Cairngorm Mountain - Press releases

15 / 06 / 2009

Following the transfer of ownership in May 2008 of CairnGorm Mountain Ltd to Highlands & Islands Enterprise three new non-executive Board appointments have been confirmed: Mr Keith Armstrong (Edinburgh), Mr Stewart Macintyre (Aviemore) and Major General The Hon Seymour Monro CBE (Moray). Together with existing non-executive Director Tim Whittome (Inverness), executive Directors Sandra Murray and Ian Whitaker and Chairman Grenville Johnston, the new CairnGorm Mountain Ltd Board is now complete.

CairnGorm Mountain Ltd

Press Release 15^t^h June 2009 – Immediate Release

Non-Executive Directors Appointed to CairnGorm Mountain Ltd Board

Chairman Grenville Johnston explained;

“CairnGorm Mountain is now a wholly owned public company and as such it is important to recognise this new relationship and restate our public accountability. The new non-executive members bring with them a breadth and depth of individual experience and knowledge that complements the existing Board members and will serve the Company well for its future.”

Mr Keith Armstrong is a partner in Scotland's largest commercial law firm, Dundas & Wilson. In his 15 years in private practice, he has specialised in projects where the public and private sectors work together on commercial ventures throughout Scotland and the UK. He also has extensive experience dealing with corporate governance issues. Having learned to ski on the mountain in the early 1980s, he returns whenever possible. In his spare time, Keith enjoys walking in the Cairngorms and mountain biking in the surrounding area.

Mr Stewart Macintyre has over twenty years’ estate management experience across a broad spectrum of UK industry in both the public and private sectors including Forth Ports Property, National Grid and British Gas. He is currently a Director of Tombain Property, Land and Property Consultancy involved in advising clients throughout Scotland on land and property assets. He is an active skier and current Chair and Director of Snowsport Scotland, the National Governing Body, a member of the Snowsport GB Council, a former Chairman of Cairngorm Ski Club and a former BASI Instructor and is particularly interested in sustainable recreation within the mountain environment.

Major General Seymour Monro served in the Queen’s Own Highlanders retiring in 2004 a Major General. He then became Executive Director of the Atlantic Salmon Trust until 2008. He was Chairman of the Prince’s Trust in the Highlands and Islands from 2004 – 2007 and is currently the Adjutant The Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, Chairman of the Highland Heritage Appeal for the Highlanders Museum at Fort George and of the Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust. His involvement and commitment to a range of natural heritage, conservation and cultural heritage projects underpins his belief that as the current guardians of the Cairngorms we have a responsibility to ensure they are managed in a sympathetic and sustainable way. He first skied and walked on the Cairngorms in the early 1970’s.

All new non-executive members attended their first Board Meeting at the end of May and took the opportunity to meet the CairnGorm Mountain Management Team and view the site.

For further information please contact:

Tania Alliod. CairnGorm Mountain Ltd. TEL 01479 861304 or Colin Kirkwood TEL 01479 861326

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ENC: Pictures of the new non executive directors are available on request and can be viewed on the web site.