Senior Management
Professor Gary McEwan
CEO
- Serial Entrepreneur
- Started his first business selling Bumble Bees at age 5
- Driven to ignite Elevator’s entrepreneurial mindset across Scotland
Susan Dowds
Finance Director
- Self-confessed Excel buff
- Natural flair for making numbers crunch
- Lover of languages, fluent in Spanish and Catalan
Andrew Burnett
Managing Director
- Process driven who always has a plan A, B and C
- Joined Elevator’s graduate programme before climbing the ranks
- Responsible for ensuring everything runs smoothly
Rachel Ross
Strengthening Communities Director
- Self-confessed ‘rural geek’
- Experienced in navigating the challenges presented with running businesses in rural locations
- Owns a secret HGV license – great for emergencies
Roz Taylor
Operations Director
- Climbed the Business Gateway ladder, knows it top to bottom
- Works in tandem with our team to deliver tangible results
- Notorious chatterbox
Graham Morgan
Non-Executive Director
- Spent three years working with local communities in Rwanda
- Entrepreneurial knowledge is second to none
- ‘Retired’, but can be regularly found in the Elevator biscuit tin
Management
Nicki Mearns
Operations Manager – Tayside
- Enthusiastic about learning, believer that every day is a school day
- Strives to help people make a positive difference in their lives
- Avid traveller and is campaigning for a New York office
Fiona McLellan
Contracts Manager - Tayside
- Strategic leader driving high performing teams
- A positive disruptor passionate about business
- Has a secret stash of amazing fabrics
Karen Clark
Programme & Events Operations Manager
- Professional brainstormer and Mocha enthusiast
- Passionate about transforming people’s lives
- Outdoorsy lover; the perfect leader for our Challenge weekend
Cat Ward
Programme Manager – Tayside
- Always full of ideas and driven to make a difference
- Football and Flamenco fanatic
- Enjoys life in her cottage by the sea with her husband and cat
