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.

Bailie Norman MacLeod is in his second successive term in Office as a City Councillor for the Pollokshields Ward.

In his younger days he was an extremely enthusiastic Sportsman - participating actively in Athletics, Badminton, Cricket, Golf, Rugby, Tennis, Table Tennis and Squash. He played Tennis for his University and became a qualified Tennis and Table Tennis Coach. He is a Scottish Golf Union accredited and certificated Golf Referee.

His participation in sport also has included administrative roles - he having served on the Committees of his local Tennis and Golf Clubs and as a member of the Executive Committees of the West of Scotland Lawn Tennis Association and the Glasgow Golf Union.

He is Chair of Glasgow Life’s Audit Committee.

Michael Cullen has had a career working with third sector, policy, local authority, further education, campaign management and social housing. Michael is currently an elected councillor for the Garscadden/Scotstounhill ward in Glasgow City since 2017.

Michael’s focus has always been about our community and he makes use of his career and personal strengths to provide services and betterment to people, and in 2016 he set up a social enterprise located in Yoker with the  goal to improve the quality of life for those in communities in the West of Scotland, particularly in areas of deprivation.

Michael spent several years as a Children’s Panel member within Glasgow covering the south of the city, he also volunteered at the 'Dumbarton Road Corridor Youth Project' (DRC) which works with socially excluded young people in the communities of Yoker, Scotstoun and Whiteinch.

He is also a board member of Glasgow Colleges Regional Board, Glasgow Central Citizens Advice Bureau, Glasgow Educational & Marshall Trust, Jobs & Business Glasgow, DRC Generations, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport &  Yoker Housing Ltd.

Michael remains committed to the principle that everyone should have access to a range of professional developments and each person no matter their economical background should be able to reach their potential. Michael spends a lot of his free time going away in his classic VW camper exploring Scotland and beyond.

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.

Benny began his career at Standard Life in 1983 where he joined as an actuarial student and became a member of the Standard Life Group Executive in 1996. In 1997, he moved to RBS to become Chief Executive of Retail Banking. He was with RBS until 2005, during which time he led the successful integration of NatWest Retail Banking – one of the largest mergers ever undertaken in UK banking. He became Chief Executive Officer of the Retail Business of HBOS plc in 2006 before joining Tesco Bank as Chief Executive in 2008.

He holds a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Glasgow and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries in 1986 after qualifying in a then record 2.5 years. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, a member of the Scottish Government’s Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB) and a member of the Financial Capability Board.

Outside of financial services, Benny is Chairman of the National Galleries of Scotland, a Non-Executive Director of the Buccleuch Estates, a Trustee of the Edinburgh International Culture Summit, and a Princes Trust Ambassador.

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.