The Directors of High Life Highland’s Trading Company are responsible for leading the trading business of the organisation and they meet several times a year. They consist of four Directors from the main Board and 5 Independent Directors, who bring with them a wealth of skills from the business world.

Lesley Strang

Alison Matheson

Kirk Tudhope
Vice Chair Trading Board

Michael Boylan

David Beaton

Andrew Jarvie

Kenneth Nicol
Chair Board of Directors

Mark Tate
Vice Chair Board of Directors & Chair HLH Trading

Michael Golding

Lesley Strang

  • Owner of a Highland based event/project management company with nationwide experience across all sectors of event management
  • Involved in community and voluntary activity
  • Outdoor and travel enthusiast
  • Lives in Sutherland

Alison Matheson

Particular interest in the environment and getting more people involved in sport, leisure and the outdoors. Previous trustee experience.

Kirk Tudhope

  • Solicitor and Partner, Ledingham Chalmers LLP.  Specialist in employment law with considerable experience of working in the leisure and culture sectors and on charity boards.

Vice Chair Trading Board

Michael Boylan

Leads the Transformation work within SSEN Transmissions, with over 25 years in Retail operations and business Transformation.  Has also had previous volunteer Board experience.

Lives in Nairn

David Beaton

  • Managing Director, Stagecoach Highland
  • Extensive business management experience at local, national and international levels
  • Member of Board of Management North Highland college
  • RNLI Fundraising Chairman( former crewman and coxswain)

 

  • Lives in Skye

Andrew Jarvie

Highland Council Director,

Member of:

Audit and Scrutiny Committee (Vice-Chair)

Education Committee

Housing and Property Committee

Pensions Committee

LNCT

Caithness Area Committee

Kenneth Nicol

Retired Socio Economic Manager for Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSLR).

Chair Board of Directors

Mark Tate

Currently CEO Cairngorms Business Partnership with extensive international and domestic business experience.

Vice Chair Board of Directors & Chair HLH Trading

Michael Golding

  • CEO of Visit Inverness Loch Ness