Staff
The David Hume Institute has a small core team who work with research associates and partners to deliver the organisation’s work.
Sarah Scott
Operations Lead
Sarah has over 25 years of relationship and project management experience, primarily in the financial services sector but more recently working in a diverse role with a start-up/scale up software and consultancy firm.
Shelagh Young
Research Associate
Shelagh is an experienced leader, writer and facilitator in the not-for-profit and co-operative sector. Her focus at the David Hume Institute is on ensuring our work is informed by the widest possible range of people. Moving from journalism to in-house communications work, she joined Oxfam GB before moving to Scotland to focus on leadership development with disabled people and their families. She was Chair of the UK's only co-operative telecoms provider The Phone Co-op and a founder director of the sustainable food and farming organisation Nourish Scotland.
Susan Murray
Director
Susan joined the Institute as Director in November 2019. She is committed to diversity of thought and was a founding Trustee of the ICAS Foundation, which aims to increase the diversity of young people entering the finance profession. Susan has studied at the University of Edinburgh, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Aberdeen Business School and is a Clore Social Leadership Fellow. She is a member of the Institute of Directors and Changing the Chemistry.
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