Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is elected at our Annual General Meeting each year. Board members are there to oversee our work, help us shape the direction of the service that we deliver and to represent the interests of the people of Fife – our clients.

We’re grateful for the support and direction provided by our Directors.

 

Jean Ferguson

Jean is passionate about making Scotland a place where everyone can be their best. After 30 years working in process excellence and Lean in the private sector Jean is now semi-retired with part-time work in the non-profit sector helping teams deliver more value. She joined CARF because of the good fit with her mission and values, e.g. 

  • CARF vision “A better life for the people of Fife”
  • CARF commitment to continuous improvement
  • CARF social policy team which aims to get root causes resolved

Jean also volunteers on technology projects via the Scottish Tech Army, including support for systems at the Dunfermline Foodbank

Maureen Lyall

Maureen spent forty years in teaching and management posts working to improve services within Fife schools and communities for children, families and staff.

Throughout her working life, Maureen witnessed the decline of the mining industry and that of other Fife employers, the rise of unemployment, and the devastating and generational effect of this on families alongside additional societal factors which have resulted in the development of identifiable areas of social deprivation across Fife. During this time, she accrued an in depth and specialist knowledge of the structure, infra-structure, heritage, political framework and general awareness of diversity within the community of Fife. 

Now retired, Maureen has opted to volunteer her experience and skills to support the work of CARF

Peter McTiernan

Peter’s support for CARF stems from a mutual desire to help those facing adversity.  He brings broad commercial sector experience to the board following a career spent largely with the Mars Corporation and Sony Europe where he held a number of senior management posts with responsibility for business development.  He retired early to care for his wife but remained a voluntary director of the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health which he latterly chaired to facilitate its merger with the Mental Health Foundation.

David Redpath

David joined CARF in 2009 as a Money Adviser following 9 years in financial services.  David has held a number of roles in CARF, most recently as Business Development Manager until his internal promotion to CEO in September 2020.  David is a Chartered Manager having passed his assessment in 2019 and is an existing Board Member at Kingdom Housing Association.

Lilian Hamilton

Lilian Hamilton joined the Board in September 2020 following retirement from Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's Economic Development Agency. Over her career she has worked across the private and public sectors as an experienced project manager, focussing over the last decade on Skills and Business Development, primarily across the Life and Chemical Sciences sector.  She has extensive experience of establishing, developing and leading multi-partner projects across Industry and Academia.

Lilian enjoys travel, reading, walking and family.

Richard Thompson

Richard was born and has lived in Fife most of his life. He has worked in Local Government within Trading Standards and Investigatory role with a non-governmental department for the last 18 years.

Richard has always been keen to ensure the vulnerable individuals are supported and empowered when it comes to their rights, while ensuring they are safeguarded from harm. He has been a keen rugby player and supporter since childhood.

Alistair Cairns

Martin Davidson