properly safeguarded. Niall is Chairman of the UK Fisheries Offshore Oil and Gas Legacy Trust Fund Limited, is a director of J W Galloway Limited and a member of the Board of The Treasury Solicitor. Niall is also Chairman of the The Mark Scott Foundation and the St Aloysius Charitable Fund and is a director of Barcapel Foundation Limited, Save & Invest Group Limited and Scottish Ballet. Niall was a partner in McGrigors, the UK law firm where he held the offices of Chairman, Managing Partner and Risk Management Partner. Between 2002 and 2004 Niall was Chairman of KLegal, the UK member of the network of law firms associated with KPMG.
Robert Black, CA
Robert Black is the first Auditor General for Scotland, appointed by the Queen under the Scotland Act which brought into being the Scottish Parliament. As accountable officer (in effect chief executive) of Audit Scotland, he arranges for the audit of the expenditure of most public bodies in Scotland, including the Scottish Parliament and departments of the Scottish Executive but excluding local authorities. Audit Scotland also undertakes a rolling programme of performance reviews which are reported to the Parliament covering a wide range of public services and delivery systems.
His previous post was Controller of Audit for Scotland. He was Chief Executive of Tayside Regional Council between 1990 and 1995, until just before its abolition. Before that, he was Chief Executive of Stirling District Council, and his earlier career was in policy planning and research with Strathclyde Regional Council, Glasgow City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council.