Tricia Marwick

Presiding Officer
The Scottish Parliament

Tricia Marwick was elected as the Presiding Officer for the 4th Session of the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 11 May 2011 and was the first woman to be elected as Presiding Officer. It is her responsibility to chair plenary sessions of Parliament in the Debating Chamber. In addition, the Presiding Officer’s role includes the selection of questions to be asked at the weekly First Minister’s Question Time, as well as the selection of supplementary questions and amendments.

The Presiding Officer also has three other roles in chairing the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and the Parliamentary Bureau, and representing the Parliament at home and abroad.

Tricia is MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes and worked as a public affairs officer for Shelter Scotland until her election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.

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Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

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Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

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Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

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Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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