Register of Interests of Board Members

Revised: 24 April 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
• Board Mem­ber — Nation­al Farm­ers Uni­on Scot­land, North East Region, with role croft­ing and High­lands and Islands

  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 — Brae­mar Vil­lage Hall

  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

• Trust­ee of Badenoch Shinty Memories
• Trust­ee of Kin­gussie Caman­achd Club
• Past Pres­id­ent Kin­gussie Caman­achd Club

  Cat­egory 9: Close Fam­ily Members

• None

John Kirk

Cat­egory 1: Remuneration

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

  Cat­egory 2: Oth­er Roles

• Chair­man of Nethy Indoor Bowls
• Chair­man of Nethy Newspaper
• Trust­ee of Spey Shed
• Chair­man of Nethy News Com­munity Com­pany until Novem­ber 2025

  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 — Grant­own Men’s Shed
• Nethy Bridge Com­munity Centre
• Pre­vi­ous Mem­ber — Nation­al Beef Asso­ci­ation, until Novem­ber 2025
• Pre­vi­ous Mem­ber – High­land Machinery Ring Ltd, until November