Our people

Our chairman is a semi-retired chartered surveyor with a long career in local government, serving as Assistant Assessor with the Highlands & Islands Valuation Joint Board. A Stornoway ‘cove’ at heart, Norman has spent 40 years living in Point and is a past chair of Tiumpanhead Community Association and treasurer of Urras Storas an Rubha.

Sandwick resident Angus is the former chair of Point and Sandwick Trust and a past president of the EIS teachers’ union, which he also represented in Europe. Assistant Rector of the Nicolson Institute before retirement, Angus is a Stornoway councillor and chair of the Education Committee, as well as the Hebridean Men’s Cancer Support Group and the Poverty Action Group.

Rhoda is on the board to represent Sandwick North Street, the township that hosts Beinn Ghrideag. Born and brought up in Lochs, she has lived in Sandwick for many years and is ‘half-Rudhach’ as her father was from Point. Native Gaelic speaker Rhoda is a supervisor for community alarm service Faire and has three children and four grandchildren.

Donald John is a former councillor for Sgire an Rubha with previous leadership roles in the Third Sector and national Gaelic development, having set up Western Isles Foyer and been the first chief executive of An Comunn Gàidhealach. A native Rudhach, he is an active crofter whose interests including planting trees, gardening and keeping hens and bees. DJ was awarded an MBE in the King's Honours List in 2025 for his services in the Western Isles.

Originally from Garrabost, Calum was the initiator and developer for the community vision for our wind farm and MP for the Western Isles from 1987 to 2005. As MP, Calum piloted the Crofter Forestry Act through Parliament, supporting community land ownership and the transfer of council housing into community ownership. He is deeply committed to community rights and keen to maximise community benefits from the renewables industry in the Highlands and Islands.

Christina, better known as ‘Bern’, joined PST as Office Manager in October 2015. She previously worked for many years at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, latterly in Member Services.

Originally from Bernera, hence the schooldays nickname, Bern has lived in Branahuie for more than 30 years but is only now warming to the idea that she almost lives in Point…
and four grandchildren.

A native of Garrabost, Donald was co-opted onto the board at the 2018 AGM. Donald works for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in IT support for schools. He is also a coach for Point Football Club’s under-nines, enjoys running, and is on the board of Urras Storas an Rubha, a company set up to develop the Old Knock School.

Knock resident Jane, who joined the board in November 2019, is an information systems manager for the Comhairle’s Education department. Jane has volunteered for the ASK youth club, Point Show and other groups over the years and is very interested in community and environmental is-sues. She enjoys the outdoors, walking, gardening and wildlife, music and traditional dance.

Dan is also co-opted onto the board by the grazings committee of North Street, where he has lived for about 30 years. Originally from Benside, Dan has been a board member for two years and is co-owner of Lewis Builders. No stranger to charitable organisations, Dan is a former chairman of the Stornoway and District Round Table.

Garrabost born and bred, Chris Tom is on the PST Board and is also Board Vice-Chair of the Point and Sandwick Coastal Community Path Committee (PSCCP, AKA Point and Sandwick Trail) and works as a chargehand on the Comhairle’s OHMEET project, a scheme to get the long-term unemployed back into work. He loves rallying and previously helped organise Rally Hebrides.

Eddie is a retired chartered accountant, having trained in Glasgow he spent most of his working life in Inverness with a brief three year stint in London. A Rudhach by marriage, he lives on the croft where his wife, Agnes was born. As well as joining us a Board member, Eddie has enjoyed a fair bit of travel over the years and hopes to continue seeing some more interesting bits of the world.

Anna is a primary teacher at Stornoway Primary, born and raised in Aignish and now living there with her husband and two daughters. She serves on the Aignish Grazings Committee and enjoys sport and ocean swimming. Anna has seen the positive impact of PST funding locally, especially for young people, and is committed to supporting the Trust’s work.

Gillian lives on North Street, Sandwick, and works as a Family Support Worker for the Comhairle’s Early Years Service. She chairs community initiatives including the North Street Community Fund and is Secretary of Stornoway Primary Parent Council. Gillian enjoys walking and wild swimming and is keen to support PST’s ongoing contribution to the community. 

Bringing more than 30 years of experience in development work, Alasdair has been our Community Consultant since 2016 and managed many important local projects. These include support and funding guidance for Point and Sandwick Trail, Garrabost Mill, an e-bike initiative, and the green energy phase for Aros an Rubha.  In his previous career Alasdair was the CEO of two award-winning Highlands and Islands charities and was awarded an MBE “services to the voluntary sector in the Western Isles” in 2011.

Tony is a chartered civil engineer who moved to Uist in 1980 and to Lewis in 1990, Tony worked for CNES designing various marine and road building projects including Uist’s award-winning Kallin Harbour. Tony became a self-employed consultant civil engineer in 2001 and has been working with PST since our wind turbines began spinning in 2015. He manages our wind farm and delivers the design and management many of our large capital projects including Point and Sandwick Trail and Garrabost Mill.

Stewart is an Architectural and Building Science expert, formerly CEO of Tighean Innse Gall, he co-founded the PST Energy Support Unit in 2022. With 24 years experience, he directs significant projects in fuel poverty alleviation and energy efficiency. The Convenor of Energy Action Scotland, which leads Scotland’s fuel poverty initiatives and holds certifications in Domestic Energy Assessment, thermography, and GHG auditing, with expertise in occupational health & safety.

Dan is a highly skilled domestic energy consultant with extensive experience managing projects to tackle fuel poverty and reduce energy costs. Trained as an energy advisor since 2009, a domestic energy assessor since 2015, and a level 1 thermographer since 2014, he’s also certified as a GHG auditor to ISO 14064-1:2018. With strong IT skills, he excels in developing efficient data tools and innovative web solutions, consistently delivering impactful results for the ESU.

Since May 2023, Kenny has managed fire alarm installations and delivered winter packs for the ESU. Trained as a domestic energy assessor, his diverse skills include mechanics and mental health nursing, bringing knowledge and empathy to his work with clients. Kenny also singlehandedly bought back to life the Garrabost Mill's 100-year-old Model T Ford and maintains the e-bikes available for loan on behalf of the Point and Sandwick Trail.

A freelance ecologist for 20 years, Viv specialised in upland botany and enjoyed searching for plants in death-defying locations. She has an Environmental Biology degree and a passion for restoring native woodlands so is the perfect person to manage the Croft Woodlands scheme, a partnership between PST and the Woodland Trust. Originally from Glasgow, she moved to Berneray in 2014 and is based part time in the PST office.

Jo has worked for PST since 2018 and with more than 15 years in marketing for the renewable energy sector, helps manage our public communications. This includes everything from keeping the Rudhach updated with our local news, developing our Friends of PST network of supporters around the world, quarterly newsletter, social media and press.

Sandie Maciver is our award-winning, go-to photographer and has captured everything from lockdown photos, beautiful shots of our turbines and a huge visual record of the projects we have helped through grant funding over the years. She always puts us at ease with a laugh and has helped showcase the extensive community work that goes on in our local area.