Register of Interests of Board Members

Revised: 20 Janu­ary 2026

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

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

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:
  • i. £2,000 air­fares, £175 Visa Costs and oth­er related costs amount­ing to less than £50 in total paid by the Park Author­ity for attend­ance at Inter­na­tion­al Moun­tain Tour­ism Alli­ance Guizhou Province, China from 11 – 16 Octo­ber 2018.
  • ii. 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.

Jack­ie Brierton

Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Self-employ­ment – occa­sion­al con­sultancy fees

  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

• Co-Chair, Perth & Kinross Busi­ness Partnership
• Co-Chair, Perth & Kinross Oppor­tun­it­ies Trust
• Dir­ect­or, Older­pren­eur Alli­ance CIC

  Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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

• Invit­a­tion to the Whisky Snug at the Grant Arms Hotel, Grant­own-on-Spey on 29 Janu­ary 2026.

  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.

Kenny Deans

Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• None

  Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Dir­ect­or of Kin­gussie Com­munity Devel­op­ment company
• Chair of the Badenoch Com­munity Pro­ject

  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

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

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 at Scotland’s Rur­al Col­lege (SRUC). 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

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

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
• Half share of Grampi­an View, Aviemore
• Half share of Myr­tle­field shops, Aviemore
• Half share of Dal­faber, Indus­tri­al 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 and Cara­van Club
• Mem­ber – Nethy Bridge Out­door Bowl­ing Club
• Mem­ber — Nation­al Farm­ers Union
• Mem­ber — Nation­al Beef Association
• Mem­ber — High­land Machinery Ring Ltd
• Mem­ber — Grant­own Men’s Shed
• Nethy Bridge Com­munity Centre

  Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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

  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

Lauren Mac­Cal­lum

Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• CEO Pro­tect Our 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

Ian McLar­en

Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Coun­cil­lor with Angus 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 near For­far (Loch­side of Bal­gavies)

  Cat­egory 6: Interest in Shares and Securities

• None

  Cat­egory 7: Gifts and Hospitality

• None

  Cat­egory 8: Non-Fin­an­cial Interests

• Scot­tish Wild­life Trust
• Lodge For­far Kil­win­ning No.90

  Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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

Steve Mickle­wright

Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

• Employ­ee, received monthly salary for Trees for Life, envir­on­ment char­ity.

  Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

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

  Cat­egory 3: Contracts

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

  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

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

  Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

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 — Boat of Garten Golf Club
• Mem­ber — 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

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

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

• ½ share in mar­it­al home, Rothes, Moray
• ½ share in rent­al flat, King Street,