DHI welcomes four new trustees

The David Hume Institute has announced the appointment of four new trustees alongside the promotion of existing trustee and former partner at Baillie Gifford, Ken Barker, as chair.

The new trustees are: Prof Jan Bebbington, director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University;  Mark Chadwick, a senior executive with NatWest Group; Eva Groeneveld, policy and stakeholder manager at the Competition and Markets Authority; and Uzma Khan, Deputy Secretary and Director of Planning at the University of Glasgow.

Current trustee, Ken Barker will replace outgoing chair Sir John Elvidge who served as Permanent Secretary at the Scottish Government between 2003 and 2010. Ken will take up the position of chair at the end of March. 

Susan Murray, director of the David Hume Institute, said: "We are delighted to welcome such talent to our board at a crucial moment for public policy debate in Scotland.

"We face a complex and changing world, in which objective, independent economic and public policy analysis is vital.  Our new trustees position the David Hume Institute well to secure and expand our contribution to diversity of thought in Scotland.

“I would like to thank Sir John Elvidge for his outstanding leadership of our board over the last 6 years. His tenure has seen the David Hume Institute expand our work and increased the range of voices heard in public policy.”

Ken Barker, incoming chair of the David Hume Institute said: "I am honoured to be taking on this role at this time of unprecedented changes in the economic and public policy landscape of Scotland, the UK, and world. The David Hume Institute enjoys a unique place in Scottish public life and our upcoming work will see the Institute provide a fresh and informed perspective on the public policies affecting the people of Scotland.”