Team

Gael Drummond – Group CEO

Gael is responsible for governance and strategy work across Firstport, FirstImpact, and Impact Investment Partnership Scotland.

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Brian McMillan – Business Advisor

Brian provides start-up support and advice to social entrepreneurs through Just Enterprise, our business support programme.

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Anna Lynch – Business Advisor (Associate)

Anna works as an Associate for Firstport, supporting entrepreneurs in her local area of Inverness.

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Jacky Tjivikua – Relationship Manager

Jacky supports applicants and awardees of the Social Entrepreneurs Fund.

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Daisy Ford-Downes – Head of Group Investment Programmes

Daisy leads the Investment Team at Firstport Group, overseeing repayable funding from Step Up and the Catalyst Fund as well as investment readiness programmes.

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Firstport Staff and Board Diversity information

Diversity & Inclusion

Please find below our staff and board diversity data. This data was collected in September 2020 and will be updated annually to account for any staffing and board changes.

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Carmen Paputa-Dutu – User Experience and Impact Manager

Carmen works to map the experience of our clients, as well as co-ordinating and standardising monitoring and evaluation processes.

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Duncan MacPherson – Business Advisor (Associate)

Duncan works as an Associate for Firstport, supporting entrepreneurs in the Western Isles.

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Kerrien Grant – Growth Advisor

Kerrie works as an Associate for Firstport, supporting entrepreneurs in Argyll and Bute.

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