HIAL - Key Persons
Chris has over 37 years of experience in the regional aviation industry. This includes working for airlines, aircraft manufacturers and an industry association. His interests in the field of aviation include safety and the provision of vital air links for remote communities. Looking ahead, Chris recognises the important role of new technologies in aviation. Technology that will make the aviation industry more economic, reliable, and sustainable.
He has 14 years of experience working with regional airlines operating in and to Scotland. During this time, Chris held senior positions in both commercial and operational roles. He has worked as an accountable manager and nominated post holder within flight and ground operations and continued airworthiness management.
Chris applies his broad background to his aviation consultancy work. He is a non-executive director of Perth based Air Service Training which offers aircraft engineer training.
Previously, Chris held the role of non-executive director within two other aviation organisations. A regional airline in the Channel Islands; and a company working on hydrogen powered aircraft conversion.
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- Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs
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- Benbecula Airport Manager
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- Director of Airport Operations
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- Inverness General Manager
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- DAL Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director, Dundee Airport Limited Board
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Director
- Chief Financial Officer - Executive Director
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- Non - Executive Director
- Senior Leader
Loraine is a senior leader in strategic transformation, finance and operations with international experience across commercial sectors, consulting and regulated professions. She is Finance Director at the independent Scottish law firm, Anderson Strathern.
She was previously Executive Director of Finance and Operations at the Law Society of Scotland and led consulting and interim assignments in the public, private and education sectors. Prior to moving to Edinburgh in 2015, Loraine was Senior Vice President at Menzies Aviation in South Africa, responsible for managing all aspects of the business for the Africa and Middle East region.
She was formerly a trustee and chair of the finance committee at Impact Arts. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999, completing her training at EY in South Africa.
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- Campbeltown Airport Manager
A chartered accountant and a graduate of Aberdeen University, Lorna has served on the Board as non-executive director since March 2014.
She chaired its audit committee for over three years, becoming Interim Chair in 2017, before being appointed Chair of the Board in 2019.
In November 2022 she became Chair of the Board of WBG Group, a private sector company offering audit, corporate finance, accountancy and tax services, with a network of offices across Scotland.
In November 2023 Lorna became an advisory Board member of the Isle of Man (IOM) Airport, providing strategic advice to the IOM Government on the structure and operation of their airport.
Lorna is the Deputy Chair of the Board of the Scottish Funding Council, the body which funds and oversees the Universities and colleges in Scotland, and she Chairs its Finance Committee.
Since 1 September 2022 she has served as the Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Scotland and from 1 January 2024 became the Secretary of the Consular Corps, a voluntary association which brings together the diplomatic community in Scotland.
She also chairs the annual Scottish Legal Awards panel.
Lorna previously held the position of chief executive for the Law Society of Scotland for 13 years until she stepped down in January 2022. The Law Society Scotland is the professional body for Scottish solicitors. She was also previously a Trustee and Treasurer of the McConnell International Foundation.
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- Non - Executive Director
- Senior Executive
Having graduated from Strathclyde University, Lynne started her career in the financial sector working for Standard Life before moving to the then Deutsche Bank where she progressed within the HR profession.
Lynne is an experienced senior executive with extensive experience of working with trade unions and works councils globally and in the UK. Lynne worked in the technology industry with Digital Bridges before returning to Standard Life as the Head of HR for the International Business and the Group Corporate Centre. She then moved into manufacturing to take up the role of HR Director and Chief Operating Officer at Havelock Europa PLC and was Senior Vice President, HR and Shared Services for KCA Deutag, an Oil and Gas company.
Currently, Lynne is a Non-Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, a Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Ithaca Energy PLC, and a Chairing Member of the Children's Panel.
Lynne has worked and lived overseas, but with family origins in the Western Isles and the Highlands she feels she is a Highlander at heart. She spends a large part of the year living near Ullapool.
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Executive Officer - Executive Director