Ian Welsh, Director of UK Services

Ian was appointed Chief Executive of Momentum in 2001, following a varied career that has spanned the public, private, and political spectrum.  In 2007 he was appointed Director of UK Services, Rehab Group to provide leadership and support to Momentum and Momentum's sister services across the UK, all of which are part of the Rehab Group .

After graduating from Glasgow University with a Joint Honours Degree in English and History, Ian became a teacher and was latterly Deputy Head at Auchinleck Academy, then Director of Human Resources and Public Affairs at Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. He joined Kilmarnock Football Club as Chief Executive in 1997 and remained there until joining Momentum.

Ian has a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Studies in Education (Management), a Post Graduate Master of Arts Degree in Education and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce.

A previous Leader of Kyle and Carrick District Council, and the first Leader of the new South Ayrshire Council, Ian was also the first Member of The Scottish Parliament for Ayr.

He is a member of the Court of University of West of Scotland, a Board member of Irvine Bay Urban Regeneration Company, Borderline Theatre Company, The Space Place, Space Unlimited and the Chair of Ayr United Football Academy and Ayrshire Business in the Community.

A former Governor of Craigie College of Education (now University of West of Scotland, Ayr Campus) and Board member of Kilmarnock and Ayr Colleges and Glaisnock House Trust, Ian was also Chair of the Scottish Advisory Committee of the Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation and the North Ayr Partnership, the Executive-funded Social Inclusion Partnership Programme aimed at regenerating disadvantaged areas and the Ayrshire Economic Forum.  He chaired the Scottish Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation for three years.

headoffice@momentumscotland.org

David Whyte, Managing Director, Haven Products and Corporate Finance

David is a graduate Chartered Accountant who began his career with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, where he progressed to the position of Technical Manager.  In 1984 he moved to the Clydesdale Electrical Group as Group Financial Controller and Company Secretary before moving to Glen TV Rentals Ltd as Finance Director.  David moved to the charity sector in 1991 as Finance Director of the British Red Cross in Scotland. In 1998 he became Director, Scotland and was involved in a number of national projects and committees across the UK.  He joined Haven Products, formerly owned by Red Cross in June 2000 having been a non-executive Director for a number of years in the 1990s looking after Red Cross's interest in the Company.  David is Vice-Chair of the British Association of Supported Employment (BASE).

david.whyte@havenproducts.co.uk

Gordon Myers, Financial Controller

Gordon's role is to oversee the financial operations of all companies within the Momentum Scotland Group. A Strathclyde University graduate in Accountancy and Economics, Gordon is a full member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, who formerly held the post of Finance Manager of the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow. In addition, Gordon has worked for the subsidiary of a major plc, has experience of public sector auditing and, most recently, worked in the private sector as Financial Controller for a confectionery company.

gordon.myers@momentumscotland.org  

Dougie Taylor, Head of Operations, Momentum Skills

Dougie began his career in the advertising industry before enrolling at the University of Glasgow  where he graduated with a Master of Arts in English and History, and subsequently qualified as a teacher.  He then embarked on a career in the financial services sector and over the subsequent fifteen years built up his own business.  He joined Momentum in 1996 as a tutor before being appointed Centre Manager for Drumchapel and the Freshstart service in 1998. 2003 saw Dougie take on the role of Momentum's Partnership Manager. When the core services of Momentum came together under the Momentum Skills banner Dougie took on the role of Head of Operations with overall responsibility for this division of  services.

dougie.taylor@momentumscotland.org

Ruth Dorman, Head of Community Health and Social Care

Ruth is a social work graduate from Strathclyde University and a registered practitioner with the Scottish Social Services Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and has recently been awarded the postgraduate Diploma in Community Care. Ruth worked in the public sector for 27 years, both within health and social work. She has extensive experience of acute and primary health care services specialising in rehabilitation and gerontology, and as a manager within residential and community social work setting providing generic and specialist community care services and as a trainer in the Joint Futures arena for health and social care. Before leaving the public sector to joint Momentum Scotland, Ruth was one of the first managers responsible for the development and delivery of innovative integrated joint health and social work services for older people across Greater Glasgow Health Board and Glasgow City Council area.

ruth.dorman@momentumscotland.org

 

Steve Black, Head of Business Development

Steve joined Momentum in November 2002 as our Employment Development Manager. Prior to this, he was the National Business Development Manager with the Shaw Trust in England.  Steve's background has predominately been within Health and Social Care both in the NHS and the private sector having previously worked with a range of diverse organisations such as NHS Greater Glasgow, Craegmoor Healthcare, Carefirst and Lincoln Hospitals NHS Trust.  In his role as Momentum's Head of Business Development Steve is responsible for the growth of new business across the spectrum of the whole Momentum Scotland Group, in particular, identifying and exploring new areas of opportunity, either geographical or service-led. Steve also takes a lead role in the processes associated with bids and tenders etc, particularly with regard to new ventures.

stephen.black@momentumscotland.org  

Kenneth Richmond, Human Resource Manager

Kenneth is a chartered member of CIPD and holds an MSc in Personnel Management. He has been with Momentum since 1995 and, after an initial period of drawing up a development plan for another organisation on behalf of the company, he set up Momentum's Human Resources function. Prior to joining us, Kenneth spent a couple of years in other parts of the voluntary sector in a variety of roles incorporating Human Resources and Quality Assurance. He also has 25 years experience in industry with the Coats Viyella Group in a variety of UK locations, holding a wide range of manufacturing, sales, logistics and HR-related posts in line or support management. Much of his time was spent on successfully managing start-ups, re-organisation and rationalisation programmes/initiatives.

kenneth.richmond@momentumscotland.org

Jim Ross, Human Resources Adviser

Jim is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has been employed in the fields of personnel, training and industrial relations for more than 40 years, 30 years at directorate level in local government with Strathclyde Regional Council. He has extensive experience in implementing HR procedures in the not-for-profit sector, where the procedures have to be sound, yet flexible and sensitive to the needs of innovative organisations with very limited budgets.  In a consultancy role, he has offered specialist HR advice on management and employment issues, change strategies and organisational development, recruitment, advertising, grievance, harassment, discipline, pay & grading, ill health and absence.

james.ross@momentumscotland.org

Ashley Lennon, Communications Manager

Ashley is an experienced journalist and public relations professional. Prior to joining Momentum, Ashley worked as an Account Director at Beattie Media, where she handled PR for a number of clients in the voluntary, public and private sectors. She joined Momentum in August 2000 and her work raising awareness of brain injury in Scotland won Momentum the Best Charity Campaign of the Year Award 2002/3 in the Scottish PR Awards. Ashley has worked as a journalist on several newspapers and wrote a weekly column for the Sunday Herald newspaper.

ashley.lennon@momentumscotland.org

Lindsey Spowage, Resource Development Manager

Lindsey joined Momentum in March 2002 with the purpose of maximising non-statutory income for the organization. A Member of the Institute of Charity Fundraising, Lindsey has more than ten years of fundraising experience and joined Momentum from the Aberlour Child Care Trust. She has also worked in a fundraising role for the British Red Cross.

lindsey.spowage@momentumscotland.org

Nicky Neilson, Service Development

Nicky has worked in the area of disability for over 10 years working in specialised areas including brain injury rehabilitation, substance misuse, mental health and working with offenders.  She has continued to develop her skills in relation to training and development during the last 10 years.  She worked as a Regional Trainer for STRADA (Scottish Training for Drugs and Alcohol) delivering bespoke drug and alcohol training to health professionals, social work and care, users, ex-users and other groups within the field.  Nicky's current role is with Service Development which involves developing new and progressing existing programmes within Momentum, developing, implementing and facilitating the staff training and knowledge programme and also the roll-out of EFQM Excellence framework throughout the organisation.

nicky.neilson@momentumscotland.org

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