About Us
The Scotland Branch is a networking group for the business community in Scotland. It is run by Chartered Secretaries, the Insitute's students and other qualified individuals with strong links to the business community.
Our primary aim is to promote continuing professional development by hosting talks and seminars, organising site visits, directing students and the business community via email to other related events in their area and providing support for the Institute's students. By engaging in these activities we are able to:
- Encourage the Institute's students
- Raise the profile of the company secretary
- Promote good relationships with other professional groups
- Provide a regular forum for discussion and debate
- Encourage good business and working practices
- Promote strategic commercial awareness
If you would like to join the mailing list or be involved in the organising committee, you are welcome to contact us.
Upcoming events
The South East of England branch offers a variety of events to support your professional development at every stage of your career. Whether you to want brush up on your knowledge and skills, network with peers or add to your CPD, we run sessions on a variety of topics and in a variety of formats, with contributions from experts and guest speakers across the governance community.
Conference
2025 CGIUKI Annual Conference
Be sure to pencil 1st and 2nd July in your diary, to join us, hundreds of governance professionals and expert speakers in London for two days of insight, discussions on best practice and debate.
The CGI Annual Conference – Governance 2025 is the ideal environment to network governance professionals from across the UK and beyond.
Prices will start from £300 with discounted rates available for CGI Members and Students.
Latest Blogs
Blog
The Institute's Response to the UK Stewardship Code Consultation
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has finished consulting on its proposed changes to the Code. The UK Stewardship Code sets a standard for how investors manage their responsibilities and aims to ensure that investment decisions drive long-term value and create positive societal outcomes.
Meet the team
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland maintains a presence in Scotland through its local committee. The local network strives to enhance the presence of the Institute within Scotland, to support members and students throughout their careers and study programmes, as qualified or aspiring governance professionals. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact us.
Branch Chair
Clare McFadyen FCG
Clare is a Fellow of the Institute with almost twenty years' experience in providing company secretarial support in a variety of professional and commercial organisations across various different sectors, having been qualified since 2009. Clare is focussed on providing efficient and effective delivery to her clients, and has considerable experience of providing advice and practical support to boards and committees in respect of the management of their meeting processes, as well as ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and providing corporate governance advice and of maintaining ongoing annual reporting for those boards. Clare has strong interpersonal skills and excels at building and maintaining positive relationships with clients, colleagues and stakeholders.
Branch Secretary
Richmond Davies
Richmond Davies is the secretary of the Scottish branch of the Chartered Governance Institute. He graduated as a chartered secretary in 2001 via the MSc collaborative course. Since then he has held various governance roles within the National Health Service in Scotland, and is currently the head of statistical and information governance at Public Health Scotland in Edinburgh. His role also includes the responsibility for ensuring Public Health Scotland complies with a portfolio of legislation, codes of practice and guidance in relation to statistics and information governance.
Student Champion
Nia Harkins ACG
Nia is an Associate member of CGI and qualified as a chartered secretary in 2020 via the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme. Nia has over seven years of experience providing in-house and client focused company secretarial support and advice on corporate governance matters to a wide range of small, medium and large Companies.
Committee Members
- Steven Hay
- Vic Stewart
- Rod Shearer
- George Dosoo
- Bryan A. Hislop
- Marie Livingston
- Holly Kidd
Contact the Scotland Branch
For membership and study enquiries please contact the student and membership team:
For branch support and event queries please contact the branch support team