Meet the Team

Leadership Group

The Leadership Group comprises the Leaders of Scotland’s 8 city local authorities and the Minister with a portfolio responsibility for cities in the Scottish Government.

**Cllr Grant Laing**
Chair, Scottish Cities Alliance and
Leader, Perth & Kinross Council

Cllr Ian Yuill, Co-Leader, Aberdeen City Council

Cllr David Ross, Leader, Fife Council (Dunfermline)

Cllr Mark Flynn, Leader, Dundee City Council

Cllr Jane Meagher Leader, The City of Edinburgh Council

Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader, Glasgow City Council

Cllr Raymond Bremner, Leader, Highland Council (Inverness)

Cllr Grant Laing, Leader, Perth & Kinross Council

Cllr Gerry McGarvey, Depute Leader, Stirling Council

Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Employment and Investment

CEO Group

The CEO Group comprises the CEOs of the 8 Scottish city local authorities as well as the Director Generals for Economy, Net Zero and Communities in the Scottish Government.

Thomas Glen
Chair, SCA CEO Group and CEO, Perth & Kinross Council

Angela Scott, CEO, Aberdeen City Council

Greg Colgan, CEO, Dundee City Council

Ken Gourlay, CEO, Fife Council (Dunfermline)

Paul Lawrence, CEO, The City of Edinburgh Council

Susanne Millar, CEO, Glasgow City Council

Derek Brown, CEO, Highland Council (Inverness)

Thomas Glen, CEO, Perth & Kinross Council

Caroline Sinclair, CEO, Stirling Council

Gregor Irwin, Director General, Economy, Scottish Government

Roy Brannen, Director General, Net Zero, Scottish Government

Louise Macdonald, Director General, Communities, Scottish Government

Delivery Group

The Delivery Group comprises senior economic development lead officers of the 8 Scottish city local authorities as well as economic development leads within the Scottish Government. The Delivery Group is chaired by the Alliance’s Programme Director.

Investment Promotion Working Group

The Investment Promotion Working Group comprises officers from the 8 city local authorities with experience of inward investment activity as well as officers from the Scottish Government’s Directorate for International Trade and Investment, SDI’s Capital and Inward Investment Teams, officers from Scotland House London and the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade. Other relevant organisations are invited on an ad-hoc basis. The group is chaired by Stirling Council.