About us

As a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, our Board of Trustees ensure that we comply with all the requirements set by the Office of Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), as well as any requirements set by the Information Commissioner’s Office for data protection. As part of OSCR requirements we have a Constitution which sets out the protocols by which we are governed.

Our Board are elected from our Membership and meet regularly to discuss the priorities of Environmental Protection Scotland and the strategic direction of the organisation. The Board have set the following priorities for 2014 / 2015:

Maintain diversity and expertise of the Board of Trustees
Maintain diversity and expertise on the Expert Advisory Groups
Maintain staffing levels
Offer online payment for events and membership
Maintain our level of current membership and attract members in the corporate, research and HE & FE sectors.
Provide three quality training events in our core areas with a number of inter-disciplinary events
Successful accreditation of our events for CPD

Meet the Board

Nigel Kerr, Chair

Nigel has been involved in the National Society for Clean Air since the 1990’s and became the vice chair for EPUK’s Board of Trustees before taking over the role of chair for Environmental Protection Scotland in 2013.

Dr Stuart Sneddon CSci, Chair of the Air Quality Expert Advisory Group

Dr Sneddon is Chair of our Air Quality Advisory Group and is a committee member of the Institute of Air Quality Management.

Roslyn McIntosh, Chair of the Land Quality Expert Advisory Group

Roslyn is a land quality expert with extensive consultancy experience in evaluating site suitability for development and designing solutions to mitigate.

Dr Gordon MacKay MSB, Vice Chair

Dr MacKay currently holds the positions of Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Healthcare Associated Infection and Honorary Clinical Scientist.

Prof Andrew Hursthouse CChem FRSC, Education Outreach Trustee

Prof Hursthouse is currently Professor of Environmental Geochemistry and Head of Physical Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland and co-Direct our Institute for Biomedical & Environmental Health Research.

James Crawshaw

James is involved to the Air Quality Expert Advisory Group of Environmental Protection Scotland. His experience is relevant to the core issues that EPS is involved in and he believes that we all have a joint responsibility to aim for a cleaner, quieter, healthier and sustainable Scotland.

Dr Iain McLellan

Dr McLellan is a Member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and he is delighted to help advance the work of EPS through social media and communications development.

Our Staff

Clare Carruthers, Admin and Events Co-ordinator

Clare has over twenty years’ experience in the day-to-day administration of environmental organisations. With responsibility for the financial management and membership relations of Environmental Protection Scotland, Clare also co-ordinates and facilitates our highly successful events, workshops and conferences.

John Bynorth, Policy & Communications Officer

John was a former night news editor of The Herald and was a reporter on the Sunday Herald, the Mail on Sunday and Scottish Sun. He was closely involved in The Herald’s coverage of plans to cut air pollution through the introduction of Low Emission Zones (LEZ) in four Scottish cities.