I am an entrepreneur with a wealth of experience in creating and supporting enterprise, and promoting ethical and co-operative business practices. I am co-founder and Chief Officer at Abundant Borders, a charity working to alleviate food insecurity in the Scottish Borders by creating a network of local food production and by encouraging people to seek out locally produced food.I am actively involved in many groups seeking to promote equality including, but not exclusively, initiatives to get more women into the boardroom of corporations and onto public bodies, projects to strengthen women’s voices in and into government and programmes to inspire young women and to create positive role models. I'm Chair at Glasgow Women's Library and a founding member at Changing the Chemistry, a group which seeks to improve board effectiveness by increasing diversity. In addition to managing my own businesses, I sat on the advisory board for Co-operative Development Scotland, was Communications Director at Scottish Women's Football, on the BBC Trust Audience Council for Scotland, a director at Co-operative Business Consultants and Glasgow Women's Aid. I'm a gallery artist, teacher of yoga and meditation, and in 2013 I walked around Scotland to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.