SAMS is governed by an independent non-executive Board that meets five times a year. Ultimate legal responsibility for SAMS' operations rests with the Board. The Board appoints the Director and delegates the running of SAMS to the Director and the executive team.
The Board is supported by a range of sub-committees:
Research, Enterprise & Innovation Commission (chair: Prof Colin Brownlees)
Education Committee (chair: Dr Deborah McNeill)
Communications & Engagement Committee (chair: Susan Watts)
Finance Committe (chair: Eric Hollanders)
Audit Committee (chair: Dr Ian Jardine) - which monitors the integrity of financial reporting, internal controls and risk management systems, whistleblowing and internal audit and liaises with the external auditors
SAMS Articles of Association (last updated 2023)
Latest Annual Report
Chair / Trustee
Diana Murray CBE (2019-2022;, 2021-2024)
Trustees / board members
Professor John Baxter (2018-2021, 2021-2024)
Professor Colin Brownlee (2018-2021, 2021-2024)
Lisa Chilton (2018-2021, 2021-2024)
Dr Deborah McNeill (2018-2021, 2021-2024)
Colin Moffat (2021-2024)
Dr Magnus Nicolson (2019-2022)
Professor Richard Waites (2021-2024)
Susan Watts (2018-2021, 2021-2024)
Douglas Wallace (2023-)
Adam Christie (2023-)
Alun Williams (2023-)
Ian Jardine (2023-)
Observers
Susan Waldron (UKRI-NERC), Morag Goodfellow (HIE), Professor Neil Simco (UHI), Danny Morrisson (HISA), Dr Clive Fox & Richard Dale (staff representatives)
Director & Managing Director of SRSL
Deputy Director
Associate Director, Science and Research
Associate Director, Science and Education
Associate Director, Science, Enterprise and Innovation
Head of Human Resources
Hazel Farnell
Head of Enterprise
Head of Financial Services
John Barrie
Ann MacKenzie
Dr Pushkar Wadke
Professor Axel EJ Miller
Professor Nicholas JP Owens (chair)
