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All aboard at NVA

Mar 26, 2009

NVA’s Board of Directors has gone through a few changes recently. David Arnold has taken a career sabbatical and will be travelling the world for the next two years. He has therefore had to step down from his responsibilities as Chair. He will however be keeping in touch with us and continuing to contribute and support our work as a Board member. We extend a huge thank you to David, who has been a dedicated Chairman since 2007.

We would like to congratulate our new elected Chairman, David Cook who has served on our board since September 2006. David is Chief Executive of Wasps Artists’ Studios and The Wasps Trust, two charitable social enterprises providing affordable premises for the arts sector in Scotland. David joined Wasps in 1991 and since then the organisation has more than doubled in size, with over £15m invested to improve the working conditions of Scotland’s creative community.

David was instrumental in establishing the Scottish Artists Union in 2001 and is currently board member of CESEL Services Ltd, Vice-Chair of Glasgow City Heritage Trust and an Advisory Board member and Specialist Business Adviser for the Cultural Enterprise Office.

We have also appointed a new board member, so a warm welcome to Pauline Hinchion. Pauline is the Chief Executive for The Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS), a membership organisation for community recyclers in Scotland. It exists to provide a one-stop-shop for information and support to existing and emerging community recyclers, to help the sector fulfil its potential on the journey towards a Zero Waste society.

Pauline has been developing and supporting social enterprises since 1995 and has been in involved in the community recycling sector since 1999. Previous to her current CRNS engagement, Pauline was Chief Executive of FEAT Enterprises and Grangemouth Enterprises. She was also a Director of the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition, the Scottish Social Enterprise Academy and the Recycling Advisory Group Scotland (RAGS). Her experience will be invaluable as NVA explore social enterprise options for the long term sustainability of the work.

www.crns.org.uk
www.waspsstudios.org.uk

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