Our People
Board of Trustees
Elena Fry
Elena is a retired solicitor. After 27 years in legal practice – latterly as a partner, Litigation Management ...
George Bellamy
George is Director of Operations for one of Scotland’s leading mental health charities, Change Mental Health. Having started ...
Hazel Brown
Hazel is the Chief Executive of Cornerstone, one of Scotlands largest Third Sector social care organisation. Originally starting ...
Douglas Creighton
Douglas is a Prison Chaplain with the Scottish Prison Service supporting those in custody, their families and the ...
Matthew Haggis
Matthew transitioned to counselling after years in leadership development, recognising that achieving our goals depends on how we ...
Chris Dowdall
Chris runs his brand strategy business that helps clients uncover their uniqueness and why customers should care about ...
John Fyfe
John is a GP working in rural Angus with particular interest in palliative care, mental health and sports ...
Pamela Harrower
Pamela joined Cruse Scotland in April 2023, initially as a staff member taking up the role of Director ...
Munwar Hussain
Munwar is a Policy Manager working for the Scottish Government, with interests in areas linked to social security, ...
Karen Lafferty
Karen is a BACP accredited counsellor, and supervisor and has specialised in grief since 2016. Her background is ...
Mike McGlinchey
Mike heads up the legal technology consulting team at international law firm Pinsent Masons. He has experience of ...
Vanessa Rhazali
Vanessa’s career in fundraising spans almost 30 years at both Scottish and UK wide charities, with the last ...
Management Team
Fiona Arnott-Barron
Fiona became Chief Executive of Cruse Scotland in August 2022, previously working as Chief Operating Officer for the ...
Nicola Reed
Nicola has been with Cruse Scotland since April 2019 – initially as an Area Manager and, more recently, ...