Who's Who at the SRC

KEN MACKENZIE
Chairman of the SRC

Ken MacKenzie retired in 2008 from the position of Chief Officer, Scottish Co-operative.

As well as Scottish Co-op’s 270 food stores, Ken also had operational responsibility for Northern Ireland Co-op and Manx Co-op, where a further 50 stores are located.

Ken’s retail career began almost 40 years ago and he has held a number of senior management positions in Scotland with major food retailers, joining Scottish Co-operative in 1992 as Chief Officer.

He is a strong advocate for the development of the Scottish retail industry, Scottish suppliers and quality Scottish products, and takes a leading role in the retail sector.

Ken was formerly a member of the Executive of the Scottish Grocers’ Federation , Vice Chair and latterly Chair of Skillsmart, the UK retail sector skills council. Ken was also Chairman of Caravan Scotland, formerly the National Grocers’ Benevolent Fund.

TONY MCELROY
Vice-Chair of the SRC

Tony McElroy manages Tesco Corporate and Government Affairs in Scotland. Based in the Tesco Scottish Office in Livingston, Tony has extensive experience in the media and political community. Tesco is Scotland’s largest private sector employer and plays an important role in Scotland’s economy, including job creation, regeneration, food production and the environment.

Before to joining Tesco, Tony McElroy was Head of Media and official spokesman for the Scottish Labour Party, working closely with a large number of senior parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Tony regularly represents Tesco in a number of key arenas from meeting local communities, Councillors or MSPs, to sitting on SCDI Executive Committee.

Tony is married and lives in Glasgow.

IAN SHEARER
Interim Director of the SRC

Ian Shearer has been appointed from 2009-10 and now again from July 2011 as Interim Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, standing in for Fiona Moriarty during her maternity leaves. He now has more than 15 years experience of working in and around major Scottish trade associations.

Ian is currently also a Board member of the Scottish Business Crime Centre and of the Scotland & Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, and is in addition a non-legal Scottish member of the UK-wide Tax Tribunals, appointed by the UK Ministry of Justice.

FIONA MORIARTY
Director of the SRC (From July 2011, Fiona is on maternity leave)

Fiona was born on the south coast of England, and following completion of a Degree in International Politics and a Masters in Industrial Relations, she worked in range of posts covering business planning, funding, regeneration and strategic development.

Prior to joining the SRC in November 2002, Fiona was instrumental in establishing the Ceramic Industry Forum, a DTI funded company set up to aid the competitiveness of the UK ceramic sector. This included establishing public-private partnerships, and overseeing projects with regional, national and European funding and support.

Fiona’s key areas of work now include maintaining the political and industry profile of the retail sector in Scotland, through information sharing, research activity and further developing links with key sector partners, including the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament. This is supported by representation on a wide range of action groups, committees and boards, including the Executive Committee of the SCDI and board of the Scottish Business Crime Centre. Fiona is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commence, and a member of the Institute of Directors.

fiona.moriarty@brc.org.uk


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