Partnership Board & Trustees

The GSA Biosphere’s Partnership Board is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) made up of representatives from public agencies, businesses, communities and organisations – people who live and work in Galloway and Southern Ayrshire.

All of the Partnership Board are Trustees of the SCIO and they meet quarterly to share their knowledge and expertise and help to guide the delivery of the GSA Biosphere Partnership’s Strategic Plan. Trustees get actively involved sitting on sub-committees to steer finance, governance and project delivery.

We welcome enquiries from individuals with experience of planning transformative change through strategic networks and visionary collaborations, and who are committed to a sustainable future for Scotland’s southwest. For further information about Trustee opportunities, please contact info@gsabiosphere.org.uk.

Partnership Board

John Thomson - Chair Nether Linkins Farm

Patrick Wiggins - Vice-Chair Sustainable Development

Andrew Bielinski RSPB Scotland

Cllr Alec Clark South Ayrshire Council

Joan Mitchell Bagbie Farm

Chris Saunders Adventure Centre for Education

John McKerchar Turnberry Rugs

Cllr Drew Filson East Ayrshire Council

Keith Muir South of Scotland Dark Sky Network

Lynne Burgess Local Government Officer

Allan Rattray Chair, The Quay Zone, Girvan

Emily Gibson Carrick resident and University of St Andrews student

Iain McDonald Retired (Solicitor), Castle Douglas

Morag Paterson Artist

Wendy White-Finnigan Director, The Way Forward 2045

Jessica Jones Living Seas Manager, Scottish Wildlife Trust

Emily White Alex Begg Group

Kate Musgrave South of Scotland Enterprise

Cllr Ian Blake Dumfries & Galloway Council

Liaison Officers

Neil Murray Scottish Forestry

Stuart Graham NatureScot