Staff and Board

Telephone: 0141 425 2908
Email: gerry.higgins@ceis.org.uk

Gerry was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of CEiS in February 2006 having previously been the founding Chief Executive of Social Firms UK. Gerry assisted the DTI to create the first Social Enterprise Strategy for the UK and was a founding director of the UK Social Enterprise Coalition. Gerry is currently a director of the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition, CEiS Ayrshire, DSL Business Finance, and is on the Steering Group for Social Enterprise World Forum following the CEiS initiative to host the inaugural world forum in Edinburgh. Gerry is a member of the Scottish Third Sector Research Forum and is working with the Scottish Investment Fund to introduce and develop the range of finance and investment options for social enterprises. Gerry is working with Government, Third Sector Partners and Public Authorities to build the capacity of social enterprise in Scotland and to ensure the implementation of community benefit clauses for contracting relating to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014 leaves a lasting legacy for the Third Sector in Scotland.

Telephone: 0141 425 2904
Email: maureen.harte@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Certificate in Management
Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD)

Maureen joined CEiS in March 1998 as Personnel Officer. Maureen's specialisms include all aspects of human resource management and staff development. Previously employed with the Wise Group (Heatwise) for 14 years and spent the last 4 years there as Personnel Manager.

Telephone: 0141 425 2902
Email: deborah.nicol@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
BA CA

Deborah joined CEiS in October 2004 as the Company Secretary/Accountant. Deborah's specialisms include financial and management accounting, budgetary control, forecasting and general management. Deborah previously worked with AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Telephone: 0141 425 2905
Email: fiona.campbell@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
HNC in Accounting
HNC in Computer Applications & Information Technology

Fiona joined CEiS in May 1990 as an administrative assistant. In January 2000 she took on the role of IT Officer and is now ICT Manager.

Telephone: 0141 425 2903
Email: terri.colman@ceis.org.uk

Terri joined CEiS in April 2006 as a Bookkeeper. Terri has over 20 years experience of bookkeeping and deals with the company's day to day processing of suppliers' invoices and pro duction of sales invoices.

Telephone: 0141 425 2918
Email: anne-marie.allan@ceis.org.uk

Anne-Marie joined CEiS in July 1995 as a Consultant and became Enterprise support Manager in January 2001. Anne-Marie manages the consultancy team as they engage with around 70 client organisations. Her particular responsibilities are for project planning and management, quality assurance and client satisfaction. She also has responsibility for coordinating the Scottish Executive's Women Entrepreneur Women Managers programme delivered by CEiS and Glasgow's LDCs.

Telephone: 0141 425 2917
Email: emma.stratton@ceis.org.uk

Emma joined CEiS in August 2008 as the administrator for the Enterprise Support Team. She is responsible for providing general administrative and project management support for the team and assisting the Enterprise Support Manager in ensuring the smooth day to day running of the department. Current responsibilities include administering the Aspire to Enterprise programme. Emma has several years experience working in a variety of administrative roles, most recently in the banking and finance sector.

Telephone: 0141 425 2909
Email: john.hughes@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
BA in Marketing and Communication
Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
Member of the Institute of Business Advisers
2006 Social Enterprise Business Adviser of the Year award

John joined CEiS in August 2003 as a Consultant. John's specialisms include business planning, marketing and client managing social economy organisations on behalf of Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire. John also manages the North Ayrshire Social Economy Growth Programme. John's role involves looking for strategic partnerships to deliver Business Gateway or Scottish Enterprise activity as well as developing further Social Economy Growth Programmes.

Telephone: 0141 425 2910
Email: john.black@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
MBA, MA in politics and economic history
M Litt. in single homeless provision
Post graduate diploma in housing studies, and personnel and development
Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Prior to joining CEiS, John was Policy Advisor with South Lanarkshire Council. He has worked in six local councils, specialising in housing, personnel and training, community development and economic and social strategy issues.

Telephone: 0141 425 2911
Email: alex.rooney@ceis.org.uk

Alex joined CEiS in April 2000 as an Accounting Technician. Alex's specialisms include compiling financial projections, budget assistance and practical bookkeeping advice to clients. He is also becoming more involved in installing Sage Financial Ledger Systems to clients. Alex worked for 19 years with Scottish Power. Most of this time was spent within the Management Accounting division where he was involved in most aspects of financial reporting, providing historical and forecast information.

Telephone: 0141 425 2915
Email: gillian.gray@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Liberal Arts Degree (USA)
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Napier University

Gillian joined CEiS in March 2001 as a Consultant. Gillian's specialisms include business planning, social firm development, strategic reviews, ideas generation and partnership development. Gillian worked within the social economy sector for 7 years developing employment related programmes for those hardest to reach.

Telephone: 0141 425 2913
Email: kevin.smith@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
BA (Hons) Marketing from University of Strathclyde
Diploma in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing
Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing

Kevin joined CEiS in January 2005 and works as a Business Adviser. His specialisms include business planning, marketing, and learning and development for private, public and third sector organisations. Areas of interest within the social economy sector include health and social care, social firms and models of business replication. Previous to working with CEiS, Kevin had six years sales experience with NCR; 3 years as a business consultant with CCA; 3 years managing Glasgow Opportunities' Management Development Programme; 2 years as Marketing and Production Manager with Design Corporation.

Telephone: 0141 425 2912
Email: james.finnie@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
BA Business Economics with Marketing (Distinction) from University of Paisley

James joined CEiS in May 2005 as a Consultant. His specialisms include European legislation, operations management, marketing sales management, supply chain operations, project management, customer service management, e-business, financial budget management, strategic planning and human resource management. Prior to joining CEiS, James worked for Motorola Semiconductors. Throughout his 12 year career at Motorola James held 7 different positions, increasing in responsibility up to European Management level.

Telephone: 0141 425 2916
Email: russell.walker@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
BA in Business Studies

Russell joined CEiS in 2007 as a Research Assistant and his role involves market research for our Enterprise Support Team. Previous to working with the company Russell studied at the University of Stirling and graduated with a BA in Business Studies. The main projects he has been working on include research for the study into new market opportunities for the North Ayrshire Local Social Economy Partnership, a feasibility study investigating the potential market opportunities for the previous One Plus premises in Ardrossan as well as a mapping study of Social Enterprise in the Scottish Borders. More recently he co-authored a research report for Scottish Government into business replication and franchising as models for social enterprise development.

Telephone: 0141 425 2937
Email: roy.crosby@ceis.org.uk

Roy joined the CEiS Enterprise Support Team in 2009 as a business advisor focussing mainly on working with clients requiring finance and business development assistance.

Roy is a management accountant to trade and prior to joining CEiS spent 9 years as a consultant in finance, logistics and organisational development.

Telephone: 0141 425 2922
Email: sam.eccles@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Bsc Clothing Design and Manufacture
MSc Marketing

Key roles: to influence, develop and establish CEiS's strategy for the development of the social economy. To identify and develop opportunities within the more than profit sector (specific remits include Arts and Culture, and Financial Inclusion). Project Officer for BIG Lottery's Community Assets Programme of Funding. Initiating and Developing Art/Craft Incubators (currently in development). Also Tutor for Social Enterprise Academy and Free Lance Journalist for Skinny Magazine. Experience in Credit Unions, Advocacy, Anti-poverty, Volunteer Development, Business Development, Marketing, Journalism, Arts/Culture.

Telephone: 0141 425 2941
Email: lorna.wallace@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Bsc Environmental Science from University of Stirling
Post Grad Diplom (Merit) Environmental Management
IEMA Lead Auditor ISO 14001
Full Member of IEMA

Lorna joined CEiS in April 2008 as Sustainability and Capital Build Coordinator. Lorna's previous experience includes; delivering community environmental improvement grant schemes for the public and private clients for 5 years, 4 years as an environmental consultant to industry and public sectors and 3 years working in the oil and gas sector. Lorna specialisms include project development, environmental law, management systems, pollution control and waste minimisation.

Telephone: 0141 425 2929
Email: tania.morlan@ceis.org.uk

Tania joined CEIS in November 2008 as Development Officer for the BIG Lottery’s Growing Community Assets Fund. Tania was previously employed as a Programme Manager within the Objective 3 European Structural Fund Programme.

Telephone: 0141 425 2943
Email: stephen.smith@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Quantity Surveyors

Stephen joined in March 2009 as Quantity Surveyor for the BIG Lottery’s Growing Community Assets Fund. Stephen’s previous experience includes project management, private practice consultancy, large national house builders and client officer.

Stephen spent over 7 years as a voluntary member of the Management Board of Cube Housing Association, a large RSL committed to regenerating and sustaining communities in West Central Scotland.

Telephone: 0141 425 2907
Email: gill.smith@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Diploma in Event Management (part completed)

Telephone: 0141 425 2923
Email: lynsey.johnston@ceis.org.uk

Qualifications:
Chartered Institute of Marketing Professional Diploma
BA (honours) Film & Media and Marketing
Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing

Lynsey joined CEiS in January 2009 as part of the Events and Marketing Team. Previously she spent 4 years at Kibble Education and Care Centre as their Marketing Officer in the Funding Marketing and Communications team where she had responsibility for all of the marketing activities.

Lynsey’s role as events coordinator involves planning and managing events, and promoting the events management service. She is also responsible for the design of promotional materials.