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DEMA - Who's involved

The DEMA Project Board, charged with the transition of the project from concept to reality,  met for the first time on 12 August. Membership of the Project Board is as follows:

  • Chair:  Dave Anderson, Director of City Development, The City of Edinburgh Council
  • Alan Robertson (to be replaced by Cameron Stott), Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Norman Springford, Edinburgh Business Assembly (Apex Hotels)
  • Derek McCulloch, Gillespie McAndrew Solicitors
  • John Denholm, Denholm Associates
  • (Representative to be confirmed), Financial Services Sector
  • Graham Birse, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
  • Faith Liddell, FestivalsEdinburgh
  • Alan Johnston, Edinburgh Convention Bureau
  • Barbara Smith, Edinburgh Tourism Action Group
  • Richard Kington, University of Edinburgh
  • Sinead Guerin, VisitScotland
  • Linda MacPherson (Sub: Susan Watson) Scottish Enterprise (East)
  • Stewart Laing, Scottish Development International
  • Isabell Reid, City of Edinburgh Council
  • Kenneth Wardrop, DEMA


The Transition Project Delivery Group has also been meeting on a four weekly cycle.  Representatives are as follows:

  • Chair:  Kenneth Wardrop, Project Director DEMA, the City of Edinburgh Council
  • Sue Stuart, Edinburgh Convention Bureau
  • Josef Church-Woods, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
  • Martin Reynolds, FestivalsEdinburgh
  • Emily Johnston, Essential Edinburgh
  • Barry Shafe, Edinburgh Science Triangle
  • Chris Wayne-Wills, Edinburgh Principal Hotels Association 
  • Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Tourism Action Group Ailsa Falconer, Edinburgh City Region Brand
  • Susan Watson (Sub: Margaret McNeil), Scottish Enterprise East
  • John Viola, Scottish Development International
  • Elaine Ballantyne, The City of Edinburgh Council
  • Kathryn MacDonald, VisitScotland
    Ritchie Somerville, The City of Edinburgh Council (Project Management)

For more information contact kenneth.wardrop@edinburgh.gov.uk

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