Council Members
There are 37 Council members responsible for
Council members serve a 4-year term. Council membership follows a rolling programme with election, nomination and appointments processes taking place every 2 years, which means half of Council step down at the end of each 2-year period.
Membership for 2022 – 2024
Khadija Mohammed is Convener and Iain Macmillan is Vice Convener.
Thomas Britton
Teacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Conveners / Professional Regulatory Assurance (Convenor)
John Devine
Headteacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Conveners / Education / Finance and Corporate Services (Convener)
Lilian Field
Headteacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Conveners / Finance and Corporate Services (Vice Convener)
Anne Marie Harley
College Lecturer
Category
Further Education
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
N/A
Ben Horsburgh
Headteacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance
Omar Kettlewell
Teacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Conveners / Education (Convener)
Joan Lennon
Teacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance
Iain Macmillan
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Conveners / Education / Finance and Corporate Services / Professional Regulatory Assurance
Robert Macmillan
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Education / Finance and Corporate Services
Adela Mansur
Teacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance (Vice Convener)
Jane McKeown
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Education (Vice Convener)
Khadija Mohammed
Teacher
Category
Universities providing courses of Initial Teacher Education
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Council (Convener) / Conveners / Education / Finance and Corporate Services / Professional Regulatory Assurance
Ann Murdoch
Teacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Finance and Corporate Services
Catherine Nicol
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Finance and Corporate Services
Elizabeth Russell
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Finance and Corporate Services
Adam C Sutcliffe
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance
Nuzhat Uthmani
Teacher
Category
Primary/Nursery Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
N/A
Lyn Wilson
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Education
John J Wilson
Teacher
Category
Secondary Teachers (including Headteachers)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
N/A
Aileen Kennedy
Category
Universities Scotland (following consultation with universities providing courses of Initial Teacher Education)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Education
Elaine Selley
Category
Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Education
Gerry McCormick
Category
Roman Catholic Church
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Education
Heather Grossart
Category
Parent Councils and Combined Parent Councils
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance Committee
John Finlayson
Category
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (following consultation with the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Jon Vincent
Category
Further Education Colleges
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Education
Laurence Findlay
Teacher
Category
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (following consultation with the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Finance and Corporate Services
Paul Finnegan
Category
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (following consultation with the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Dr Stephen Day
Category
Universities Scotland (following consultation with universities providing courses of Initial Teacher Education)
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
N/A
Susan Leslie
Category
Church of Scotland
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Education
Professor Morag Redford
Category
Universities Scotland (following consultation with universities providing courses of Initial Teacher Education)
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
N/A
Coral Bain
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance
Lynsey Cleland
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Finance and Corporate Services / Staffing Sub-Committee
Nazim Hamid
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance
Linda Jamieson
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
N/A
Jane Malcolm
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2026
Committee
Education
Ian Sharpe
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Carole Wilkinson
Category
Lay Member
Term of office
to 1 April 2024
Committee
Professional Regulatory Assurance