Board of Management
The Board of Management is responsible for the management of UHI Shetland. Board members (directors) include independently appointed directors as well as directors appointed by staff and students. Directors have the duties of both company directors and charity trustees.
Board members also serve on one or more of Board's committees.
Information on how UHI Shetland's directors are appointed may be found below.
Stephen Leask
Chair of the Board of Management
Mason Robbins
Vice Chair of the Board of Management
Claire Christey
Independent Director
Chair of Audit Committee
Brian Smith
Independent Director
Chair Finance and General Purposes Committee
Karen Hall
Independent Director
Chair Learning, Teaching, and Research Committee
Mark Green
Independent Director
Chair Human Resources and Renumeration Committee
Andrew Garrick
Independent Director
Vice-Chair Finance and General Purposes Committee
Amanda Hawick
Independent Director
Vice-Chair Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Valerie Nicolson
Independent Director
Vice-Chair Learning, Teaching, and Research Committee
John Goodlad
Independent Director
Daniel Lawson
Independent Director
Harley Green
Student Director
Selina-May Miller
Non-Teaching Staff Director
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Andrew Anderson
Trade Union Director
Graeme Howell
Co-opted Director (Audit only)
Lauren Doughton
Co-opted Member (Audit only)
Fiona MacLeod
Co-opted Member (Audit only)
Vacant
Student Director
Appointment of Board Members
Appointment of Board Members
The appointment of the members of the UHI Shetland Board of Management (directors) is governed by the Articles of Association of Shetland UHI Ltd.
Chair
The chair of the Board is appointed following open (public) recruitment managed by the Board's Search and Nominations Committee.
Executive Director
The principal of UHI Shetland.
Independent (Non-Executive) Directors
Independent (non-executive) directors are appointed following open (public) recruitment managed by the Board's Search and Nominations Committee. In addition, two independent directors with specific experience of the fishing and seafood industries may be nominated by relevant industry associations (Seafood Shetland and the Shetland Fishermen's Association).
(A number of members of the former Transition Board were automatically appointed to the Board of Management as independent directors at its first meeting on 15th July 2020.)
Staff Directors
Two staff directors are elected by staff of UHI Shetland: one by teaching (academic) staff and one by non-teaching (support) staff.
Student Directors
Two student directors are appointed: normally the Regional President (or another regional nominee) and the Shetland Local Depute of the Highlands and Islands Students' Association (HISA).