Directors
Bailie Allan Stewart
An elected member since 1999, Allan is Councillor for Springburn. An engineer by trade, Allan was Convenor of Glasgow City Council’s Lighting Strategy, and was a founder member of Lighting Urban Community International (LUCI) a unique international network bringing together cities and lighting professionals to optimise and rationalise the use of light as a major tool for urban development.
Councillor Stephen Curran
In his second term as an elected member, Stephen now leads on the Council’s finances as City Treasurer and chairs the Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) covering South West Glasgow.
Chief Executive
Dr Bridget McConnell
Bridget is the Chief Executive of Glasgow Life, charged with helping to change lives through cultural and sporting activity. Glasgow Life has a budget of £100m and 3000 staff.
Dr Kenneth Chrystie
Lawyer, Senior Partner at McClure Naismith
Kenneth is one of Scotland’s leading commercial lawyers, Chairman of the Hugh Fraser Foundation, former Chairman of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Arts (RGI) Trustee of the KRA, and Deputy Chairman of the Riverside Museum Appeal Trust.
He has extensive experience of commercial contracts, IP protection and commercialisation, including spinouts, licensing and joint ventures, arbitration and general corporate law. He is a founding member of The Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation (TIPLO), a UK body, as well as being an accredited specialist in Intellectual Property and recognised in Chambers Directory as one of Scotland’s leading IP practitioners.
Ed Crozier
Film/ Drama Producer & Rugby Referee
Originally with a background in financial services, for the last 9 years involved at a senior level in Film and Drama productions. Experience of raising finance and marketing. Board member of Scottish Opera. Board member of the Scottish Rugby Union. International Rugby Referee.
Seumas MacInnes
Restauranteur
Seumas is responsible for the remarkable Café Gandolfi and has contributed significantly to the renaissance of the Merchant City area of Glasgow. The café’s easy-going professionalism has attracted customers from far and wide.
Over the course of its 25 years thus far the café has built-up an enviable reputation for the unique provision of Scottish cuisine at affordable prices, all of which has resulted in its many favourable reviews and awards year after year.
Flora Martin
PR/ Marketing
Founder of Flora Martin PR – subsequently Managing Director of CitygateSMARTS, one of the largest marketing and PR agencies in Scotland.
She recently retired from Citygates and is working as a PR consultant.