Our team

Our team is made up of more than 100 staff members and over 80 volunteers who give their valuable time to help us in our work. We are led by a board of directors, our Chief Executive Sabir Zazai and a senior management team.

Our board

Steve McManus

Helen Russell

Mike Donnelly

Chair

Inam Akbari

Ronnie Tagwireyi

Chair of Strategy & Development Sub Committee

Vitalii Diakov

David Simpson

Debbie Shields

Linda Lawton

Chair of People Sub Committee

Lainé Goodman

Chair of Finance & Audit committee

Katharine Jones

Vice Chair

Alvina Tamara Chibhamu

Our team

Elodie Mignard

Director of Services

Colin Macfarlane

Director of External Affairs

Kirsty Nairn

Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Operations

Sabir Zazai

Chief Executive

Our ambassadors

Jim Snedden

Alison Phipps

Amal Azzudin

Vision and values

New Scots

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