Meet the team

 

The Community Energy Scotland team is made up of development officers with a wide range of skills and experience and a great deal of enthusiasm and commitment. Some staff are based at the main office in Dingwall whilst others are

based within communtities across Scotland. Contacts numbers for each are listed below and can be contacted on email at firstname.surname@communityenergyscotland.org.uk.  

MAIN OFFICE, 2b Fodderty Way, Dingwall, Ross-shire

Nicholas Gubbins, Chief Executive, Tel. 01349 860123

Eric Dodd, National Projects Manager and Area Manager, South Scotland, Tel. 01349 860125

Marion O'Hara, Company Secretary, Membership and Communications, Tel. 01349 860122

Daniel Portsmouth, Development Officer Monitoring and Evaluation Tel. 01349 860127

Robert Burnett, Finance Officer, Tel. 01349 860133

Laura Knowles, Administrator, Tel. 01349 860129

Brid McKibben, Development Officer Schools Renewables Tel. 01349 860130

Helen Houston, Community Powerdown Co-ordinator, Tel 01349 860124

Sarah MacDonald, Assistant Administrator, Tel. 01349 860121

Revenue Generating Projects

Rona MacKay, Manager, Revenue Generating Projects Tel. 01870 604932 (based in Benbecula)

Laura Nicolson, Development Officer Revenue Generating Projects Tel 01349 860128(based in Dingwall)

Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles 

Patrick Ross-Smith, Area Manager Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles, Moars Park, Weisdale, Shetland ZE2 9LN Tel. 01595 830206

Jennifer Nicolson, Assistant Development Officer Shetland based in Weisdale Tel. 01595 830206

Mark Hull, Development Officer Orkney based on Rousay Tel. 01856 821 447

Kathleen Macdonald, Development Officer Western Isles based in Stornoway Tel. 01851 707333

North East Highland, Moray and North East Scotland

Jon Priddy, Area Manager North East Highland, Moray and North East Scotland, The Links, Golspie Business Park, Golspie KW10 6UB Tel. 01408 634063 / 01408 635 102

Melanie Macrae, Development Officer North Highland based in Golspie. Tel. 01408 635 101

Steven Watson, Development Officer East Highland Tel. 01349 860126 (based in Dingwall)

Alan Beedie, Development Officer Aberdeen, Angus and Dundee Tel. 02921251908 02921251908 (based in Ellon)

West Highland Argyll &  Bute

Rab Lees, Area Manager West Highland, Argyll & Bute, St Mary's House, Gordon Square, Fort William PH33 6DY  Tel. 01397 708266

Karen Paterson, Assistant Development Officer, Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh Tel. 01397 708251 (based in Fort William)

Felix Wight, Development Officer, Argyll, Tel. 01546 605430

Central Scotland

Jamie Adam, Development Officer, Central Scotland c/o Scottish Environment Link, 2 Grosvenor House, Shore Road, Perth Tel. 01738 620879

Greater Glasgow

Iona McDonald, Development Officer Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire,  Level 3, St Georges Buildings, 5 St Vincents Place, Glasgow G1 2DH Tel. 0141 2754889

Kevin Dickson, Development Manager, Tel. 0141 2754889

South East Scotland                                                                               

Georgy Davis, Development Officer South East Scotland Tel. 0131 468 8677 (based in Edinburgh)

South West Scotland    

Keith Bale, Development Officer, Community Energy Scotland, c/o Energy Agency, Auchincruive (SAC compound), Ayr, KA6 5HW Tel. 01292 525508