Board of Directors
Our independent board is made up of leaders with experience in the public, private and voluntary sectors who share our vision.
Chair
A. Sinclair Dunlop
As a leading venture capital investor, Sinclair’s rigorous and measured approach to performance management and evaluation, makes him a perfect fit for Inspiring Scotland. Having spent more than 20...
Director
Dona Milne
Dona Milne is Deputy Director of Public Health, NHS Lothian and Chair of the Children’s Parliament in Scotland and Youth Scotland. She has a particular interest in challenging inequality...
Director
Emma Congreve
Emma Congreve is a knowledge exchange fellow and economist at the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde. Emma has worked as an economist for over a...
Director
Gary Le Sueur
Gary is a founder partner of clean energy investment firm, Corran Capital, and a former partner of venture capital firm, Scottish Equity Partners, where he is now Senior Adviser.  Gary...
Director
Joe McGrane
Joe has spent most of his career in the private equity industry,where he has held a wide range of executive positions. Joe began his career with 3i, was founding managing...
Director
John Farmer
A native of Edinburgh, John graduated MA (Hons) in Economics from Aberdeen University in 1990 and embarked upon a career in business in the advertising and marketing industry. In...
Director
Paula Skinner
Paula is a partner within the corporate team at one of Scotland’s leading commercial law firms Harper Macleod LLP, and has 17 years’ experience in advising entrepreneurs. She is...