Agenda

Niall Stuart

Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

Niall was appointed Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, the representative voice of the renewable energy industry in Scotland, in September 2009. He is responsible for the organisation’s key task of influencing the legislative, regulatory and financial framework to deliver the best possible conditions for the growth of the renewable energy industry, including the representation of the views of members in print and broadcast media. Niall also oversees the organisation’s comprehensive events programme and development of a wide range of responsive and targeted member services and is co-Chair, along with the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, of the Forum for Renewable Energy Development Scotland. Niall was previously Press and Government Affairs Manager at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI). Before joining SCDI in October 2007, he spent five years at the Federation of Small Businesses, where he ran the Scottish Press and Parliamentary Office. Previously Niall worked for Anne Begg MP at Westminster and in her constituency of Aberdeen South.