Meet the board

Dave possesses a huge range of strategic and board level decision making from his roles within the Army which he brings to the role of trustee. He is a huge advocate of sport and recreation as a key driver for the delivery of mental and physical resilience as well as forging community links. He provides leadership mentoring to senior leaders in the civil service, Army and Police.

With 20+ years working in banking, Gillian appreciates the effects of Culture, Health and Wellbeing. Living locally, she was drawn to this position as a way to utilise the skills and board experience she has developed and applies them to the community she lives in.

Lynn has significant strategic leadership, community planning and compliance experience from her career in the police to bring to her role on the Active Stirling board. She has a variety of interest outside of work and a lifetime love of sport and fitness.

Martha has a wide array of experience to support her role as trustee in the diagnostic health care sector and voluntary experience of community sport and physical activity development.

Over a lifetime of employment Robin has had three main careers. Firstly a career in Royal Mail management followed by a career in operational and strategic HR management and finally an academic career researching and teaching HR and business management for various academic institutions. Robin is a Chartered Fellow (FCIPD) of the CIPD with Post Graduate Degree qualifications in HR Management, Employment Law (LLM), Teaching Further Education (TQFE) and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).Robin has lived and worked in various parts of the UK and abroad and alongside his wife has been settled in Bridge of Allan for the last ten years.

Chris is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Stirling, with a research and teaching background focused on health, wellbeing and rehabilitation, particularly around physical activity and vascular disease. He holds a number of national governance and advisory roles, including chairing the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) Scotland, sitting on funding panels for the Chief Scientist Office and Versus Arthritis, and serving on the advisory board for Movement for Health. He brings experience of strategic leadership, evaluation and cross-sector partnership working across healthcare, academia and the third sector, along with a strong personal commitment to community engagement and inclusive access to sport and physical activity.

David is Director of Cruinn Consulting, an executive search and leadership consultancy working with organisations across Scotland. He brings experience of strategic recruitment, business development and organisational growth to support the work of the Active Stirling Board.

Elaine brings a strong communications background and deep local community experience to her role. A former journalist and editor, she has worked across a wide range of sectors and audiences, including motoring, parenting, insurance and medical communications, in London and Singapore.

Since returning to her childhood village of Thornhill in 2018, Elaine has been active in bringing local groups together to improve community wellbeing and participation. Her voluntary work includes helping establish a weekly warm space for older residents, converting a disused phone box into a community book exchange, and supporting the creation of a volunteer-run monthly café.

Elaine’s experience in communication, partnership working and grassroots community development supports Active Stirling’s commitment to improving health, wellbeing and access to sport and physical activity across Stirling’s communities.