Paul McGirk Chairman Paul was appointed to the Hub North board in September 2014. He became executive chairman of Hub North, responsible for the day to day running of the company, in October 2019 before becoming board chairman in August 2023. He is a Chartered Civil...

Nial Gemmell Nial joined the Scottish Futures Trust in late 2017 to look after SFT’s portfolio of investments in the hub programme. He previously worked for a number of banks in a variety of roles, latterly Nial worked alongside clients structuring debt and solutions...

Phil McVey Phil is a director of Galliford Try Investments with wide experience in the setting up and running of revenue financed public sector projects. He was part of the original bid team when Hub North Scotland was establish and has been directly involved in many...

Kirsty O’Brien Kirsty is Associate Director, Asset Management, for Equitix. She was previously with the NIBC Bank and the Bank of Scotland. She has extensive experience of project finance, particularly in complex transactions, and has widespread knowledge of...

Mike Felton Mike is a senior director with Currie & Brown Investments and a construction industry PPP specialist with more than 30-years’ experience of operating in the public and private sectors. He has been actively involved in Hub North Scotland since its...

Stewart Small Stewart is Associate Director, Asset Management, for Equitix. He was previously with Currie & Brown Investments Ltd from 2016 – 2022, seconded full time into hub North Scotland developing, delivering, and managing DBDA and DBFM projects across all...

Alan Wood Alan Wood has been Director of Environmental and Infrastructure Services at Aberdeenshire Council since January 2021. He was previously head of finance at the council and responsible for managing the organisation’s financial strategy. He began his career as...

David MacDonald David MacDonald is the hub National Programme Director for Scottish Futures Trust and is responsible for delivering the programme across all five hubcos. He is a chartered surveyor with more than 30-years’leadership experience in the construction,...