Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) Board and Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) Community Interest Company (CIC) Board

Councilor McDonald is an SNP member for the Greater Pollok ward, and is Depute Leader of Glasgow City Council.

David was elected to Glasgow City Council for the first time in 2007 and is an SNP Councillor for the Greater Pollok Ward in the south west of the city. He has held a wide range of spokespersons roles within the Council and is now the Depute Leader of the City Government, the City Convener for Communities as well as being the Chair of Glasgow Life.

He has served on the Board of Glasgow Life since September 2013.

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 c.£113 million and 2,600 staff.

Councillor McAveety was a member of Glasgow District Council from 1988 until 1996 and served as Convenor of the Arts and Culture Committee, which developed the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and initiated plans for the large scale development of Kelvingrove Gallery. From 1997 until 1999 Councillor McAveety served as Leader of Glasgow City Council.

After being elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Councillor McAveety held positions including Deputy Minister for Local Government, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care, and Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, during which tenure he established the National Theatre of Scotland.

Councillor McAveety was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and until June 2010 served as Convener of the Public Petitions Committee and was Scottish Labour Party’s Shadow Minister for Sport.

In 2012, he was elected into Glasgow City Council and served as Leader of the Council for a second time from August 2015 until May 2017.

He has served as a board member for the Arches Theatre Company and Enterprise Scotland. He serves on the boards of the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) and Glasgow Housing Association.

Sir Angus Grossart is Chairman and Managing Director of Noble Grossart Limited, the Merchant Bank which he jointly founded in 1969. Sir Angus has a long standing and active interest in heritage, culture and the arts.

He is a former Chairman of The Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland. He has been a Trustee and Vice Chairman of The National Heritage Memorial Fund and Chairman of The Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland.

Lee is a retired Scottish and British Athlete. From 2001 to 2012 she competed in every major championship for Scotland and Great Britain, including 3 Olympic Games, 3 Commonwealth Games, 6 World Championships and 4 European Championships. Winning a total of 9 major championship medals.

She has also been involved with a number of initiatives for the City of Glasgow, including:

• Part of The Bid Team for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
• Glasgow City Council Health Commission (2008-2009)
• Glasgow City Council Commonwealth Games Legacy Board (2011-current)

John graduated with a MA (Hons) in History and Economic History from Glasgow University in 1967 and taught in a Glasgow comprehensive school while completing a MEd Degree.

He joined BBC Education in 1970 and held a number of senior positions before taking up the post of Controller of BBC Scotland in 1992, responsible for all BBC activities in Scotland.

John retired from the BBC in 2004 retired from the BBC in 2004and has held a range of appointments including, Chairman of the SQA, Chairman of the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Electoral Commissioner for Scotland. He is currently vice-chair of Scottish Opera.

Sir Anton Muscatelli has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, since October 2009. From 2007-2009 he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University.

An economist, his research interests are monetary economics, central bank independence, fiscal policy, international finance and macro economics.

Dilawer Singh was the first Asian and Sikh Police Officer in Scotland and spent over 30 years with Strathclyde Police and Her Majesty's Inspectorate.  He has raised thousands of pounds for different international charities through his sporting exploits. Dilawer was also part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bid Team and now sits on sub-committees for the legacy of the Games.

Iain is the Founder & CEO MCR Pathways, Chair of MCR Foundation & MCR Holdings.

Glasgow born and educated entrepreneur, Iain’s career has been taken him internationally in the development of 18 companies as Chairman or CEO and an adviser to over 100 others. Experienced in leading change in large scale organisations and also having led 3 successful new business start-ups, Iain has a particular track record in helping develop teams and individuals to realise their full potential.

After setting up his Charitable Foundation in Glasgow in 2006, Iain has now dedicated 5 years to lead and develop the transformational MCR Pathways mentoring and talent development programme. With staff now in every secondary school in Glasgow supporting over 1,500 of the most disadvantaged young people each week, the programme is now being embedded within the education system across the country. The plan is to establish MCR as a national model to ensure that the young people are defined by the talents and potential and never their circumstances.

Professor John Brown CBE was appointed Chairman of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde from 1st December 2015. John is also Chair of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, the Chair of the NHS Scotland Global Citizenship Programme Board, the Co-Chair of the NHS Scotland Corporate Governance Steering Group, and Co-Chair of the West of Scotland Health Sciences Network and the Glasgow Health Sciences Partnership. He is a faculty member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

John is a Chartered Management Accountant, has an MBA degree from the University of Glasgow and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators.

In 2010, John was awarded a CBE in recognition of his contribution to improving leadership in the public sector. John is an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow and the University of Dundee, where he is also a member of the School of Business Advisory Board.