Register of Interests of Members (revised 21 June 2021)
Category 1: Remuneration Category 2: Related Undertakings Category 3: Contracts Category 4: Houses, Land and Buildings Category 5: Shares and Securities Category 6: Non Financial Interests
Peter Argyle Category 1 Aberdeenshire Councillor Category 2 - none Category 3 – none Category 4 Proprietor – Stoneleigh, Torphins AB31 4JX Owner – 1/3 share of land at Hopwas, Tamworth, Staffordshire Category 5 – none Category 6 Director of VisitAberdeenshire Board Member (Substitute) – Opportunity North East Member – National Trust for Scotland Member – Scottish Liberal Democrats Director ex-officio – Mid Deeside Limited (Community Company) Board Member – Nestrans Deputy Leader of Aberdeenshire Council Chair of Infrastructure Services Committee
Geva Blackett Category 1 Councillor, Ward 15 Aberdeenshire Council Husband owns and runs Yellow Welly Tours Category 2 £2,000 airfares, £175 Visa Costs and other related costs amounting to less than £50 in total paid by CNPA for attendance at International Mountain Tourism Alliance Guizhou Province, China from 11th – 16th October 2018. Hospitality including accommodation and meals provided by Secretariat of International Mountain Tourism Alliance during visit to Guizhou Province, China 11-16 October, 2016 estimated at £700. Category 3 - None Category 4 – Part owner of 8, 17 and 25 School Lane Appleby, Lincolnshire. 1 Geva Blackett continued… Part owner of 44 Bridge Street Ballater. Occupier and beneficiary of family trust owned Balnellan House, Braemar Category 5 - None Category 6 – Ballater Royal Deeside - Marr Area Committee appointee Aberdeen International Airport Consultative Body - Aberdeenshire Council nominee Mar Lodge - National Trust for Scotland Voluntary Advisor Scottish National Party – Member Braemar Community Ltd – Member
Carolyn Caddick Category 1: Deputy Convener, Cairngorms National Park Authority (remunerated position) HC Elected Member for Inverness South J&J Pension Trustee Board Member Self-Catering Property – 1/3 share of income Category 2 - None Category 3 - None Category 4: ½ share in marital home - Westhill, Inverness 1/3 share in Self-Catering Property – Craig-na-Gower Ave, Aviemore. Category 5: J&J Shares Category 6: 1st Battalion the Highlanders Army Cadet Force - Honorary Colonel Inverness Airport Business Park Ltd – Board Member Highlanders Museum Fort George - Board Member Highland Council - Vice-Chair South Planning Committee Northern Meeting Piping - Trust and Board Member Highland Opportunity Investments Ltd – Board Member Highland Businesswomen’s Club – Member Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development – Fellow Doctor Forbes Trust – Trustee Scottish Liberal Democrats - Member
Deirdre Falconer Category 1: Salaried at Glentruim Estate Ltd Category 2 - None Category 3 - None Category 4: ½ share in marital home – Drumguish, Kingussie which is occasional used as short term let Financial Interest in flat in Glasgow Category 5 - none Category 6: Member – Scottish National Party Member – Yes Badenoch 2 Pippa Hadley Category 1: Highland Councillor Category 2 - None Category 3 - none Category 4: Council house tenant - 26 Dunbarry Terrace, Kingussie, PH21 1LL Category 5 – none Category 6: 2nd and 3rd year Diploma at Beechwood Campus, Inverness (Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy) student at UHI 2017/18 And 2018/19 Member of Scottish Green Party
Janet Hunter Category 1 Growbiz Marketing Director Fjord Adventures ( Norwegian Fjord Adventure Holidays) Ski Patroller - Glenshee Ski Company Category 2 – none Category 3 – none Category 4 Joint owner house Enochdhu, Strathardle Perthshire 1/4 owner house Achnamara Lochgilphead Category 5 Share holder SilverHunter ltd Category 6 Member - British Association of Snowsport Instructors (BASI) Member - The British Association of Ski Patrollers (BASP) Member – Mount Blair Community Development Trust Board Member of Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust (nominated by CNPA) Board Member Inclusive Cairngorms Member – Europarc Council Director - Cateran Ecomuseum
John Kirk Category 1 Manage Mains of Curr farm Director and Company Secretary of Spey Valley Hire Centre Group Owner of Rothiemoon Farm Category 2 - none Category 3 – none Category 4 Owner of home Rothiemoon farm ½ share of Grampian View, Aviemore ½ share of Myrtlefield shops, Aviemore ½ share of Dalfaber, Industiral Estate units 3 John Kirk continued… Category 5 – none Category 6 Member – Nethy News Paper Member – Nethy Bowling Club Member – Strathspey Farmers Club
John Latham Category 1 Elected member for Aberdeenshire Council, Ward 14 (Huntly, Strathbogie and the Howe of Alford) Category 2 – none Category 3 – none Category 4 Owner of house in Alford area – Glenend Tough, Alford – plus six acres of farmland at the same address Category 5 – none Category 6 Member – Scotways Elected Member representative – Marr Area Partnership Committee Member – Camping and Caravan Club Member – Liberal Democrat Party Chair of the Murray Park Trustees (Alford)
Eleanor Mackintosh Category 1 Husband & Son, Robert Mackintosh & Alistair Mackintosh, farm in partnership at Tombreckachie Farm, Glenlivet. Help with farm but receive no remuneration. Chairman Upper Banffshire Training Group Category 2 – none Category 3 – none Category 4 – none Category 5 – none Category 6 Committee member – Glenlivet & Inveravon Community Association Seconded Member – British Wool and Marketing Board, Northern Committee CNPA Representative on Tomintoul & Glenlivet Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Board Member – Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust Son contract farms for North Glen Estate and she assists in this work without remuneration.
4 Douglas McAdam Category 1: Director McAdam Trading Ltd – consultancy and support services Chairman Wild Deer Best Practice Scotland Independent Chairman SGDMG Chairman Wild Scotland Advisor to Board of Countryside Learning Scotland Category 2 - none Category 3 – none Category 4: Joint owner of house in NW Sutherland (FHL) Ownership of residential property in Edinburgh Category 5: Shares in McAdam Trading Ltd Category 6: Member British Deer Society Member ASSC
Xander McDade Category 1: Convener, Cairngorms National Park Authority (remunerated position) Councillor, Perth & Kinross Council, 2 High Street, Perth Category 2 - none Category 3 - none Category 4: 50% ownership of land at Pitagowan Old Service Reservoir, Pitagowan Owner of house in Blair Atholl Category 5 Directorship and shareholdings of Ballinluig Hospitality Limited. Category 6 John Muir Trust – Trustee Perth & Kinross Integration Joint Board - Member Blair Atholl Village Hall – Trustee Moulin Kirk Trust – Trustee Pitlochry Highland Games – Director Amnesty International – Member Pitlochry Business Forum (Chair) Pitlochry New Year’s Street Party (Committee Member) Highland Action Partnership (Member) CoSLA Convention – Perth & Kinross Council Appointee Cuil-an-Daraich Trust As CNPA Board Convener - Highland Council Community Planning Partnership As CNPA Board Convener - National Parks UK Member
5 Willie McKenna Category 1 – none Category 2 – none Category 3 – none Category 4 Part owner family home in Rothiemurchus Category 5 – none Category 6 Director - Aviemore Community Company Director Member - British Association Snowsports Member – Caravan Camping Club
Ian McLaren Category 1: J McLaren & Son, Hairdressing Angus Councillor Category 2 - none Category 3 - none Category 4: Owner of house, Lochside of Balgavies, By Forfar DD8 2SE Owner of premises 188 East High Street, Forfar DD8 2HG Category 5 – none Category 6 Member - Rescobie Loch Development Association Member - Lodge Forfar Kilwinning No 90 Member - East & Old Parish Church Member - Forfar in Flower Member - Forfar Golf Club Member - Scottish Wildlife Trust Trustee - Dr Andrew Kerr Trust Trustee - Strangs Mortification
Fiona McLean Category 1 - Vice Chair, University of the Highlands and Islands (part remunerated) Non-Executive Director of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Chair of Highland Home Carers Category 2 - Non-Executive Director of Historic Environment Scotland Category 3 - none Category 4 – Joint owner of a house in Newtonmore Joint owner of a holiday house in Sutherland Category 5 - none Category 6 – SSPCA Member WWF Member Greenpeace Member 6 William Munro Category 1: Remuneration None Category 2: Related Undertakings None Category 3: Contracts None Category 4: Houses, Land and Buildings Joint owner of home Westhill, Aberdeenshire Category 5: Shares and Securities None Category 6: Non-Financial Interests Member of Mountaineering Scotland Member of Cairngorm Club Member of The Munro Society Member of National Trust for Scotland Member of Caravan and Motorhome Club Member of Camping and Caravanning Club Seasonal pitch holder Glenmore campsite Institution of Civil Engineers Royal Town Planning Institute Institution of Highways and Transportation Vice Chair of a Community Council (not in CNPA area) Trustee of Melanoma Action and Support Scotland (MASScot) SC040286
Anne Rae Macdonald Category 1 – Partner in Anderson Rae & Partners (owner-occupied farming business) Director of Nonikiln Associates Ltd Category 2 – Director of Highland Business Services Ltd (non-remunerated) Category 3 – none Category 4 – Part owner of house, Invergordon Category 5 – none Category 6 – Member of National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) Member of Scottish Government Women In Agriculture Taskforce
Gaener Rodger Category 1 – Non-Executive Director of NHS Highland Board Director of Kazbeg Ltd Category 2 – none Category 3 – none
7 Gaener Rodger continued… Category 4 – ½ share in marital home, Culloden Moor, Inverness Category 5 – none Category 6 – Member of the Argyll & Bute Integration Joint Board Chair & Member of the Highland Children & Young People's Forum Member of The Highland Health Board Endowment Fund Member of Girlguiding Scotland & Girlguiding UK Family membership of the Cairngorm Ski Club Member of the Inverness Bee Keepers Association
Derek Ross Category 1 Elected member for Moray Council, Ward 1 (Speyside Glenlivet) Category 2 – none Category 3 – none Category 4 ½ share in marital home, Rothes, Moray ½ share in rental flat, King Street, Aberdeen Category 5 – none Category 6 Life Member Educational Institute of Scotland Trustee – Knockando Woolmill
Judith Webb Category 1 – Part-time lecturer, UHI IC Scottish School of Forestry Some self employed consultancy Part - time registration officer / celebrant for civil marriages Category 2 – none Category 3 – none Category 4 - none Category 5 – none Category 6 – Chair – Forest Research Audit & Risk Assurance Committee Chair – Community Asset Transfer Scheme Evaluation Panel Member Royal Forestry Society Member BASC Member British Deer Society
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