The Trustees
The Trustees
Inverness Harbour Trust, the body responsible for operating the Port of Inverness, has a Board of eight Trustees, seven non-executive members who are appointed for three-year terms and the Chief Executive.
Gary I Campbell
Gary is currently the Chief Executive of the Crofting Commission, prior to which he held a number of senior appointments at the University of the Highlands & Islands.
A Chartered Accountant by profession, he has lived in Inverness for over 30 years and held various senior management, sales and finance roles in the private, academic and public sectors. During that time he was also a visiting lecturer at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Ewan McMillan
Ewan McMillan is a maritime professional with experience spanning commercial shipping, shipbuilding, defence, sea trials, and oceanographic research. He began his career at sea before moving ashore into vessel management and project delivery roles.
Ewan has since overseen a range of complex vessel projects across the UK and internationally, working on innovative technologies and supporting the delivery of modern, efficient maritime solutions.
He is committed to advancing safe, efficient, and sustainable maritime operations, with a particular interest in innovation and emerging marine technologies.
Sinclair Browne
Sinclair Browne was appointed chief executive of Inverness Harbour Trust in July 2011 and is a qualified chartered surveyor.
He has over 30 years’ experience in the commercial property market where he was involved in a number of high profile projects. Before joining the Harbour Trust he was a partner in an international firm of property consultants. Sinclair is a non executive director of the Highland Housing Alliance and a former non-executive director of Inverness Chamber of Commerce.
Heidi Hellmann
TRUSTEE
Heidi Hellmann has more than 30 years’ experience in the energy sector and was Head of Group Strategy at both Centrica plc and BG Group plc.
Currently a senior advisor with the strategy consulting firm Marakon, she advises clients on the net zero transition. Heidi also sits on the Board of Notting Dale Heat Network which has been set up by the local council to deliver a zero-carbon local heating scheme to reduce fuel poverty on Lancaster West housing estate in London.
Russell Thomson
Following 10 years’ service as a Deck Officer in the Merchant Navy, Russell moved ashore to the Isle of Skye in 1989 to take up the position of Port Manager for Caledonian MacBrayne on the Kyle-Kyleakin route. On the closure of that service in 1995, Russell became Skye Bridge Manager and then moved to Inverness in 2004 to take up the role of Waterway Manager of the Caledonian Canal. In 2014 was appointed as Head Of Operations for Scottish Canals.
In parallel to this, Russell secured a place on the Board of Inverness Harbour Trust in 2014, and on which he served for nine years.
In 2022, Russell retired from Scottish Canals and took the opportunity to develop his own consultancy business focusing on port and maritime operations.
Joe Duncan
Joe has practiced as a solicitor in Inverness for over 30 years specialising in property matters both commercial and domestic including development work, leasing, acquisition and sale of businesses etc. He was formerly a partner with the well-established local firm
Anderson Shaw and Gilbert and following a merger in 2022 is currently a partner in
Ledingham Chalmers LLP.
He has a wealth of local knowledge and contacts.
Eddie Scott
Eddie is a director of a Hydrosafe, a health and safety consultancy business specialising in marine renewable energy projects, particularly offshore wind, wave, tidal energy and hydro power generation.
He has worked in the marine sector for over 40 years, holding senior HSE roles in renewable energy, power conversion and marine construction companies.
Ewan Calder
Ewan has been an active member of the business community in Inverness for over 30 years, having firstly qualified as a Chartered Accountant with E&Y Aberdeen, he returned to Inverness to take up a finance roll at West Fraser (Norbord) later moving to H. I. S.
His first step into business ownership was SolutionX, the Xerox Dealership, followed shortly after by fileVAULT the Secure Document Storage provider and Invergordon Self Storage. He is best known however for spending 20 years at Northern Recycling Solutions Ltd, grown from a standing start, with his sister Katie Mount, to become the largest waste management services provider in the Highlands, recently sold to Biffa.
In line with the 2002 Harbour Revision Order, candidates for Board membership must demonstrate knowledge, experience or ability in one or more of the following disciplines:
- Management of harbours
- Shipping or other forms of transport
- Financial management
- Safety or personnel management
- Commercial marketing or information technology
- Environmental matters affecting harbours
- Any other skills and abilities considered from time to time by the Trustees to be relevant to the discharge of their functions
- The objective is to obtain a board that is independent and fit for purpose rather than representative of particular interests
All Trustees undergo an Annual Appraisal as part of their appointment.