Tony Cameron – Chair of the Board
Tony Cameron, C.B. joined the TPS Board after retiring from the Scottish Prison Service, where he had been Chief Executive and Chairman of the Prisons Board for nearly eight years. Prior to that he was Head of the Scottish Executive Agriculture and Fisheries Department. Tony’s career involved working in various parts of the then Scottish Office,including time dealing with Education, Social Work, Transport, Local Authorities, Finance, Industry and Housing policy. He served for 10 years as an Assessor with the Civil Service Commissioners Appointments Board.
He worked in Ministerial Private Offices in Edinburgh and London and in Brussels as a member of the UK negotiating team on European Union issues.
He was a board member of the UK Intervention Board for eight years and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He served on the board of a national charity, Quality Scotland, for eight years, serving on its audit committee.
He accompanied HRH the Duke of Edinburgh on a Commonwealth Study Tour of Australia in 1986 and accompanied HRH at the Commonwealth Study Conference in the UK in 1992, of which he was also Chairman of the Scottish Committee.
Tony was made a Companion of the Bath (C.B.) by HM the Queen in 2007.
Elizabeth Gray – Vice Chair of the Board
Elizabeth heads up the Business Development Team at the University of Glasgow’s Research and Enterprise Office supporting researchers in the development and delivery of research and knowledge transfer activities. She encourages the development of a sustainable research base by working with academic staff to realise faculty research strategies and deliver industry funded research contracts and externally funded knowledge transfer activities. She has considerable experience in the successful development of high value research projects supported by government, research councils, charities and industry and of sustainability planning.
Elizabeth holds a number of advisory and steering group positions and has a strong involvement in Economic Development, particularly with local enterprise companies and through the European Structural Funds. She has a keen interest in developing the University’s links with small businesses and alumni, and raising the University’s research capability.
Elizabeth has over 20 years’ experience of the higher education sector including postgraduate studies at both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, previously working in the Principal’s Office, Training Services and the Department of Accounting and Finance.
A Maryhill girl at heart, most of Elizabeth’s spare time is spent running after her two daughters and socialising when she can.
Raymond Edwards
Since completing his apprenticeship as a heating engineer over 30 years ago, Ray has stayed within the industry with a range of roles from engineer through sales through management. He has a wide range of skills and experience gained within the commercial sector, particularly in income maximisation, health and safety, working with staff and customers from incredibly diverse backgrounds.
As well as doing his day job, Ray has always been involved in voluntary action within his local community in Dundee – improving opportunities for young people in the area though his involvement with the Dundee YMCA and the Boys Brigade, and also around cancer and carers issues following the death of his wife Betsy a few years ago. Other previous roles have included Deacon of the Hammerman Incorporation (one of the ancient Nine Trades of Dundee) and President of the Dundee Junior Chamber Speakers Club.
With two grown up children, Ray is a doting granddad, making sure that they have as much fun as they can as often as they can.
Callum Allan
Callum began his career in the Civil Service in 1960 and departments include United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Forestry Commission, National Girobank and National Savings in 1970. Callum’s last job in National Savings was Fraud Prevention Manager and Money Laundering Reporting Officer, before being granted early retirement in March 2000.
During Callum’s career in the Civil Service he became actively involved at branch level with, as it was then, The Post Office and Civil Service Sanatorium Society. The Society was renamed The Beneden Healthcare Society in 1990. Callum spent several years on The National Savings branch committee before being nominated to serve on the National Committee of Management in 1989. In 1995, Callum was elected Vice Chairman and in 1997 elected Chairman.
Callum currently is Chair of the Trustees of the Staff Pension Fund and The Strategic Business Planning Committee as well as being a member of the Committee of Management and a Director of Cash Plan subsidiary Best Health.
Callum is married with two sons. He enjoys fishing and plays traditional fiddle music in a folk group called The Clutha.
Ewan McIntyre
Ewan McIntyre is a Partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team at Burness LLP, one of Scotland’s leading commercial law firms. He leads the firm’s financial services litigation team, the firm-wide health & safety team and the insurance litigation team. He is chair of the Scottish branch of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and is a member of the International Nuclear Lawyers Association.
Ewan is listed in the Legal Experts Directory as an expert in commercial dispute resolution and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law.
Away from work, Ewan’s interests include cycling and skiing.
Margaret Nash
Margaret Nash is a Partner/Solicitor with Grant Smith Law Practice, an Aberdeen based multi-discipline practice with rural offices in Turriff, Macduff, Banff and Buckie. Margaret is the resident partner in the Banff office. The marjority of her work revolves around family law to include both civil and criminal court work.
Through the support provided to many of her clients with substance misuse issues, Margaret became aware of TPS and was interested in contributing to the work carried out by the organisation.
In her free time Margaret enjoys skiing, horse riding and walking.
Sheila Low
Following a Law Degree at University of Aberdeen, Sheila pursued a career in investment management and was employed by The Alliance Trust and Scottish Widows. A switch to venture capital led to 5 non- executive director positions and the establishment of her own business. This childrens nursery was built up and sold to another operator. There followed a career with Baker Tilly in corporate finance for many years. After a family break she returned to Baker Tilly in January 2008 as Business Development Director but left in 2011 to work as a consultant to legal firm Cycle Law Scotland where she is at present. Sheila is also Loretto Governor from 1995-2007 and from 2008 to present and Chairman of The Lorettonian Society 2008 – to present.
Alyn Smith
Born in Glasgow in 1973, Alyn grew up in Scotland and Saudi Arabia, returning to Scotland in 1986. He studied Law and European Law at Leeds University and spent an Erasmus year studying at Heidelberg in Germany. He graduated from Nottingham Law School in 1996. Alyn also gained a Masters degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Warsaw. After a year teaching English in India and working with Scotland Europa in Brussels, Alyn moved to London where he qualified as a lawyer with commercial law firm Clifford Chance.
In 2000 Alyn moved back to Scotland working first for a legal firm in Edinburgh and from 2002 for Richard Lochhead MSP then the SNP Group at Holyrood as an adviser on European, Justice and Business policies.
Elected to the European Parliament for the first time in 2004 and re-elected in the SNP victory in the 2009 election, Alyn is Scotland’s youngest MEP and is Honorary President of both the youth wings of the SNP, the Young Scots for Independence and the Federation of Student Nationalists, as well as a member of the SNP’s National Executive Committee. In Parliament, he is a full member of the Agriculture Committee and won the coveted Scottish Farmer Magazine award for “Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Agriculture” at the Highland Show in 2009. He is an alternate member of the Education and Culture Committee in addition to the Constitutional Affairs Committee. He is a full member of the Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula, and also sits as alternate member on the Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway.
Sheila Fazal
Sheila is a Director in PwC, a qualified Chartered Accountant, with over 20 years experience in the financial services sector. She currently leads the Scottish investment management practice and is responsible for the various technical forums PwC facilitate for the Scottish investment management industry and she supports the ICAS Pensions Committee on investment matters, having previously been a full member of the Committee for 6 years when she led the Scottish Pensions Practice.
She dedicates her time to providing audit, accounting and advisory services to a wide variety of pension scheme and investment management clients. She has worked with clients on areas of effectiveness and risk and is a key part of the wider Financial Services Practice in PwC.
Sheila has been involved in the communities aspect of PwC, since it was launched in Scotland 9 years ago, being involved with the Head teachers Leadership Academy, which PwC supported.
Sheila currently heads up the communities affair programme for PwC in Glasgow promoting their work and encouraging involvement of partners and staff in such activities, working with a variety of charities and social enterprises across Scotland.
In her spare time, when Sheila is not entertaining her large, extended family or friends, she enjoys hill-walking, swimming and cycling.
Peter Hamilton
Peter began his career as a Telecommunications Engineer in British Telecom, retiring as Operations Manager for West of Scotland.
Following his early retirement he became a member of Greater Glasgow Health Council from 1995 – 2003, his last four years as Chair and Member of the Executive Council of the Scottish Association of Health Councils. Peter is also a former member of the Childrens Hearing System serving the east end of Glasgow and was also a Panel Trainer for Glasgow City area.
In 2003 he was appointed Non Executive Director of NHS Greater Glasgow Health Board (later known as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board). During this period he chaired the Patient Focus Public Involvement Committee, a member of Audit and Remuneration committees and Vice Chair of Glasgow East and East Renfrewshire Community Health and Care Partnerships. His period of office ended in March 2011.
Peter is married with two sons and twin granddaughters, hobbies mainly gardening and photography.
Tony Wringe
Tony is currently appointed as Programme Director for Williams Lea, the global Print, Media and Marketing subsidiary of DHL. Prior to this, he held senior appointments with other FTSE100 and Fortune 500 global companies, including Managing Consultant at SAIC, Head of Professional Services at Sage Software and Programme Director at France Telecom group. Tony has also held other non- executive positions, including Chairman of the International Debt Management Forum in 2009/10.
Having lived overseas for many years, including Cyprus, Germany and the Caribbean, in part due to a successful military career in the Intelligence Corps, Tony now lives in Fife with his wife Stacie, and two young daughters Molly and Daisy.
