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Scottish Screen appointments
15/07/2005
Four new members have been appointed to the Scottish Screen Board.
The new members are:
Professor Paul Harris -currently Chairman and Creative Advisor at Angus Digital Media Centre. Paul has combined a freelance career as director and independent producer for a range of broadcast and major corporate clients with a Professorship in Screen Media at University of Abertay, Dundee. He is currently a Trustee to the Board of Governors for the Hospitalfield Trust in Arbroath. His recent appointments include the Screen Industries Summit Group, Interactive Forum and Writers Futures Forum. Paul has extensive experience in practice led research, for example, he was recently an Executive Producer of Tayscreen talent showreel.
Charles Lovatt- Managing Director of LI Components, an electronics distributor that he founded in 1985. He works internationally with agents and partners in Shanghai, Toulouse and New York. He has a degree in Economics from Dundee University, an MBA from Edinburgh University and is an Elected Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing. As a non-executive Director of Cacophony Records he has been involved in the music business for the past twenty years. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Elmwood College - one of Scotland's most innovative and successful colleges. Particularly interests include strategy, entrepreneurial marketing and competitive advantage arising from good governance.
Daniel Meaney -Managing Director of New Media Partners, a consultancy in Glasgow, established by practitioners that specialise in innovation and enterprise in the digital media, technology and creative industries. He is a current board member of the Lighthouse, Scotland's National Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. He is also a member of the North West Development Agency's Creative Industries Think Tank and The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Previously, he was an investment board member of the Dreamlab Ireland Creative Industries Investment Fund from 2003 - 2004 and Community Enterprise from 1997 -1999.
Paul Zealey - co-director of Paul Zealey Associates in Glasgow, which is a social and economic development consultancy providing advice to the public and not-for-profit sectors on social justice and community regeneration. Previously he worked as the National Officer for Community Service Volunteers from 1994-1998. In 1998, he worked for Scottish Enterprise and was appointed to Ministerial Advisory Groups on Social Inclusion and Child Care and Early Years. He is currently on a committee of the BIG Lottery Fund and the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust as a non-executive director. He has been appointed to organisations such as to the Community Fund and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
None of the appointees hold any other Ministerial Public Appointments.
These appointments are part-time and are not remunerated. They will run for three years from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2008 unless terminated by Ministers before that date. The appointments are without prejudice to the outcome of Ministers' consideration of the recent report of the Cultural Commission recommending changes in Scotland's cultural infrastructure
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The Members of Scottish Screen have collective responsibility for the governance of Scottish Screen, the national body for film, television and related media in Scotland. The Board has a crucial role in determining the strategies, policies and priorities for Scottish Screen, in overseeing the work of the Chief Executive and his staff, and in ensuring good value for money for public funds. Scottish Screen receives annual funding of around £3m.
These Ministerial public appointments were made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice.
All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees' political activity (if there is any to be declared) to be made public.
They have all declared no political activity in the past 5 years.