Costs incurred by Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board:

Information requested

1. All costs incurred to date by the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board, ranging from the board’s initiation to the present date with a full breakdown of those costs.
2. A full membership list for any members of the board between its initiation and the present date
3. A list of all engagement with Scottish Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries between its initiation and the present date.

Response

In response to point 1 of your request all costs incurred to date by the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board, ranging from the board’s initiation to the present date with a full breakdown of those costs.
 

2017-18   Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £390	Total - £390
2018-19 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £34,541.20 Publications & Advertising - £14,534.35	Total - £49,075.55
2019-20   Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £10,986.66	Total - £10,986.66
2020-21 Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £2,517.50 Publications & Advertising - £1,137.71	Total - £3,655.21
2021-22   Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board expenses - £702.86	Total - £702.86

In response to point 2 of your request please find a full membership list of the Enterprise & Skills Strategic Board between its initiation and the present date, see below (name, main role at time of membership – period of service):

Business Board Members 

• Nora Senior CBE (Chair), Chair of UK Regions Weber Shandwick, 2017 - present
• Scott McLarty (Vice Chair), Senior Vice President Airbus Programs Spirit AeroSystems, 2017 - present
• Professor Sara Carter OBE, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow, 2017 - present 
• Cllr Steven Heddle, Environment and Economy spokesperson, COSLA, 2017 - present 
• Audrey Cumberford, Principal and Chief Executive, Edinburgh College, 2017 - present 
• Gillian Murray, Deputy Principal of Business and Enterprise, 2020 - present
• Grahame Smith, Former General Secretary of the STUC, 2017 - present 
• Melinda Matthews-Clarkson, CEO at CodeClan, 2020 - present
• Caroline Barelle, CEO and co-founder of Elasmogen, 2020 - present 
• Alison Milne, Partner in A Milne and Son farming enterprise and co-founder and Director of Crafty Maltsters Ltd, 2020 - present
• Simon Cotton, Chief Executive of Johnstons of Elgin, 2020 - present 
• Liz Cameron OBE, Director & Chief Executive of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, 2017 - 2021 (June) 
• Gerry McCusker, Dog Digital, 2017 - 2020
• Jeanette Forbes, PCL Group, 2017 - 2019
• Poonam Gupta OBE, PG Paper Company, 2017 - 2020 
• Wendy Alexander, University of Dundee, 2017 - 2019
• Karen Betts, Scottish Whiskey Association, 2017 - 2019

Enterprise & Skills Agency Chairs

• Dr Mike Cantlay OBE, Chair of the Scottish Funding Council, 2017 - present 
• Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chair of Scottish Enterprise, 2019 - present
• Robert Keiller, Chair of Scottish Enterprise, 2017 - 2019
• Alistair Dodds, Chair of Highlands & Islands Enterprise, 2020 - present
• Professor Lorne Crerar, Highland and Island Enterprise, 2017 - 2020
• Frank Mitchell, Chair of Skills Development Scotland, 2018 - present 
• John McClelland CBE, Chair of Skills Development Scotland, 2017 - 2018
• Professor Russel Griggs OBE, Chair of South of Scotland Enterprise, 2017 - present

In response to point 3 of your request, a list of all engagement with Scottish Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries between the board’s initiation and the present date:

24 August 2017	Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister
5 October 2017	Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
1 November 2017	Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Derek MacKay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution
25 January 2018	Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
27 February 2018	John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
20 March 2018	John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
24 April 2018	Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Employability and Training Shirley-Anne Somerville, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science
01 May 2018	Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister
22 May 2018	Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
19 June 2018	Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
15 January 2019	Richard Lochhead, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science
3 April 2019	Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work
11 September 2019	Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy Nicola Sturgeon, The First Minister Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work
03 December 2019	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
05 December 2019	Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy
11 February 2020	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
23 April 2020	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
12 May 2020	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
22 May 2020	Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills
11 June 2020	Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Fair Work and Culture
25 June 2020 and Skills	John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
03 September 2020	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance
22 December 2020	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance
09 March 2021	Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Fair Work and Culture
24 March 2021	Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance
17 June 2021	Kate Forbes, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
18 June 2021	Richard Lochhead, Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work
08 July 2021	Ivan McKee, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise

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