GREEN FREEPORT - Key Persons
Calum was born in Inverness and finished his schooling at Charleston Academy before studying Law at Aberdeen University. After graduating Calum worked in a tax practise in Aberdeen focused primarily on clients in the oil & gas sector.
Calum returned to his native Highlands in Nov 1999 and worked for 12 years in economic development with development agency Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), latterly holding a group wide senior role as Head of Operations then finally as Area Manager for the Moray region where he led a range of business, infrastructure, and community development initiatives.
In 2010 whilst with HIE Calum was appointed joint Chair of the Moray Task Force which promoted the case for retention of defence jobs in the region and helped support local communities. By working closely with partners, the task force was ultimately successful in retaining thousands of defence jobs for the north of Scotland.
Before joining Inverness & Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, Calum spent 12 years with national infrastructure business Robertson Group which is one of the UK's largest family-owned infrastructure businesses; laterally in a UK wide role leading the Robertson Capital Project business.
Donald is from the Black Isle and enjoyed a Highland education at Fortrose Academy. He was Chief Economist Lloyds Banking Group Scotland responsible for monitoring the Scottish economy and was Strategy & Finance Director from 2001 to 2010. He is also a former board member of Scottish Homes, Scottish Enterprise and the University of the Highlands & Islands (UHI). He was a trustee of the David Hume Institute and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Donald has given evidence to several Scottish Parliamentary Committees and holds the chair of visiting professor of business and economic development at the University of Abertay Dundee.
Donald was a board member of Interface - designed to promote university and business interaction. He became a member of the board of governors of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2012 and chaired the Finance & General Purposes committee from 2012 to 2021.
Donald was a board member of Highlands & Islands Enterprise, chaired the Audit committee and was Deputy Chair from 2020 to 2023. He is currently chair of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.
He was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to enterprise and rural development.
Job Titles:
- Mechanical Engineer
- Independent Chair
Jim is the former Managing Director of SSE Renewables with 34 years experience within the electricity industry at SSE. Since retiring from full time employment in 2022 he has transitioned into a number of part-time roles and is Chair of Noriker Power Ltd, Chair of Inverness & Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Ltd, a non-executive Director of Greencoat UK Wind plc and a renewable energy ambassador to Cowi UK Ltd.
Jim's early career in SSE was in development, construction and operations in both hydro and gas fired generation where he became Station Manager at Peterhead Power Station. He then went on to be Director of Major Projects responsible for the group's major capital infrastructure investments in renewables, thermal generation, gas storage and transmission.
Following SSE's acquisition of Airtricity in 2008, he led offshore wind development and construction before taking responsibility for all wind development and construction. He also spent time as the Managing Director of the groups energy trading business followed by Managing Director of Generation Operations. Following a restructuring in 2018 Jim took up his final position as Managing Director of SSE Renewables with responsibility for the 4000MW operational fleet and the development pipeline, taking over 5GW (gross) of projects through financial close prior to his retirement.
Jim is a Mechanical Engineer, trained mediator and a mentor for the MCR Pathways charity.
Lewis is a former senior bp executive, who was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. An experienced energy CEO, Lewis most recently led two investments for TPG: Rockall Energy, a US oil and gas business, and 2Co Energy, focused on North Sea hydrogen, enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Lewis was a founding member of bp's Alternative Energy business, leading a US$5bn hydrogen joint venture with Rio Tinto, and a US$3bn portfolio of hydrogen, CCS, wind, solar, biofuels and tech ventures.
Job Titles:
- Chief Officer
- Executive
- Non - Executive Director
Malcolm is the Executive Chief Officer responsible for the Infrastructure, Environment and Economy Service in Highland Council. His responsibilities cover Roads and Infrastructure, Planning, Environment and Low Carbon Transport and Economic Development and Regeneration. Within this portfolio, supporting the planning process involved in renewables of all types is a key focus, across a huge area covering a third of Scotland. He is the Council's representative on the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Board.
Recently, he has been responsible for driving forward significant economic development and transformational projects such as the Green Freeport, the £315m Highland City Region Deal (including Inverness Castle project), Uig Harbour redevelopment, the Council's in-house bus operations, the Wick Airport Public Service Obligation and the Levelling Up Fund bids and project delivery.
Malcolm is a graduate of Glasgow University (MA Geography Hons, 1993), and Strathclyde University (MSc Urban and Regional Planning 1995). Originally from Stornoway in the Western Isles, he started his career with Kyle and Carrick District Council in 1995, before going on to work with East Ayrshire Council as part of the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan team. He was appointed as a Planner at the Highland Council in November 1998 and has worked in several roles including Development Plans Manager, Head of Planning and Environment and the Council's Lead on Organisational Redesign.
Roger is employed by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) as Director of Corporate Governance and Deputy Secretary where he is responsible for leading compliance and corporate governance activities, including information governance, data protection and risk management. He has an MSc in Corporate Governance, is a Chartered Secretary and a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute of the UK and Ireland.
Roger relocated to the Highlands and Islands from the Channel Islands and has been a resident of the Black Isle since 2009.
Roger has extensive board and senior management experience acquired from various roles within commercial and public sector organisations including listed companies and the States of Guernsey civil service.
Prior to becoming a chartered governance professional, Roger trained with DEFRA and the Royal Navy and was engaged in fisheries protection and marine enforcement duties in the English Channel.
Roy formed Global Energy Group (GEG) in 2005, which has grown into one of the UK's leading integrated energy supply chain and infrastructure service providers. Headquartered in Inverness, the company's primary operations are within the Renewables, Oil & Gas and Nuclear industries. The Japanese corporation Mitsui & Co hold a 25% stake in GEG.
Sinclair is a qualified chartered surveyor and prior to joining as Chief Executive in 2011, was a partner in a leading international firm of property consultants. He advised clients on a number of high-profile projects including the regeneration of the former Royal Ordnance Factory outside Glasgow, which at just over 2,200 acres was one of the largest brownfield regeneration sites in the UK. He has also advised on the acquisition and disposal of several large office blocks and sites in both Glasgow and Edinburgh and was advisor to the then Scottish Executive on their relocation policy of departments out of Edinburgh.
On joining as CEO, he led the Port's entry into the renewable energy market with the Port now being regarded as one of the leading hubs for renewable energy in the north of Scotland. He is currently overseeing plans to further extend the Port's facilities and infrastructure.
Out with the Port of Inverness, he is a non-executive director of the Highland Housing Alliance, Vice-Chair of the British Ports Association's Scottish Ports Group and a former non-executive director of Inverness Chamber of Commerce.