| Tom Axford [More Info] Corporate Secretary and Head of Legal Scottish Water Born in Birmingham and brought up in Ayrshire, Tom studied at Aberdeen before training and qualifying at Brodies. He also worked at McClure Naismith and McGrigors before joining Scottish Hydro Electric around the time of privatisation in 1991. He quickly became involved in major oil and gas purchase contracts and projects to acquire combined-cycle gas plants. In 1996, he joined the newly formed North of Scotland Water Authority as head of legal.He is a keen road cyclist and hillwalker and has travelled extensively in eastern Europe. | |
| Elaine Galletly [More Info] Head of Legal and Administration Glasgow City Council Elaine has been with Glasgow City Council since 1990 where she did her traineeship, then worked as a solicitor in the corporate law team for a number of years until she was appointed to the role of Executive Legal Manager, Corporate and Property Law. She was involved in a variety of work including contracts, companies, trusts, Intellectual Property, and business transfers. In 2012 Elaine was appointed to the role of the Head of Legal and Administrative services. This team incorporates the Legal and Licensing teams as well as the Procurement, Registrars and Democratic Services teams within the council. Elaine was involved in the establishment of a number of Council ALEOs and the development of the Athletes Village for the Commonwealth Games at Dalmarnock. Elaine is currently involved in: the delivery of the Future City Glasgow programme which has created a number of new smart cities projects including a Data Hub and state of the art operations centre; and developing the governance around the Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal which is one of the largest ever agreed, and the first of its kind in Scotland. | |
| Carolyn Jameson [More Info] Chief Legal Officer Skyscanner Carolyn is responsible for all legal and public and regulatory affairs of the company globally. Before joining Skyscanner, she spent a number of years in a variety of legal and commercial roles within the proprietary and open-source software industry. She joined Skyscanner in 2013 from Wolfson Microelectronics plc, where she had held the role of Head of Legal for the previous 5 years. | |
| Lynda Towers [More Info] Solicitor to the Scottish Parliament Scottish Parliament | |
