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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
29/06/2009
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead today announced the reappointment of Katrina Morrison to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE).
Katrina Morrison was first appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2005. Katrina is a Tourism Product Development Manager with Scottish Enterprise where she has had responsibility for tourism product development since 2001. Katrina has considerable experience of working on the development of a series of visitor attractions and tourism initiatives which are highly relevant to the RBGE Board as it continues to develop the Garden as an international visitor attraction.
The appointment will be for four years and will run from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2013.
The post is part-time and attracts no remuneration. The total time commitment is approximately 16 days per year.
Ms Morrison holds no other public appointments.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a Non-Departmental Public Body established under the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 and is mainly funded by the Scottish Government. Its mission is "to explore and explain the world of plants" and its primary functions are: science, horticulture, education and information and visitor services.
This Ministerial public appointment was 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. Ms Morrison has not declared any political activity.