Board of Management

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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.

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Stephen Leask

Chair of the Board of Management 

Mason Robbins content

Mason Robbins

Vice Chair of the Board of Management 

Claire Christey content

Claire Christey

Independent Director

Chair of Audit Committee 

Brian Smith content

Brian Smith

Independent Director

Chair Finance and General Purposes Committee

Karen Hall content

Karen Hall

Independent Director

Chair Learning, Teaching, and Research Committee 

Mark Green content

Mark Green

Independent Director

Chair Human Resources and Renumeration Committee

Andrew Garrick content

Andrew Garrick

Independent Director

Vice-Chair Finance and General Purposes Committee

Amanda Hawick content

Amanda Hawick

Independent Director

Vice-Chair Human Resources and Remuneration Committee 

Valerie Nicolson content

Valerie Nicolson

Independent Director

Vice-Chair Learning, Teaching, and Research Committee

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John Goodlad

Independent Director

 

 

Daniel Lawson content

Daniel Lawson

Independent Director

 

Harley Green content

Harley Green

Student Director 

 

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Simon Clarke

Teaching Staff Director

 

Selina-May Miller content

Selina-May Miller

Non-Teaching Staff Director

 

Andrew Anderson content

Andrew Anderson

Trade Union Director

 

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Jane Lewis

Executive Director (Principal and CEO)

 

Graeme Howell content

Graeme Howell

Co-opted Director (Audit only) 

Lauren Doughton content

Lauren Doughton

Co-opted Member (Audit only)

 

Fiona MacLeod content Outline of persons head and shoulders

Fiona MacLeod

Co-opted Member (Audit only) 

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Vacant

Student Director

 

 

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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).