Our People

Sandy Begbie CBE (Chair)

Sandy Begbie was appointed Chief Transformation Officer at Tesco Bank on 11 February 2019.  Sandy is a strategic and globally focussed Group HR Director with a strong  background in Organisational Transformation.  Until recently Sandy was responsible for the Global People, Organisation and Culture Integration following the successful merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.  Prior to the merger Sandy was the Chief People Officer and Lead Executive for China and Hong Kong for Standard Life for 8 years.  Sandy was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in August 2018 for services to business and social inclusion.

Alison Cornwell

Alison is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Vue Cinemas.
She has been on the CMI Board since December 2016.

Brandon Malone

Brandon is a solicitor advocate and arbitrator with over 20 years experience in dispute resolution.
He was on the board of Filmhouse between 2006 and 2014 and re-joined the board of CMI in 2015.
He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Sarah Baxter

Sarah joined the Board in 2016. An associate member of BAFTA and a qualified lawyer, she is a business owner, with executive search experience gained in Scotland, London and the USA. She has worked in membership organisations (The Royal Academy of Arts, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and The National Galleries of Scotland) and organised fund raising events for charities such as Make-A-Wish. She has strong networking skills and contacts in both the public and private sectors, was a volunteer in the Protocol Team at Glasgow 2014 and is currently the convener of the Graduates Association at Dundee University.

Gavin Davis

Gavin is a qualified lawyer.
He is the Head of Dispute Resolution at Standard Life.
He has been on the Board since December 2016.

Katharine Otway

Katharine set up her own Glasgow based business affairs consultancy in 2009 to advise on and negotiate contracts in respect of all aspects of film and television development, production, financing and distribution and now acts for various independent film and TV production companies. 

Yen Yau

Yen Yau has over 20 years experience of working in the screen industries, primarily supporting young people seeking careers in film/TV. Currently working on BOND 25, looking after its new entrant training scheme, she is also The Grierson Trust’s Outreach Manager responsible for its new entrant factual television training scheme, Grierson DocLab.

Atholl Duncan

Atholl Duncan is Chair of the leadership development business, Black Isle Group; Chair of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation; and Chair of UK Coaching. He is a board member and former Chair of the British Horseracing Authority.

Atholl is a former Head of News and Current Affairs at BBC Scotland. He was also Executive Director of ICAS and Director of Corporate Affairs at Scottish Water. He is an Insead Executive Coach with a leadership education from Harvard and Cranfield.

Mairead Ferguson

A Marketing and Communications Specialist with extensive experience in supporting a wide range of sectors from Biotechnology to Broadcasting, Agribusiness to Electronics, International  Healthcare to Inward Investment, Mairead joined the BBC in 1995 expecting to stay for two or three years. She has now been with the broadcaster for 24 years and has been Head of Marketing, Communications & Audiences with BBC Scotland since 2007 - a period of immense and seemingly continual change for audiences, broadcasters and service providers alike. 

Colan Mehaffey

Colan is a delivery-focused digital leader and strategist with experience across a number of sectors and is recognised in Scotland’s ‘Tech 100’ as one of the key figures driving the nation’s digital agenda. He is currently working with the University of Edinburgh’s Data Driven Innovation programme on the development of a £70 million health & social care innovation hub and associated programme at Edinburgh BioQuarter.