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If you would like to contact any of the members please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it NORTH GLASGOW COLLEGEBoard of Management Biographical Notes - 2009 Mr R Conway Ronnie is a graduate of Glasgow University and has been with Bonnar & Co. since 1977. He is the Senior Partner in the firm which now specializes in accident and injury claims, acting exclusively for pursuers in both the Court of Session and the Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland. He has a special interest in industrial diseases and workplace injuries with a particular expertise in diseases involving asbestos, vibration white finger, industrial deafness and respiratory difficulties. Ronnie is a member of the Law Society of Scotland Judicial Procedure Committee and lectures widely on various aspects of personal injury law to solicitors and other professionals; is the author of “Personal Injury Practice in the Sheriff Court” and contributes regularly to debates in the press and media. Ronnie is the former President of the Scottish Badminton Union. He is currently an Honorary Sheriff in the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway. Appointed to the Board in June 2003, Ronnie is a member of the HR and Facilities Committee.Miss A Daly Andrea joined the Board in 2006 as the Support Staff Member and is currently a member of the HR and Facilities Committee.Mrs A Floyd After qualifying from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Ann completed teacher training in Moray House College and then took up her first teaching post in Holy Cross High school in Hamilton. She moved to Taylor High in Motherwell and secured a promoted post as Principal Teacher in Notre Dame High School in Greenock. She was then seconded for several years as an Education Development Officer within Ayr, Renfrew and Argyll and Bute Divisions.After 13 years in education Ann became Assistant Head Teacher in St. Leonard's school in Easterhouse, and then Depute Head in St. Margaret Mary's in Castlemilk , Glasgow. In January 2008 she then became Head Teacher of All Saints Secondary in Barmulloch on a seconded basis for a year. This seconded post is now complete and Ann has returned to St. Margaret Mary's for the time being.Ann has always been passionate about learning and teaching and her work in secondary education has enabled her to work with and support many amazing young people.Ann joined the Board in 2009 and is a member of the Audit and Learning and Teaching Committees. Mrs A Galbraith Upon leaving school Anne studied for a Diploma in Hotel & Catering Management and during work placement spent five months in London at the Savoy Hotel. She then worked in various Edinburgh Hotels in a variety of roles. After a career break to have her two children, she went back to college to improve her computer skills. On return to employment she worked with Edinburgh University Engineering Faculty and from there joined Building Engineering Services Training Ltd (BEST). Anne has been with BEST for 13 years and has been in her current post as General Manager for the past seven years. She manages apprenticeship training for the Heating Ventilating Air Conditioning Industry for Scotland, covering from the Orkney Islands to the Borders. This entails managing approximately 530 apprentices, using five main colleges/training centres, with North Glasgow College, being the largest provider of training. Two of the centres are used for Domestic Gas training; Glasgow Metropolitan College in the West and Carnegie College in the East.Appointed to the Board in June 2003, Anne is Chair of the HR and Facilities Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.Dr S Gallagher Mr W L Govan - Secretary to the Board Bill is a Charted Secretary with an extensive career and wide experience as a Company Secretary or deputy with many Listed companies including Grampian Holdings plc, Havelock Europa plc and Scottish Power plc. He was also Secretary to the Boards of a number of institutions in the further and higher education sectors, including Glasgow School of Art. Mr I Hodgson After over 32 years in local government, Irving left his position as Acting Director of Housing and Regeneration with West Dunbartonshire Council in 2007 to establish his own consultancy practice. He has experience of operating in a senior management role in the public sector and has an interest in strategic management and finance. He holds an MBA in Public Sector Management, gained through part time study at the University of Stirling. A qualified town planner, Irving's professional interests lie in the fields of regeneration, economic development and planning.Away from work, Irving's enjoys sport. Having been a keen cricketer, he now plays golf. He also admits to being a season ticket holder at Queen of the South FC and recently followed his team to Copenhagen when they qualified for the UEFA Cup.Irving joined the Board in 2009 and is a member of the Finance Committee and the Learning and Teaching Committee.
Mr R Knox - Principal/Chief Executive Principal of the College since 2002. Ronnie is a Partner in Knox Brothers, Automobile EngineersHe is a board member of North Glasgow SIP and Glasgow North Limited.He is a member of all committees except Audit, which he attends by invitation.
Mr R Key (Co-opted member) Since graduating from Loughborough University with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Education, Rob has managed operations in a developing family business manufacturing aluminium doors and windows, and then served as an Officer in the Army, working in Germany, Northern Ireland, Italy, Turkey, giving him experience of operations, training, HR and finance. He then took on the role planning, organising and running the graduation ceremonies and examinations for the Open University in Scotland, before moving to the NHS where he has been working in HR and Organisational Change roles, completing a Masters Degree in Employment Law, training/practicing as a coach and mediator and becoming a member of both the CIPD and ICSA. As a continuing member of the TA, he most recently took up an opportunity to be seconded back to the Army for one year in a planning role in the Headquarters covering Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England. He returned to the NHS at the beginning of May 2009. Rob is married to Lorraine, and they have a son, Daniel. Away from paid work, Rob is also a non-executive director of the Charity Rowan Alba that offers support and accommodation to vulnerable adults in Scotland, and enjoys walking and exercising on the East Lothian beaches and countryside. Rob joined the Board in 2009 and is a member of the Finance Committee and the HR and Facilities committee.
Mr A Milne Tony became interested in furthering the prospects of young people after joining local youth organisation Lenzie Crusaders at the tender age of sixteen as a young leader. At its peak the group saw numbers approaching two hundred young people engage in weekly activities, sports endeavours and extra-curicular engagement all set in a safe and supportive environment aimed at promoting holistic health and well being. After fifteen years, Tony co-founded an Alumni society called FOLC, whose aims include retaining contact with former members. In 2005 he conceived and engaged the support of FOLC and Lenzie Crusaders to run a Youth Engagement programme in collaboration with an East Dumbartonshire secondary school called “The Adrenaline Playground”. After leaving school Tony joined the Merchant Navy and studied at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies whilst serving as a sea going engineering officer on ships in the Gulf of Mexico and South East Asia. At the age of nineteen, Tony left the Merchant Navy to take up further academic study at Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University which saw him gain an Honours and then masters degree in Engineering and Management related disciplines.Tony joined Ayrshire based electronics manufacturer Prestwick Circuits for three years where he progressed through production management and maintenance logistics roles. In 1996, he joined respected construction sector consultancy KJ Tait before setting up his own construction consultancy in 2003. In 2003 Tony became a member of the British Institute of Facilities Managers (BIFM). The following year, Tony was asked to represent the specialist Facilities Management Group of professional institution, the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) in Scotland and that year was awarded the youngest ever Fellowship status by CIBSE. In 2008, Langside College co-opted Tony to their board for a short time to draw upon his construction sector experience. In 2009, Tony joined the Board and serves on the HR and Facilities Committee and the Audit Committee. Mr A Robertson Alan has degrees from Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities, supplemented by a management diploma. He is a chartered town planner with over 20 years experience in the fields of physical and economic regeneration. Following spells with local authorities in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire, he moved into the consultancy sector and undertook a wide range of assignments across Scotland, with practices based in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He took up his current position with Clydebank re-built, the pathfinder urban regeneration company, in 2003 after a number of years with Glasgow North Ltd, one of the main predecessors of the Glasgow North Regeneration Agency.In his present position of Projects Director, Alan oversees the team undertaking major site servicing works, business space construction and environmental improvement initiatives that have the objective of bolstering Clydebank’s position as a competitive and sustainable place within the Glasgow conurbation. In addition, he is an Advisory Group member for ERDF Priority 3: Urban Regeneration within the Lowlands & Uplands Scotland 2007-2013 (European Structural Funds) Programmes.Mr J Russell - Chairman John retired from BBC, as its Senior Education Officer and Secretary to the Educational Broadcasting Council for Scotland, in September 2005, having spent 20 years in BBC, working as an educationist with production staff in Scotland and London. Much of his work was with producers and consultants who made Radio, Television programmes and online sites for learners at school but he also worked with post-16 Sector in Adult Education – Community and FE. As BBC Scotland’s senior educationist, he spent considerable time meeting with Directors of Education, Advisers, HMIe , SFEU and LTS researching Educational Trends and the place of the Media in delivering learning material to meet the Scottish Market’s needs. As Secretary of the Educational Broadcasting Council for Scotland, he managed and organised the process in Scotland where educationists held BBC accountable for its learning output. John had previously worked as a schoolteacher – as a PT Guidance in Glasgow and finally, as an Assistant Headteacher in Lanarkshire, where his main claim to fame was implementing Action Plan in 1985 (College/Schools joint-working isn’t a 21st Century invention!). His first career on leaving University was in Field Marketing with Proctor and Gamble(UK)Currently, he is now busier than ever - he is Assistant Chaplain at a South Lanarkshire school and he became Chairman of North Glasgow College Board in December 2008, having previously served on the Board and 3 of its committees – Audit, Learning & Teaching and Human Resources.Appointed to the Board in 2003, John became Chairman in 2008.Ms E Slessor - Vice Chair Head of Social Work (retired). Specialised in residential care of Disturbed Adolescents. Voluntary work includes the Hospice Movement, Mind Jane, and is a member of the Society of Friends. Keen interest in music and is a member of the Glasgow Cathedral choir.Liz was appointed to the Board in 2003 and is Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Audit Committee, a member of the HR and Facilities Committee and the Learning and Teaching Committee.Mr D Watson David is a former Partner in the accounting practice, Gillespie and Anderson, C. A.He is currently a Trustee of the Trades Hall Charitable Trust and a Director in Yorkhill Family House Limited.He was appointed to the Board in 1998 and is Chair of the Finance Committee.Mrs A Wilson Ann is a Senior Lecturer at the College and is the Academic Staff representative on the Board.She was appointed to the Board in May 2002 and is a former Chair of the Property Committee, which merged with the Human Resources Committee to form the newly constituted HR and Facilities Committee.If you would like to contact any of the members please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
