David at 10:31, 23 January 2009

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David at 15:46, 31 December 2006

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==People==
Braveheart Ventures Ltd has a Board of six directors:

*[[Garry Watson]] OBE CA - Chairman. Formerly a Managing Director of [[Hill Samuel Bank]] (head of Investment Finance), [[Legal Services Ombudsman for Scotland]] and a Governor and Deputy Chairman of the [[Macaulay Land Use Research Institute]] in Aberdeen. Currently a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of [[Places for People Group]], the largest UK provider of mixed tenure housing.
*[[Geoffrey Thomson]]- Chief Executive Officer. One of the founders of Braveheart, Geoffrey is well known as a deal maker and business angel. He has run his own venture capital backed group of companies and spent five years working as a company doctor specialising in restructuring and refinancing of SMEs. Geoffrey writes columns on investment for various national broadsheets and regularly speaks at business events in Scotland.
*[[Carolyn Smith]] ACIS - Investment Director. Carolyn has an honours degree in accountancy from the University of Stirling and is a Chartered Secretary. She spent five years working in insolvency before moving to business development and investment. After five years working in private equity she joined Braveheart in 2000.
*[[Edward Cunningham]] CBE - Non-executive director. Edward has UK and international industry experience. Latterly, he was Director, Industry and Enterprise Development with the Scottish Development Agency. More recently, he has been chairman of a number of 3i-invested companies as well as other companies including the SECC. He has also been a Director of TSB Bank Scotland and Watson & Philip. He is currently chairman of two companies and has his own consultancy business.
*[[Donald Turner]] CA - Non-executive director. Donald was Managing Partner-Regions and Managing Partner for Scotland and Northern Ireland for [[Ernst and Young]] and retired from that firm as Regional Chairman Scotland in 2001. He is a past Chairman and Board Member of [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]] and was a Non-Executive Director of [[Young Enterprise Scotland]]. He is a former Council Member of the [[Institute of Directors]] and a past Chairman Scotland of [[The Princess Royal Trust for Carers]]. He is currently Convenor of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of The [[National Trust for Scotland]].
*[[Shonaig Macpherson]] CBE FRSE - Non-executive director. Shonaig joined the board of Braveheart Ventures as of 1 October 2005. She has recently retired as senior partner of McGrigors, one of Scotland’s leading legal firms. Shonaig is currently Chairman of the [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]], Chairman of [[ITI Scotland Ltd]], a Non-executive Director of the [[Scottish Executive]]’s management board, a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] and Chairman elect of The [[National Trust for Scotland]]

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 *[[Edward Cunningham]] CBE - Non-executive director.  Edward has UK and international industry experience.  Latterly, he was Director, Industry and Enterprise Development with the Scottish Development Agency.  More recently, he has been chairman of a number of 3i-invested companies as well as other companies including the SECC.  He has also been a Director of TSB Bank Scotland and Watson & Philip.  He is currently chairman of two companies and has his own consultancy business.
 *[[Donald Turner]] CA - Non-executive director.  Donald was Managing Partner-Regions and Managing Partner for Scotland and Northern Ireland for [[Ernst and Young]] and retired from that firm as Regional Chairman Scotland in 2001.  He is a past Chairman and Board Member of [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]] and was a Non-Executive Director of [[Young Enterprise Scotland]].  He is a former Council Member of the [[Institute of Directors]] and a past Chairman Scotland of [[The Princess Royal Trust for Carers]].  He is currently Convenor of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of The [[National Trust for Scotland]].
-*[[Shonaig Macpherson]]	CBE FRSE - Non-executive director.  Shonaig joined the board of Braveheart Ventures as of 1 October 2005.  She has recently retired as senior partner of McGrigors, one of Scotland’s leading legal firms.  Shonaig is currently Chairman of the [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]], Chairman of [[ITI Scotland Ltd]], a Non-executive Director of the [[Scottish Executive]]’s management board, a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] and Chairman elect of The [[National Trust for Scotland]]
+*[[Shonaig Macpherson]]	CBE FRSE - Non-executive director.  Shonaig joined the board of Braveheart Ventures as of 1 October 2005.  She has recently retired as senior partner of McGrigors, one of Scotland’s leading legal firms.  Shonaig is currently Chairman of the [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]], Chairman of [[ITI Scotland Ltd]], a Non-executive Director of the [[Scottish Executive]]’s management board, a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] and Chairman elect of The [[National Trust for Scotland]].

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David at 10:31, 23 January 2009

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