Richard Holloway (Chair)

Richard Holloway is the Chair of the joint board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, and has had a varied career as writer and broadcaster. He was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus (Archbishop) of the Scottish Episcopal Church until he stood down in 2000.

Richard was Gresham Professor of Divinity in the City of London 1997-2001. He was a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority from its inception in 1990 until 1997, and chaired its ethics committee. He was a member of the Broadcasting Standards Commission from 2000-2003. He became Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council in 2005. A frequent broadcaster, he has presented a number of television series, including Holloway’s Road and The Sword and the Cross and also BBC Radio Scotland’s flagship book programme, Cover Stories. He is in constant demand as a lecturer and after-dinner speaker.

Maggie Cunningham

Maggie Cunningham became joint Head of Programmes and Services for BBC Scotland in January 2005. With her job share partner she is responsible for all of BBC Scotland's output in Scotland and on the Network - TV, Radio and Online across every genre.

Maggie was Head of Radio, Scotland from 2000 to 2005.

She has worked in broadcasting for more than 25 years, starting her career as a producer at BBC Highland, before working as a freelance journalist from 1982 to 1989, and returning to the BBC as Executive Producer, Radio nan Gaidheal. She became Editor of Radio nan Gaidheal in 1992, and was responsible for developing daily output from Inverness for Radio Scotland. In 1995, she became Secretary, BBC Scotland and returned to production in 1997 to set up BBC Scotland's Talent Pool - ensuring effective deployment and development of staff in a bi-media world. In 1999 she was appointed Head of Features, Education and Religion at BBC Scotland before taking up the position as Head of Radio, Scotland. She is married with two children.

Donald Lamont

Donald Lamont’s experience as former Ambassador to Venezuela has been invaluable. He has also worked as the Chief of Staff to the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997-99. He was Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and Sandwich Islands from 1999 - 2002, and was Ambassador to Uruguay from 1991-1994. He has also served in Berlin, Moscow, and Vienna.

During his postings at the FCO in London, Mr Lamont's jobs have included: Head of the Republic of Ireland Department from 1994 - 1997; Assistant Head of United Nations Department from 1985 - 1988; Head of Section, later Deputy Head of Department, of the Falkland Islands Department, from 1982 - 1985; and Desk Officer, in the Marine & Transport Department from 1974 - 1977. Before joining the FCO, he worked in the motor industry.

Irene Tweedie

Irene Tweedie left BBC Scotland in 2006 after 12 years as Head of Finance, Property and Business Affairs.

Educated at Stirling University, she is a mathematics graduate who taught in secondary schools before moving to industry and training as a Chartered Management Accountant.

She gained broad experience working in London in the contracting and oil exploration industries then returned to Scotland to work in silicon glen before spending 6 years with Price Waterhouse as a management consultant.

As part of BBC Scotland’s Board, Irene has a proven track record in strategic planning and building and leading teams. Irene lives in Bothwell and is on the boards of 2 charities which work with learning disabled people: ProjectAbility and Indepen-dance. She is a board member of the National Theatre of Scotland.

Peter Stevenson

Peter has had a career in finance, principally as a director of Noble Grossart Limited. He was subsequently Chairman of the Paisley-based retailing group, Mackay Stores Holdings Limited. He is the chairman of The Really Terrible Orchestra.

John Wallace

In January 2002, John Wallace became Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama after a long acclaimed career as a virtuoso trumpet player and conductor. In 1995, he was awarded the O.B.E. in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of his distinguished services to music.

In February 2002, he became the first orchestral musician to receive the ABO Award from the British Orchestras as the individual considered to have made the most outstanding contribution to orchestral life in the UK. In March 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2007 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music.

He has premiered many new works, has an extensive list of recordings to his name and, as a concerto soloist, he has appeared with most of the world’s best known conductors. In addition to orchestral appearances, John Wallace has been greatly in demand as a recitalist and teacher. He has given masterclasses world-wide, has participated in Arts Council Network tours both in the UK and in Australia and has worked with the British Council in South Africa and Russia. In 1986 he founded the Wallace Collection, an ensemble devoted to the development of brass music and education and which fast became one of the world’s pioneering brass groups.

John Wallace attended Buckhaven High School and King’s College, Cambridge. Until 1995, he was Principal Trumpet of the Philharmonia, a position which he held for nearly twenty years. With Professor Trevor Herbert he is co-editor of the Cambridge University Press Companion to Brass Instruments and he is currently finishing a history of the trumpet for publication by Yale University Press – From Jericho to Jazz.

Donalda MacKinnon

Donalda MacKinnon is Head of Programmes and Services, BBC Scotland.

In this role Donalda is responsible for all of BBC Scotland's output for audiences in Scotland only and for BBC Scotland’s output on all the BBC network channels and stations.   Her senior team consists of Head of Sport and local television commissioning; Head of News and Current Affairs; Head of Gaelic and BBC ALBA; Head of Radio, Scotland; Head of Learning  New Media and Communities; Head of Drama; Executive Editor, Comedy; Head of Factual output; Head of Children’s output; Head of Entertainment and Events; Director of the BBC SSO and Chief Adviser, Programmes and Services.  She shares line management responsibility with Controllers of Comissioning in London for 3 network commissioning executives in Daytime, Entertainment and Factual.

Her career in the BBC has spanned more than twenty years and over that period she has been involved in programme and content making at most levels.  She began her career as an Assistant Producer in television, researching and directing items for a Current Affairs programme and proceeded to build experience in production across most genres: documentary, entertainment, youth magazine, children’s programmes, education, comedy and drama.  Prior to moving into senior management, she had spent a period in radio production.  Her senior management positions have included Head of Gaelic Broadcasting and Head of Children’s output.  She job-shared her current role up until January 2009 when she took over the post full-time.

A native of the island of Harris, she was educated at the University of Edinburgh and Jordanhill College of Education.  Other industry training has involved courses at Ashridge Business School, Hertfordshire, England and Stanford Research Institute, California, USA.

She lives in Glasgow with her husband and three teenage children.