About Us

David Welsh

David, who lives in Leith, is an experienced management consultant with an MA (Hons) in Politics and Sociology. After many years working as a senior manager and Director in big advisory firms like Deloitte, Turner & Townsend and iMPOWER, he set up and runs his own small strategy consultancy in Edinburgh. Any spare time he has is spent cycling or pursuing obscure and often unlistenable records from the 1960s and 70s.

Campbell Whyte

Campbell is a surveyor who has worked in both the private and public sector dealing with a wide range of commercial and residential property projects. Recent roles include a secondment through Scottish futures Trust to NHS GGC. Previous non executive director roles have been the Queens Hall and Artlink. Campbell enjoys playing a number of sports and restoring classic cars.

Brian Reilly

Brian, originally from Leith, is a qualified Investment Analyst and Banker specialising in Treasury and Financial Risk Management for banks and public limited companies.

Anthony Gillespie

Anthony, originally from Belfast, is Director of Business Support at the National Library of Scotland. A qualified accountant, Anthony has an MA in Economics and Law from Edinburgh University, and has previously worked in London, Prague and South Africa. He has a broad range of experience, ranging from the National Audit Office through Coopers & Lybrand, and has also has worked for many housing associations. During his spare time, he enjoys attending concerts, keeping fit and anything about aviation.

Kevin Anderson

Kevin is Head of Customer and Housing Services with Midlothian Council and has previously worked with other councils and housing associations. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has lived in Leith since 2010 where he enjoys gardens and dog-walking.

Liz McLean

Liz is a retired Strategic Asset and Capital Plan Service Manager with East Lothian Council. She is a Chartered Architect with long standing interest in sustainable development. Lis is also a Trustee of the John Muir’s Birthplace Trust in Dunbar.

Leigh Eardley

Leigh is a tenant of Harbour Homes and has been Paralegal and Personal Assistant in the Legal and Asset Management fields for over 30 years. She has also run her own small plumbing and gas business. In her spare time, Leigh enjoys Crossfit and socialising.

Jim Sherval

Jim is a Consultant in Public Health at NHS Lothian. He has worked on a wide range of health related topics from alcohol licensing to HIV. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Originally from Portsmouth, Jim has lived in Leith with his wife and three now grown up children for the last 20 years plus and can’t imagine not living near to the sea.

Iain MacPhail

Iain, an affordable housing planner and part-time musician, has over 10 years’ experience in the sector. He has worked in property and housing delivery, as well as housing and homelessness support and addictions support, across the public, private and third sectors, from Edinburgh to London, and Sicily to New York.

Having lived here for the last eight years, Iain is passionate about seeing new affordable housing being built in Leith, and to see high quality mixed sustainable communities emerge in the area.

Caitlin McCorry

Caitlin, born in Leith, is a Local Government Manager with East Lothian Council’s Connected Communities. Previously an Assistant Director at Barony Housing Association, and with a post-graduate qualification in Housing, Caitlin has plenty experience in housing management and development. Outside her work in housing and communities, Caitlin’s interests include music, film, art and social justice.