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Angus College

Soon to be part of a new regional college, serving Dundee and Angus.

Board of Governors


John Burt

John Burt
Date Appointed:
 September 1996
 Employment / Business Profile:

Vice Chair – Scotland’s Colleges

Chair – Scotland’s Colleges Finance Committee

Member of Court – University of Abertay Dundee

Vice Chair – ESEP

Chair – Student Volunteering in Scotland’s Colleges
Position Principal
 

Paul Grant

Paul Grant
Date Appointed:
 April 2006
 Employment / Business Profile:

HND in Business Studies. Joined United Biscuits in 1967. Worked in 3 different divisions in 5 locations. During this period was general manager of a small business, managing director of a restaurant division, factory director of a major McVities factory and latterly personnel director of McVities UK & Europe.

Bought Mackays from UB in 1995. Today Mackays employs 145 people with sales of £14 million.

Paul Grant is the current Ambassador of the Year for Angus and in 2012 recently Mackays has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Exporting.

Member of Finance & Facilities Committee and Vice Chair of Angus College. Board member of Scottish Enterprise Tayside
Position Vice Chairman; Chair of the HR & Quality Committee
 

Graham Hay

Graham Hay
Date Appointed:
 April 2002
 Employment / Business Profile: An Aberdeen graduate in Economics and Politics with an MBA from Cranfield, Graham is a past Chair of the Tayside branch of the Institute of Personnel and Development. His early business career was in Finance with Massey Ferguson. Finding that people were more interesting than figures he moved into Personnel and in the motor industry he held management appointments in personnel and management development before coming to Dundee as UK Human Resources Director for Timex. In 1986 he became self employed and jointly established MSSL as an executive search and selection consultancy specialising in Purchasing & Supply Chain. Graham’s experience in multinationals and in self employment has convinced him that although qualifications are important the key to career success lies in the motivation of the individual.

Member of Finance & Facilities Committee, Human Resources & Quality Committee and Audit Committee
Position Chairman
 

Wendy Loudon

Wendy Loudon
Date Appointed:
 April 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

Wendy is currently a Project Manager with Aberdeenshire Council with 20 years experience as a professional administrator. She is involved with the Dundee Historic Environment Trust and a company director. Wendy’s skills include Finance, HR, Change and Innovation.

Member of Audit Committee.
Position Member
 

Douglas Mackintosh

Douglas Mackintosh
Date Appointed:
 April 2003
 Employment / Business Profile:

Solicitor and Partner with Connelly & Yeoman in Arbroath. The company has many private clients and focuses mainly on Property, Trust & Executary work, Commercial Law and Agricultural law. Held positions such as a Council Member of the Law Society of Scotland, Chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce and President of Arbroath Rotary.

Member of Human Resources & Quality Committee.
Position Member
 

George McAteer

George McAteer
Date Appointed:
 September 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

Lecturer in Computing at Angus College
Position Teaching Staff Rep
 

Steven Mill

Steven Mill
Date Appointed:
 April 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

Steven is a Senior Service Manager in the Finance Division of Angus Council with a wide background of local government accountancy experience over the last 22 years.

Member of Finance & Facilities Committee.
Position Member
 

Pauline Murray

Pauline Murray
Date Appointed:
 April 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

Pauline is a Programme Manager with the BT Group Openreach, having held a range of senior positions within BT. Pauline’s experiences include transformational change management within large complex businesses.

Member of Audit Committee.
Position Member
 

Andy Reid

Andy Reid
Date Appointed:
 August 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

Payroll Office at Angus College
Position Support Staff Rep
 

David Sawers

David Sawers
Date Appointed:
 April 2003
 Employment / Business Profile:

David Sawers was educated at Harris Academy in Dundee. Following a spell in the private sector where he qualified as an accountant he worked for 37 years in local government. He is a fellow of the ACCA (Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants) and a member of CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy). He worked in local government in Angus for over 30 years. Holding the post of Director of Finance for 13 years and Chief Executive for 5 years. He retired in 2011.

He has served on the Angus College Board of Governors since 2009 and is currently Chair of the Finance and Facilities Committee.

David is currently Chairman of the Corse Hill Community Benefit Forum.
Position Chair of Finance & Facilities Committee
 

John Smith

John Smith
Date Appointed:
 April 2009
 Employment / Business Profile:

Farmer, Member of Scottish Land Court. Current and past Member of various agriculture/land-based bodies.
Position Chair of Audit Committee
 

Steven Watt

Steven Watt
Date Appointed:
 April 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

Steven is currently Chief Information Officer at the University of St Andrews and is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He has experience of working in both the Higher Education Sector and the private sector.

Member of Finance & Facilities Committee.
Position Member
 

Lorraine Young

Lorraine Young
Date Appointed:
 September 2008
 Employment / Business Profile:

Senior Manager – Older People Services – Angus Council. Significant experience in social care including Senior Practitioner, Team Leader and Area Manager in Wakefield, before returning to Tayside in 1987 as Assistant Director (Community Care) for Perth and Kinross, Angus and Dundee City. She was then appointed Head of Service – Community Care in Angus; Depute Director of Social Work and Health; and now Senior Manager – Older People Services. She is Co-Chair of the ADSW Older People Sub-group, a member of the ADSW Community Care Standing Committee and Chair of the Older Persons Planning Group and the Joint Performance and Project Group.

Member of Finance & Facilities Committee.
Position Member
 

Tatiana Zorina

Tatiana Zorina
Date Appointed:
 September 2012
 Employment / Business Profile:

NC Admin with Finance student.
Position Student Member