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Forestry Commission Scotland - national office departmental contacts

For general enquiries, please email fcscotland@forestry.gsi.gov.uk in the first instance.

Telephone: 0131 334 0303
Fax: 0131 314 6152

Director

Director: bob.mcintosh@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Secretary: carol.finlayson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Policy group

Head of Policy: david.howat@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Secretary: carol.finlayson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Social Policy Adviser: james.ogilvie@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Business Development Adviser: cameron.maxwell@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Timber development: andy.leitch@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Policy support - timber transport: STTS@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Biomass: amy.stewart@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tree Health: hugh.clayden@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Biodiversity: gordon.patterson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Species, water and soils: julia.garritt@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Climate change and land use: maida.ballarini@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Landscape and culture: nicholas.shepherd@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Native woodland: derek.nelson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Community development: bob.frost@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Access, health, and recreation: kevin.lafferty@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Education and lifelong learning: sally.york@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Forest Education Initiative: bonnie.maggio@forestry.gsi.gov.uk  

Forestry's interaction with land-use planning: neil.langhorn@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Grants and Regulations

Head of Grants and Regulations: brendan.callaghan@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Corporate services

Head of Corporate Services: nicky.whitaker@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Communications and Secretariat (corporate services)

Secretariat and Communications: john.cummings@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Secretariat and Communications: liz.kirk@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Senior Press Officer: steve.williams@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Press Officer: paul.munro@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Communications Manager: claire.martin@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Communications Manager: diana.mcgowan@forestry.gsi.gov.uk (works Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

Events and Promotions: james.mcdougall@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Digital Manager: colin.baxter@forestry.gsi.gov.uk