Board Members Register of Interest

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh Register of Interests

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Register of Interests of Board Mem­bers Revised: 24 April 2025

Chris Beat­tie Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Seni­or Case­work­er Role (Mairi Gougeon, Mem­ber of the Scot­tish Parliament)
• Angus Coun­cil, Loc­al Author­ity, Councillor

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Own­er­ship of house which, while in Angus, is not with­in the Cairngorms Nation­al Park boundary

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Glen Esk Trust Trustee
• Angus Health and Social Care Part­ner­ship Integ­ra­tion Joint Board (IJB), Board Member

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Geva Black­ett Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Coun­cil­lor, Ward 15 Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil Area Chair, Marr
• Hus­band owns and runs Yel­low Welly Tours
• Small joint Income from Short Term Let

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Occu­pi­er and bene­fi­ciary of fam­ily trust owned Bal­nel­lan House, Braemar
• Part own­er of 7 Can­more Road, Brae­mar, cur­rently a Short Term Let

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• Invited by the Cairngorms Busi­ness Part­ner­ship to attend events:
• £2,000 air­fares, £175 Visa Costs and oth­er related costs amount­ing to less than £50 in total paid by CNPA for attend­ance at Inter­na­tion­al Moun­tain Tour­ism Alli­ance Guizhou Province, China from 11^th – 16^th Octo­ber 2018.
• Hos­pit­al­ity includ­ing accom­mod­a­tion and meals provided by Sec­ret­ari­at of Inter­na­tion­al Moun­tain Tour­ism Alli­ance dur­ing vis­it to Guizhou Province, China 11 – 16 Octo­ber 2018 estim­ated at £700.

All cost was covered by Cairngorms Busi­ness Partnership

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Mem­ber — Brae­mar Com­munity Ltd
• Mem­ber — Keep Care in our Communities
• Mem­ber­ship of Brae­mar Tour­ism Group
• Mem­ber of the Cairngorms Busi­ness Partnership
• Mem­ber of Keep Care in Our Communities
• Applicant/​Proposed Trust­ee of the Deeside Com­munity Game Larder

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• Hus­band is Chair of Marr Area Partnership
• Hus­band is Chair of Brae­mar Com­munity Ltd.

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Sandy Brem­ner Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• None

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Trust­ee and Dir­ect­or — The River Dee Trust
• Mem­ber — Moun­tain­eer­ing Scotland
• Mem­ber — Aber­deen and Shire Hill­walk­ing Club
• Mem­ber — the Inter­na­tion­al Press Institute
• Mem­ber — St Andrew’s Soci­ety of Aberdeen
• Mem­ber — Meso­lith­ic Deeside
• Mem­ber — The Bail­lies of Bennachie
• Save the Spring Pro­gramme — Steer­ing group mem­ber of pro­gramme involving the River Dee Trust, Dee Dis­trict Sal­mon Fish­ery Board and Atlantic Sal­mon Trust.
• Chief­tain, Aber­nethy High­land Games 2025

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Jack­ie Brier­ton Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Self-employ­ment — con­sultancy fees
• State pen­sion
• Private pen­sion

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• I am con­trac­ted to an organ­isa­tion (Grow­Biz Scot­land) which has an annu­al enter­prise sup­port agree­ment with the Park Author­ity. I am not involved in the deliv­ery or mon­it­or­ing of this contract.

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Chair, Loc­al Employ­ab­il­ity Part­ner­ship (Perth and Kinross)
• Co-Chair, Perth and Kinross Busi­ness Partnership

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Peter Cos­grove Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Man­aging Dir­ect­or of Alba Eco­logy Ltd. An eco­lo­gic­al con­sultancy based in Grantown-on-Spey.
• Part time, occa­sion­al over­seas wild­life guide, Heath­er­lea. A wild­life tour­ism busi­ness based in Nethy Bridge.

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• In my role as an eco­lo­gic­al sur­vey­or, advisor and con­sult­ant with Alba Eco­logy Ltd., I have on occa­sion worked pre­vi­ously with and for the Park Author­ity. I cur­rently do not have any paid / con­trac­tu­al work rela­tion­ship with the Park Authority.

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Part own (with my part­ner Ms Jacklyn Far­quhar) a house in Grant­own-on- Spey.

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• None

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• My part­ner is Ms Jacklyn (Jack­ie) Far­quhar, who cur­rently works at the Park Author­ity as a Rur­al Devel­op­ment Officer. We have a son togeth­er, Camer­on Far­quhar Cosgrove.

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Kenny Deans Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• None

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Dir­ect­or of Kin­gussie Com­munity Devel­op­ment company

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• I own a house in the Cairngorms Nation­al Park area in Kingussie.

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• None

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Paul Gibb Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Man­aging Dir­ect­or of Coutts Gibb Ltd
• Con­sult­ant Geo­lo­gist, Geo­tech­nic­al Solu­tion and Services.

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• Own 70% shared in Coutts Gibb Ltd

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• None

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Han­nah Grist Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Employed as Lec­turer in Scio-Envir­on­ment­al Sys­tem, Scot­tish Rur­al Col­lege High­er Edu­ca­tion Insti­tute (HEI)
• Occa­sion­al work as a Con­sult­ant, Research and Impact

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Mem­ber of Young Academy of Scot­land, Roy­al Soci­ety of Edin­burgh. Con­trib­ut­ing to policy-rel­ev­ant projects.
• Research­er, Scotland’s Rur­al Col­lege. Lead­ing pro­jects includ­ing Rur­al and Envir­on­ment Sci­ence and Ana­lyt­ic­al Ser­vices Divi­sion (RESAS) — fun­ded work for Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment around pro­tec­ted areas.

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• Con­trib­ut­ing expert on a Scotland’s Rur­al Col­lege bid to the par­ti­cip­at­ory tender issued by the Park Authority.

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• None

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Rus­sell Jones Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• High­land Coun­cil­lor for Ward 20, Badenoch and Strathspey
• Tim­ber and Wood­chip sup­ply man­ager for Cairngorm Ski Services.

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Past Pres­id­ent Kin­gussie Caman­achd Club

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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John Kirk Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Man­age Mains of Curr farm until 30 April 2025
• Dir­ect­or of Spey Val­ley Hire Centre Group
• Own­er of Rothiemoon Farm until 30 April 2025
• Dir­ect­or of Nethy Bridge Com­munity Company

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Chair­man of Nethy Indoor Bowls
• Chair­man of Nethy Newspaper
• Chair­man of Nethy News Com­munity Company

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Own­er of home Rothiemoon farm
• ¹⁄₂ share of Grampi­an View, Aviemore
• ¹⁄₂ share of Myr­tle­field shops, Aviemore
• ¹⁄₂ share of Dal­faber, Indu­stir­al Estate units
• Fort Wil­li­am site
• Indus­tri­al Site, Inverness

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• Scot­land Big Pic­ture – Lynx Switzer­land. Part fun­ded by Nation­al Farm­ers Uni­on Scot­land (NFUS) and part fun­ded personally.

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Mem­ber – Nethy News Paper
• Mem­ber – Nethy Bowl­ing Club
• Mem­ber – Strath­spey Farm­ers Club
• Mem­ber – Camp­ing & Cara­van Club
• Mem­ber – Nethy­bridge Out­door Bowl­ing Club
• Mem­ber — Nation­al Farm­ers Union
• Mem­ber — Nation­al Beef Association
• Mem­ber — High­land Machinery Ring Ltd
• Mem­ber — Grant­own Men’s Shed

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• Nethy Bridge Com­munity Centre

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Bill Lob­ban Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Con­vener of The High­land Council
• Dir­ect­or of the Cairngorm Moun­tain Scot­land Ltd

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Com­mis­sion­er of the North­ern Light­house Board
• Advisor to Board of Grant­own Museum
• Dir­ect­or of the North­ern Light­house Her­it­age Trust

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Part Own­er of Fam­ily home

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• None

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Lauren Mac­Cal­lum Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• CEO Pro­tect Out Win­ters UK (until 18 Decem­ber 2024)
• BBC Adven­ture Show Presenter
• Author ​“Hid­den Scotland”

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Dir­ect­or Wan­der­ing Work­shops CIC

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Own­er of house that accom­mod­ates a house share on Airb­nb in Badenoch and Strath­spey area

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• None

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Elean­or Mack­in­tosh Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Hus­band and Son, Robert Mack­in­tosh and Alistair Mack­in­tosh, farm in part­ner­ship at Tombreck­ach­ie Farm, Glen­liv­et. Help with farm but receive no remuneration.

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Sole own­er of 64 and 66 Fife Street, Dufftown

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Com­mit­tee mem­ber – Glen­liv­et and Inveravon Com­munity Association
• Elec­ted Mem­ber – Brit­ish Wool and Mar­ket­ing Board, North­ern Committee
• Mem­ber — Tomin­toul and Glen­liv­et Devel­op­ment Trust

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Fiona McLean Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Mem­ber of Com­mit­tee of Scot­land, Nation­al Lot­tery Her­it­age Fund Mem­ber of the Judi­cial Appoint­ments Board for Scotland

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Rect­or, Uni­ver­sity of High­lands and Islands

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Joint own­er of a house in Newtonmore
• Joint own­er of a hol­i­day house in Sutherland

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Scot­tish Soci­ety for Pre­ven­tion of Cruelty to Anim­als (SSPCA) Member
• World Wild­life Fund (WWF) Member
• Nation­al Trust for Scot­land Member
• His­tor­ic Scot­land Member

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Steve Mickle­wright Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Trees for Life, Envir­on­ment char­ity — employ­ee receiv­ing a monthly salary

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Rewild­ing Affric High­lands — Board Mem­ber of new char­ity (regis­tra­tion in process)

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• Trees for life (enter­prises) Ltd, SC463269 — busi­ness arm of Trees for life char­ity — Director

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Scot­tish Rewild­ing Alli­ance, alli­ance of envir­on­ment­al Non-Gov­ern­ment­al Organ­isa­tions (NGOs) — Convenor
• Scot­tish Greens — member

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Duncan Miller Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Dir­ect­or of DM Agri Sup­plies Ltd
• Part­ner of Tul­lochgor­um Farm
• Man­age Tul­lochgor­um Farm Airb­nb Cottage

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• Tul­lochgor­um Farm part of Cairngorms Future Farm­ing Pro­ject 2024 – 2028

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• None

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Mem­ber of Boat of Garten Golf Club
• Mem­ber of Cairngorms Crofters and Farm­ers Com­munity (CCFC)

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• Part­ner owns Pil­ates Busi­ness that has used GrowBiz
• Fath­er (as Ten­ant) has grant fund­ing from Cairngorms Future Farm­ing Project

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Ann Ross Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Coun­cil­lor Aber­deen­shire Council

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Own­er of Res­id­en­tial Prop­erty Banchory

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• Invit­a­tion to the Open­ing of Fish­ing Sea­son on the Dee 01 Feb­ru­ary 2025 by the Dee Dis­trict Sal­mon Fish­ery Board

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Hon­or­ary Pres­id­ent of Ban­chory Singers
• Mem­ber of the Scot­tish Women’s Rur­al Insti­tute — Dur­ris Women’s Institute
• Mem­ber of Keep Care in Our Communities

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• My hus­band is a co-opted to Crathes Dur­ris Dru­moak Community

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Derek Ross Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Elec­ted mem­ber for Moray Coun­cil, Ward 1 (Spey­side Glenlivet)

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• None

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• None

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• 1½ share in mar­it­al home, Rothes, Moray
• 1½ share in rent­al flat, King Street, Aberdeen
• Wife owns 19 Lock­hart Place, Aviemore

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Life Mem­ber Edu­ca­tion­al Insti­tute of Scotland
• Trust­ee — Knockando Woolmill

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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Mike Wil­li­am­son Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Perth and Kinross Council

Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Perth and Kinross Council

Cat­egory 3: Contracts

• None

Cat­egory 4: Elec­tion Expenses

• SNP

Cat­egory 5: Houses, Land and Buildings

• Ren­ted accommodation

Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• Octo­ber 2024, Enchanted Forest. 2 tickets

Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Blair Atholl and Stru­an Ini­ti­at­ive Trustee

Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• Dorothy Wil­li­am­son