About IIP Scotland

As an employer lead organisation, our Board is made up of our member organisations, together with representatives from employers who are either Investors in People recognised or actively working towards this.

Our Board members are passionate about Investors in People and the benefits it can provide to any organisation.

They provide valuable experience and knowledge that allow them to give strategic input into the direction of our organisation whilst reviewing our performance. They also give up their time voluntarily to do so.

Our Board meets quarterly and is made up of the following members:

Hans Rissmann OBE (Chairman)
Chief Executive Officer, Edinburgh International Conference Centre
"IIP is an important tool when working with people in order to make them grow, develop and reach the individual’s full potential!!!!"

Linda Hanna
Senior Director of Company Growth, Innovation and Commercialisation - Scottish Enterprise
"Business is about people. Finding ways to encourage and harness the ideas, skills and enthusiasm of people in a business to help achieve business goals is at the heart of IIP. The IIP framework is an effective way to making this happen."

Maria McGill
Chief Executive, Highland Hospice
"IIP is commitment to business through the development of people."

Peter Murphy
Managing Director, Turnbull & Scott (Engineers) Ltd
"To me IIP offers a business leader a sense check on how well he or she has succeeded in engaging and mobilizing the whole organization towards whatever long term goal or vision is being pursued ... and offers the next step in maintain or improving that momentum."

Anne Murray
Head of Enterprise Solutions, Regional Competitiveness Group -
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
"IIP is a powerful business development tool which helps businesses of all sizes to realise their potential and maximise profit."

Peter Russian
Chief Executive, Investors in People Scotland
"It’s people. Not paper. Not process. Not pineapples. People. Investing in people. Not rocket science, though even rocket scientists won’t produce rockets without people. Simple, effective, but easier said than done. That’s why this is a purpose driven business, and that’s why it’s the best job in the world."

Charlie Stewart
Director of Company Growth, Innovation and Commercialisation - Scottish Enterprise
"To me IIP is an excellent framework to greatly assist companies in growing their business, by growing their people in line with their strategy."

Robin Stimpson
Managing Partner, Anderson Strathern
"IIP has proved an effective tool to develop my own business and its people and I am keen to do what I can as a Board member to promote the use of IIP for the benefit of individuals and businesses throughout Scotland."

Joyce White
Executive Director of Corporate Services, West Dunbartonshire Council
"Reassurance that we are on the right track developing our people and the organizational culture."

Eleanor Winton
Head of Intercollegiate Speciality Board
"IIP is not only about recognising professionalism and efficiency but, more importantly, developing your team through good leadership and management practice, effective communication and empowerment, which demonstrates to your staff how valued they are to you and to the success of your business."