Developing Scotland's Economy: Increasing The Role Of Inclusive And Democratic Business Models

This independent report addresses the commitment in the National Strategy for Economic Transformation to "undertake and publish a review of how best to significantly increase the number of social enterprises, employee-owned businesses and co-operatives in Scotland", detailing 17 recommendations.


7. Annex A: Group Members

Name

Role/ Organisation

Neil McInroy

Review Chair, Global Lead for Community Wealth Building at the Democracy Collaborative and Chair of Economic Development Association of Scotland

Alastair Davis

Chief Executive Officer, Social Investment Scotland

Chris Martin

Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Scotland

Duncan Thorp

Policy and Communications Manager, Social Enterprise Scotland

Darah Zahran

Team Leader - Inclusive Models and Co-operative Development Scotland

Isabella Miller

Co-Chair of Scotland for Employee Ownership

James de le Vingne

Chief Executive, Employee Ownership Association (EOA).

James Wright

Policy Development Lead, Co-operatives UK

John Housego

Managing Director of Aquascot and representative for Scotland for Employee Ownership

Kate Musgrave

Head of Enterprising Communities, South of Scotland Enterprise

Margaret McSporran

Head of Social Enterprise Development/ Resilience Manager, Communities and Place Directorate, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Martin Avila

Chief Executive, Community Enterprise in Scotland

Professor Michael Roy

Professor of Social Innovation and Sustainable Organisations, University of Stirling

Pauline Smith

Chief Executive, Development Trust Association Scotland (DTAS)

Sam Blakeborough

Policy and Partnerships Officer, Employee Ownership Association

Sarah Deas

Visiting Professor, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde and Co-founder, Wellbeing Economy Alliance (Scotland)

Tom Lloyd-Goodwin

Director of Policy and Practice, Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)

Other attendees

  • Scottish Government officials attended meetings as secretariat support and observers.
  • In some meetings organisations were represented by colleagues. They are as follows:
    • Clare Alexander, Head of CDS, Scottish Enterprise
    • Kim Wallace, Deputy CEO, Social Enterprise Scotland
    • Naomi Mason, Senior Researcher, CLES
    • Sharon Ogilvie, Enterprising Communities Manager, South of Scotland Enterprise.
    • Jan Pringle, Enterprising Communities Manager, South of Scotland Enterprise.

Contact

Email: communitywealthbuilding@gov.scot

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