Frank GASKELL President of Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain Areas, Brussels

Degree in Law from London University worked in Local Government and as Senior Executive for the Law Society of England and Wales 1982 joined HIDB (predecessor organisation of HIE) was first Secretary of HIE and previously the Head of Secretariat of Highlands and Islands Development Board, and Secretary of the Highlands and Islands Development Consultative Council Head of International Affairs within Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the UK Government's economic development and training agency for the whole of the North of Scotland President of Euromontana