Ian Lush began his career as a viola-player in the Iceland Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras,
then spent 17 years in arts management, including as Marketing Director of the Barbican Centre and Managing
Director of the London Mozart Players. Ian has been Chief Executive of The Architectural Heritage Fund since 2003,
broadening its reach and impact and increasing its external funding, raising over £4.5 million from the Andrew Lloyd
Webber Foundation, Historic Scotland, the J Paul Getty and the Pilgrim Trusts. He was Deputy Chair of The Heritage
Alliance, chairs the Community Ownership Forum and is a member of the Welsh Assembly’s Historic Environment
Group. He has been Lead Governor of Great Ormond Street Hospital since 2011.
Dr Mhairi Maxwell is the Research Assistant on the ACCORD project, based at the Digital Design Studio, Glasgow
School of Art. Her doctorate was awarded in 2012 as part of the Broxmouth Hillfort Project (Maxwell in Armit and
McKenzie 2013) based at the University of Bradford; the thesis explicitly concentrated on the materiality of the
Iron Age in south-east Scotland. After this, Mhairi was the Glenmorangie Research Officer at the National Museum
of Scotland whose role was to conduct innovative research into Early Medieval Scotland and commission new
recreations of archaeological objects. She was co-curator of the exhibition Creative Spirit (on display October
-February 2014). This position incorporated research themes of art/craft practice and sparked her interest in digital
recreation, authenticity and community engagement. Mhairi has published her work in the fields of design and
archaeology.
Richard Millar is Director of Heritage, Enterprise and Sustainability at Scottish Canals. His current remit covers
caring for the heritage and environment of the nation’s canals, as well as project development, fundraising, and
the promotion of marine and canal-led tourism. Since joining the organisation in 1999, Richard has worked on a
number of high-profile projects, from the restoration of the nation’s canals to a navigable state for the first time
since the 1960s, to the creation of The Falkirk Wheel, the Helix and the Kelpies. He also oversees the delivery of
Scottish Canals’ first Heritage Strategy – an ambitious 25-year plan to preserve and celebrate the cultural and natural
assets of Scotland’s 200-year-old waterways.
Nikola Miller is the Planning Policy and Practice Officer for RTPI Scotland, with responsibilities for the Institute’s
policy responses; engaging with members, politicians and stakeholders to influence policy making and raise the
Institute’s profile in Scotland. Nikola is a Lead Volunteer for PAS, and also sits on a number of policy and advisory
groups including the BEFS Architecture and Place Group. Nikola has been engaged with RTPI for a number of years
with previous roles as Vice-Chair of the Scottish Young Planners’ Network, Convenor of the RTPI ELBF Chapter, APC
Mentor and Assessor, RTPI Scottish Executive Committee Member, and as RTPI Young Planner of the Year 2012-13.
John McKinney represents the National Federation of Roofing Contractors and Stone Federation Great Britain in
Scotland. He is enthusiastic about collaborative work and believes engaging the right people from across the supply
chain will benefit the industry. He formed the Glasgow, Edinburgh and Forth Valley Traditional Building Forums with
collaborative work in mind and the forums have progress numerous positive projects. John was at the forefront of
lobbying for a Building MOT pilot which is now taking place in Stirling, and since 2008 he has been the Secretary of
the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Construction.
Professor Máiréad Nic Craith holds the Chair in European Culture and Heritage at Heriot-Watt University and her
research focuses on different aspects of living heritage including literary heritage, intercultural heritage, World
Heritage sites, heritage and conflict and heritage and law in a European context. Máiréad has published a number
of edited volumes on heritage including Cultural Heritages as Reflexive Traditions (2007 with Ullrich Kockel) and
Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights (2010 with William Logan and Michele Langfeld). She is currently coediting the Blackwell Companion to Heritage (due for publication in 2015). In 2011, she was invited by the United
Nations as an expert on access to heritage as a human right.
Bill Pagan, a retired senior partner of Pagan Osborne, Solicitors, is a co-opted member on the BEFS Board. Bill serves
on the Law Society’s Tax Law committee, and is co-author of Bloomsbury’s Inheritance Tax in Scotland. Bill served for
many years in the Territorial Army spending 10 years in its Parachute Brigade. His first service was in Aden, he later
served as Deputy Command er of a Regular Army Brigade, and his final appointment was Reserves adviser to the
Commander-in-Chief. He was appointed MBE in 1984. He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Fife, and a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Arts.
Dennis Rodwell, an architect-planner, works internationally in the field of cultural heritage and sustainable urban
development, focused on the promotion and achievement of best practice in the management of the broadly
defined historic environment. Previously a principal in private architectural practice, he has also served in local
government posts as architect, conservation officer, urban designer, principal planner and project manager,
and successfully promoted the rescue of a number of historic buildings at risk. He writes and publishes widely
on the theme of conservation and sustainability in historic cities. Further information including a bibliography of
publications may be found on www.dennisrodwell.co.uk.