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About
the Fraserburgh Development Trust |
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Our
Board of Directors
The Board
of Directors are elected annually by the members of the Fraserburgh
Development Trust at the Annual General Meeting. It is their role to
assess the short-term, medium-term and long-term goals of the Trust,
in accordance with their aims and objectives. They will prioritise the
projects and developments that the Trust will become involved in, and
will assess, realistically, what can be achieved through the Trust's
actions. Their primary role is to organise the Development Trust's activities,
and lend their business experties and local knowledge to the decision
making progress, and help the Trust reach its full potential on behalf
of the community. |
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Chairperson:
Ian Watson OBE |
As
a local businessman, Ian Watson is very invested in the AB43 community.
He is the manager of Fraserburgh Community Business and Buchan
Insulation Ltd, as well as President of the Fraserburgh Heritage
Society. For 12 years, he was also the Chairman of Banff and Buchan
College.
He
has been the chairperson of the Development Trust since it started
in December 2008. |
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| Treasurer:
Mike Pitman |
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| Mike
has been a Director of the trust from the start. He has been a Partner
in Johnston Carmichael, Chartered Accountants for over 20 years
and started working in their Fraserburgh office in 1991. He
is married with 3 grown up children and lives in Banff. He is also
a Director of the Boyndie Wind farm Co-op,
and the Chairman of Banff 41 Club. |
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| Duncan
Abernethy |
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Duncan
is currently the Project Sponsor for Banff and Buchan College’s
main campus refurbishment project. This will be the biggest single
project undertaken by the College in a lifetime, and it will bring
with it substantial economic benefits to the Fraserburgh area.
His
ambition in joining the Fraserburgh Development Trust is to support
and contribute to the economic wellbeing of AB43, which is ideally
placed to take advantage of emerging industries – most notably
renewable energy. |
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Alan
Kennedy |
Alan
has been a Director of the Trust since 2009. Originally from Dundee,
Alan moved to Fraserburgh in 1991. He is a Chartered Surveyor working
for J&E Shepherd. He is also a former Chairman of Fraserburgh
& District Round Table and past member of Fraserburgh Rotary
Club. Alan is committed to improving the local Community for the
benefit of all who live and work in the area.
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| Company Secretary: Robin
Mackinlay |
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Robin
was born in Kenya, Africa. He studied in Edinburgh, and graduated
with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering. He has retired after working
for most of his life abroad in Africa and the Far East.
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involvement with the trust came from a belief that we, as a community,
know what we want and should therefore set out to achieve it. |
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Ricky Sheaffe-Greene |
Ricky came to Fraserburgh in 2000 with his wife and four kids. He set up Nortech Technology Solutions in 2002 as managing director. He has always had an interest in the wellbeing of the AB43 area and has been a Director of the FDT since its formation. He was a chairman of the Air Training Core for four years as well as Vice Chairman of Fraserburgh Business Association. He is also the Treasurer/Secretary for the Fraserburgh CCTV Working Group.
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| Hamish
Partridge |
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| Hamish
Partridge owner of Partridge’s clothing shops in Turriff and
Peterhead as well as Partridge Agencies, supplying Ladies and Children’s
clothing to the trade. He
became a director of the trust, because he "would love to
help make a difference in Fraserburgh and surrounding area, and
[he] feels the Development Trust can make this happen". As
a retailer and businessman, he felt his skills would help the
trust with issues on the town center and local business. |
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