Our Board of Governors

Mr Ben McLeish

Ben McLeish is a Chartered Accountant. He has worked across the public and private sectors, specialising in enterprise, food wholesale & distribution, tertiary education, early years education, public finance policy and governance. Ben was Assistant Principal (Finance and Resources) at Edinburgh’s Telford College, 2002-2010, and was Director of Policy and Communications at Scotland’s Colleges before setting up his own consultancy in 2011.

Away from work, Ben has been a member of the Action Poverty Board (Scotland’s first Urban Right to Buy project), and is Chair of the Education and Audit Committee’s. He is a father of three, enjoys playing tennis, running (slowly), watching football and walking the dog.