Board Members

	Mr Thomas Farrell JP (Chair) Appointed to the Board in February 2004. Appointed Chair in August 2006. Retired businessman. Former local elected member for Strathclyde Regional Council and its Chair of Education for several years before the demise of the Regional Council. Former East Ayrshire Council Member representing Drongan, Stair and Rankinston. Mr Farrell is on the Board under the Community Representative category.
	Mr Geoff Fleming (Finance and Corporate Services Committee Chair) Appointed to the Board in November 2004. Mr Fleming is Customer Service Team Manager for BT Retail for South West Scotland. Formerly Area Manager for Dumfries and Galloway. Mr Fleming was involved with Young Enterprise, Scotland and is BT’s representative with the Scottish Rugby Union from the Dumfries and Galloway area. Mr Fleming jointly runs a local weight-training club. Mr Fleming is on the Board under the Business, Professional and Technical category.
	Mr Alf Hannay (Business Development Committee Chair) Appointed to the Board in November 1998. Dumfries & Galloway Health Board employee. Former District and Regional Councillor with Dumfries & Galloway Council and Nithsdale District Council. Former Dumfries & Galloway Council Member representing Maxwelltown. Former Director of Solway Community Business. Former Board Member of Queen of the South Football Club. Mr Hannay is on the Board under the Community Representative category.
	Councillor Margaret McDougall (Operations Committee Chair) Appointed to the Board in July 1999. Assistant Co-ordinator of Communities Scotland. Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. Elected North Ayrshire Council Member representing Kilwinning South. Vice-Chair of Corporate Policy Services Committee. Ex officio on Social Services Committee, Corporate Services Committee, Property Services Committee and Education Committee. Cllr McDougall is on the Board under the Community Representative category.
	Mr Iain Doole Appointed to the Board in February 2003. A Business Director with BT Global Solutions, a division of British Telecom, specialising in corporate business solutions for multi-nationals. Board Member of Kilwinning Academy . Mr Doole is on the Board under the Business, Professional and Technical Representative category.
	Miss Fiona Dunlop Appointed to the Board in December 2006. Head Teacher of Gateside Primary School. Miss Dunlop is on the Board under the Business, Professional and Technical Representative category.
	Marie McPhail Appointed to the Board in April 1996. Chairperson of the Tenant Participation Sub-Committee of the Association. Former Chairperson of Irvine (IHA) Tenants Association. Former Chairperson of Girdle Toll & Lawthorn Tenants’ & Residents’ Association. Former Shop Steward of the local Co-operative. Chairperson of Bowhouse & Littlestane Community Association. Former Board Member of Lawthorn Primary School. Former Treasurer of Girdle Toll Community Council. Mrs McPhail is on the Board under the Tenant Representative category.
	Mrs Mary Marks Appointed to the Board in May 1998. Mrs Marks is on the Board under the Tenant Representative category.
	Mrs Moira Miller Appointed to the Board in February 2004. Involved closely with the tenant movement in Drongan for over 10 years. Was part of the Steering Group set up to guide the creation of Coylebank Tenants Co-operative and has served as its Chairperson since 1999. Mrs Miller is on the Board under the Tenant Representative category.
	Brigadier R.A.S. Rickets Appointed to the Board in September 1996. Chairman of the Association 2002-2006. Former Managing Director of Irvine Development Corporation. Former President of German/British Chamber of Industry & Commerce in Scotland. Former Director of Kelvin Travel (Glasgow & Perth). Former Director of Mariners’ Heritage Trading Co (Irvine). Former Chairman of Nobel Exhibition Trust. Trustee of Scottish Maritime Museum (Irvine). Former Chairman of ASSET Trust. Former President of Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Former Director of Enterprise Ayrshire. Brigadier Rickets is on the Board under the Business, Professional and Technical category.
	Mr Robert Sturgeon Appointed to the Board in December 2006. A Projects Co-ordinator at the Fullarton Community Health House. A co-opted member of the Stanecastle School Board and Secretary of the Fullarton Community Association. Mr Sturgeon is on the Board under the Community Representative category.
	Mrs Jean Sweeney Appointed to the Board in September 2000. Former Chairperson and current Member of Pennyburn Tenants & Residents Association. Former Member of Kilwinning Community Council. Mrs Sweeney is on the Board under the Tenant Representative category.