Stuart Thomson
Stuart has been with the Trust for 20 years and has recently taken on the role of Chairman. In his business life he was a Director of a major whisky transport company. He is now blissfully retired and enjoying his passions of walking, kayaking the major lochs of Scotland and growing mountains of home-grown produce. He lives in Aberdeenshire with his wife Margaret and has four children.
Michael Thomson
Michael setup the Trust in 1975 with his uncle David Kinnear Thomson. After working many years in the well known Perth Wine & Spirits distributor Peter Thomson’s, he spent a number of years as Finance Director of the Children 1st charity before moving into a prolonged period of semi-retirement.
Simon Thomson
Gordon Bannerman
Gordon was a reporter and sports editor with the Perthshire Advertiser for many years before setting-up his own pr business, Bannerman Media. A past Lord Dean of the Guildry Incorporation of Perth, he is a former director of Perthshire Chamber of Commerce and Live Active Leisure. Now semi-retired, Gordon has a keen interest in sport and enjoys golfing with friends at The Blairgowrie Golf Club
Ruth Ogston
Ruth has a wide-ranging experience of the charities, and currently works as the Trust & Funding Manager of the National Theatre of Scotland. Previous roles in the Scottish cultural sector include working at Scottish Opera and 7:84 Theatre Company. Ruth has a particular interest in supporting vulnerable children and young people. She has volunteered for the children’s panel and is currently a respite foster carer and a trustee of The Gannochy Trust.
Andrew Thomson
A welcome return to the Trust for Andrew, who is now in semi-retirement from his thriving legal business specialising in the pub trade. He intersperses the day job with adventures around Scotland and extensive travels around the globe, including watching Scotland in the Euro final, but perhaps the less said about that the better!
Helen Band
Helen has worked in the Third Sector in Perth for nearly 20 years across marketing, fundraising and Chief Executive roles. She currently works as a composer and arts administrator. Helen is passionate about volunteering and is a Rotarian in Perth.
John Thom
John is well known to the Thomson Trust having helped us with the administration of the trust over many years. He is a partner at Miller Hendry’s Perth office- specialising in Succession and Estate Planning, Powers of Attorney and Guardianships, Private and Charitable Trusts, Executry Administraton, Asset Management and Mental Health Legislation.
A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, John is also a Convenor of the Mental Health Tribunal of Scotland, a member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and he is also a trustee on a number of Trusts both Private and Charitable.