Board of Directors
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of a Chairman and non-executive directors to the Board.
Appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture, the Board will bring a wealth of diverse and extensive experience to the business. They will work closely with the management team in Ferguson’s to deliver a sustainable future for commercial shipbuilding on the lower Clyde.
Our Board
Andrew Miller
Chair
Andrew Miller was appointed chair on 1 February 2023. He is responsible for leading the board and holding the executive team to account in delivering Scottish Government priorities for the shipyard.
A corporate turnaround specialist, Andrew was chair of Glasgow Prestwick Airport for seven years. He has held consultancy and non-executive director roles with airlines, governments, tourism bodies, pension funds and investment banks in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and the African sub-continent. In the late 1990s, Andrew was the Chief Operating Officer for Air New Zealand’s Global Aviation Business.
Andrew is also vice-chair of the University of the West of Scotland and Non-Executive Director of ROS (Registers of Scotland). A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, he lives in Glasgow.
Chris Mackay
Non Executive Director
Christopher Mackay is an experienced commercial lawyer. Thirty three years of his career were spent at Burness Paull LLP, the latter 25 as a partner, with a focus on construction/projects. He has considerable experience of high value public procurements and complex dispute resolution, in various sectors including ports, acting for public bodies and the private sector. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and sits on the Scottish Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. He is an NXD Board member of C-urb 6 Ltd, a subsidiary of Link Housing Group Ltd.
Valerie Scoular
Non-Executive Director
Valerie has a strong background in business leadership and human resources across the transport, financial, and marketing services sectors, most recently with Dentsu Global Marketing Services Group. She has also worked with a variety of senior civil servants during her advisory and non-executive roles.
Her skills encompass strategy and implementation, operational leadership, governance control, cultural change leadership, talent development, mergers and acquisitions.
In addition, Valerie has undertaken several non-executive director roles in a variety of PLC and non-profit organisations across a range of sectors. These have included remuneration and executive reward strategies as well as chairing remuneration committees.
Valerie joined the board on 20 November 2023 and chairs the FMPG remuneration sub-committee.
Jim Gibson
Non-Executive Director
Jim Gibson joined the FMPG board in January 2024 and brings to the role over 20 years of non-executive director experience, including terms as Board Chair at Includem and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.
Jim has extensive director-level, HR, and general management skills, having worked across a range of private and public sector organisations, such as BAE Systems, Police Scotland and Sellafield Ltd, as well as UK and Scottish Government stakeholder management experience.
He has a proven track record of driving sustainable change and delivering restructured business performance models within large complex organisations across a range of sectors, including aerospace, engineering, nuclear, and manufacturing. An instrumental vision and strategy delivery lead, his previous work includes redesign structure programmes within the NHS, higher education and the Police Service to support efficiency and service improvement.
He is currently managing director of his own business, Business Performance Coaching Ltd, and is a chartered member of CIPD, with an executive MBA.
The Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd Board of Directors convene for a board meeting 6 times per annum. You can find minutes from our Board of Directors meetings in this section.
2024
16 October - to access the minutes, please click here.
24 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
30 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
28 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
25 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2023
30 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
28 September - to access the minutes, please click here.
27 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
25 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
2 February - to access the minutes, please click here.
2022
24 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
22 September - to access the minutes, please click here.
21 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
26 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
24 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
27 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2021
25 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
23 September - to access the minutes, please click here.
22 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
27 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
30 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
25 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
19 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
21 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2020
November - to access the minutes, please click here.
September - to access the minutes, please click here.
July - to access the minutes, please click here.
