Teachers Pension board

Raised in the North East of Scotland Mark is a Biochemistry graduate of Aberdeen University with postgraduate MBA from Edinburgh Business School and has spent 30 years in roles within the life science sector including biologicals/pharmaceuticals, medical technology and consultancy. Currently he is Chair of Life Sciences Scotland and also Chair of The Association Of British Healthtech Industries Scotland both of which are dedicated to improving the health and wealth of Scotland through innovation in life sciences. In addition, Mark has published on healthcare resource utilisation in areas such as diabetes, hypertension and heart failure.

Mark is taking on the independent Chairmanship of the Teachers Pension Board after 4 years as Vice Chair of the NHS Pension Board at the SPPA. Historically Mark was also the Chair of a defined benefit pension scheme in the private sector. The role as Chair of Life Sciences Scotland Industrial Leadership Group has brought a sharp focus on the need for a highly skilled workforce and the critical value of the STEM in education across the school, college and University sectors in Scotland.

Married with 3 adult children in his spare time Mark enjoys mountain biking, archery & travel.

Maureen Kennedy has taught in Scottish Secondary schools for 30 years and is currently working as a teacher of Mathematics in South Lanarkshire.

She joined the Scottish Teachers Pension Board in January 2023, representing member interests, and is the Local Association Secretary for the NASUWT in South Lanarkshire.

Greg has served as the AHDS General Secretary since 2004 and has been involved supporting members with pension related queries throughout that period.  He has also served on various iterations of SPPA stakeholder engagement groups for teachers pensions since 2005 including being a member of the Scheme Advisory Board since its inception.

After thirty years of service as a teacher, Andrene now works as an Area Officer with EIS, representing teachers across Scotland. As an EIS activist she has been a member of the Teachers’ Panel at SNCT and has had the opportunity to represent members’ interests on a wide range of educational at a local and national level.

Terry has been with the EIS since September 2008 and has supported members and our union representatives with all manner of issues. Having moved into a new role last year, his focus is now on broader terms and conditions for teachers in Scotland, with pensions a key focus

Paul was the Salaries and Working Conditions Convenor for the SSTA until 2025 and will be Vice President of the SSTA until 2027.

Kirsty joined Borders College in September 2022 as Vice Principal responsible for a wide range of support services including Finance, estates and IT and is member of the College’s senior management team. She was nominated to the Board by Colleges Scotland to represent the college sector employers.

Prior to joining the Borders College, she worked at Scottish Borders Council for 18 years, initially leading a small team within the Council providing the financial advice, management and support to programmes, partnerships and to large scale capital projects, including schools, major roads, railway and Waste projects. She was latterly responsible for the treasury function of the Council and for the management of the external investments and the overall governance of Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund. This experience has given her strong understanding of the issues and challenges facing public sector pension funds and the implications of these to the wider College finances.

During her time at Scottish Borders Council she was member of CIPFA Scotland – Treasury Management Forum and Chair from 2017 to 2022. Prior to Scottish Borders Council Kirsty worked in various finance roles within NHS Borders. Kirsty qualified as a Chartered Public Finance Accountant in 1998.

Vice Principal of Business Engagement and Dean of the Business School.
In 2025, Andy was appointed to lead the University’s Business School in addition to becoming Vice Principal of Business Engagement. Andy was previously a commercially focused Finance Director with extensive experience of working internationally with entrepreneurial and VC backed organisations as well as large corporates.  

Andy graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in Economics, before training to become a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young. 

Having been with the Miller Group, the UK’s largest privately owned house building, property development and construction business, for almost 11 years, Andy then worked across a portfolio of clients. This was either as a consultant or as director accountable for broad commercial business operations as well as functional responsibility for leading, managing and motivating the finance and HR teams. 

Prior to joining the University in 2016, he was a Board Member with Bloxx Limited, where he had a lead role in the successful sale of the company to Akamai Technologies Inc a NASDAQ listed entity.

Cllr Fiona Dugdale was first elected to East Lothian Council in 2017 and was appointed as Convener of Education Committee and Cabinet Spokesperson for Education in 2021. Fiona worked for many years in the National Health Service as a Psychological Therapist and prior to that worked in IT in Financial Services in Edinburgh. Prior to that in two financial institutions in England. Fiona appreciates the importance of pensions and their good management and would relish the prospect of using her skills and knowledge to contribute to the work of the Teachers’ Pension Board.

Suzanne has worked in local government in Scotland for over 20 years and at Team Leader level for over 12 years. Firstly, in corporate HR policy, which focused on pay and reward, terms, and conditions of employment for all employee groups, equalities, and employee benefits. This included leading on work on pensions auto-enrolment, voluntary severance, and corporate policy changes to phased, early retirement and added years.

In 2017, Suzanne moved to Education and Children’s Services, as HR Team Leader for recruitment, supply, employee contractual changes, employee relations, and employment terms and conditions for both SJC and teachers. She led the Council’s Teachers Working Group on terms and condition changes.

She has been a member of the Society of Personnel and Development Scotland since 2012 and is a Chartered Fellow member of the Charted Institute of Personnel and Development (Chartered FCIPD).

Suzanne is now a Policy Manager for the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) within the Employer Team and is the Employers' Side SNCT Joint Secretary.