Appointment of new SFT Chairman and Trustees

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As a consequence of the retirement of John Kissock OBE, Trustees are pleased to announce a number of changes in the make up of the Board.

Robert Scott OBE, is the new Chairman of the Trust and Guy Watt has been appointed as Deputy Chairman.  Both Robert and Guy have been Trustees for a number of years.

Two additional Trustees have also been appointed and take up their posts formally from January 2010.  They are Gordon Callander and Alan Black who bring timber industry and fund management expertise respectively, to the Trust.

Further details and biographical information can be found here.

 

The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Scottish Charity No. SC053147). The Scottish Forestry Trust was established in 1983 by a gift of share capital, and our role is to provide funds by way of grants, to support research, education and training throughout the UK.  Since our establishment, we have provided nearly £2.7m to fund over 190 projects ranging from supporting post graduate industry applied research, social and environmental forestry, policy formulation and broader public education and awareness.