Board

A native Gaelic speaker from North Uist, John founded Morrison Media in 2012, a communications company that offers strategic public relations, public affairs and media training consultancy services. Prior to this, John was a journalist with the BBC for over 20 years where he held a number of high-profile roles including Europe correspondent, Chief Political correspondent and Scotland correspondent. He has also worked on a range of Gaelic programmes including Reothart and Eòrpa. He continues to present the weekly sports programme Spòrs na Seachdain on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.

John’s non-executive experience includes ten years (2013 – 2022) on the Board of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and three years as the Scotland representative on the UK Public Affairs Board of the PRCA, a position he has now stood down from.

Calum is a freelance sustainable development consultant, academic and writer. A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Harris, Calum now lives in Glasgow and much of much of his consultancy, writing and policy work focuses on the relationship between land, culture, community and sustainability.

In 2010 Calum led post-legislative scrutiny of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 on behalf of the Scottish Parliament. He was a member of the Scottish Land Fund committee in 2016 and served on the Board of the Harris Tweed Authority between 2008 and 2016

Based in Lochaber and involved in many aspects of traditional music, Ingrid has nearly thirty years of experience performing, teaching, writing and recording in the Gaelic arts field and currently runs Old Laundry Productions, a recording studio and record label based in Glenfinnan.

Ingrid also has experience in both broadcasting and education, having served as a musical director on BBC ALBA’s flagship Ceilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire amongst other programmes while she has taught at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music. She currently chairs the Glenfinnan Community Facilities SCIO.

Marion has been Chief Executive of Publishing Scotland (a trade and development body and charity) since 2008, with responsibility for overall programme management, funding bids, policy, the International Publishing Fellowship programme, and publishing practice issues. She has worked in the book publishing sector for over 30 years, firstly as Publisher at Polygon, awarded Sunday Times UK Small Publisher of the Year, and published books appearing on the Booker shortlist. She worked as a university lecturer on the Edinburgh Napier Masters in Publishing degree course for six years before joining PS in 2003 as Business Development Manager. Marion is also a board member of the Gaelic Books Council (ex-officio), BookSource and Literature Alliance Scotland, as well as a committee member of the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Library Advisory Group, and Saltire Society Publisher of the Year panel. Marion is from the Isle of Barra but lives and works in Edinburgh.

Rhoda was born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis and is a native Gaelic speaker. After gaining her degree from Glasgow University, she embarked upon a career in broadcasting, both on screen and in production, eventually becoming a senior member of STV’s management team. As Head of Gaelic at STV, she was responsible for the creation of a range of TV programmes, namely Machair, the first Gaelic drama series, and Speaking Our Language, the long-running series which she produced and presented. Thereafter she became Controller of Factual programmes and was Executive Producer of many award-winning documentaries, including After Lockerbie, awarded Bafta for Best Documentary.

In 2003, she was appointed Special Adviser to then Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell, following which she became a communications and campaigns consultant and is now one of the UK’s most experienced public affairs practitioners. Rhoda is currently a Partner at WA Communications, one of the largest UK communications consultancy firms.

A freelance broadcaster, producer and editor with over 35 years of production experience at the BBC with credits as both a producer and presenter on numerous feature programmes on literature, the arts, music, history and language. Catriona is also a published Gaelic author and served as the Chair of the Gaelic Books Council from 2017 – 2021. She is a native Gaelic speaker based in Glasgow.

A recognised senior leader having spent fifteen years as General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation until 2023, where he developed and influenced policy both in Scotland and globally, including the merger that created the Police Service of Scotland. Prior to this, Calum was a police constable and remains on the International Council of Police Representative Associations. He is a native Gaelic speaker currently based in Dollar.

A product of Gaelic Medium Education, Lachlan currently works for JP Morgan in Edinburgh having graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in History. During his time at school, Lachlan competed in the short film competition FilmG where he won ‘Best Student Film’ and ‘Best Performance’ and has since continued to support the initiative as a judge.

A Gaelic speaker from Inverness, David is an entrepreneur and 360° sustainable travel editor. His expertise has led to broadcast work with the BBC, ITV, and LBC, with his writing appearing in publications such as The Sun and The Scotsman. He is a postgraduate alumnus of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, where he also worked in a development role before joining BBC Scotland, working on the multi-award-winning current affairs programme Eòrpa. He is currently vice chair of the Hillhead High School War Memorial Trust.