Alex Everett
Alex is an Investment Manager at abrdn, where he manages government bond funds. Alex started his career at fixed income boutique Cameron Hume.
Alex is a CFA Charterholder and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. He is a Member of the Scottish Episcopal Church Investment Committee, and Treasurer and a Trustee of St Michael and All Saints' Church, Tollcross. An organist and pianist, Alex accompanies choirs and services in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
Callum Kennedy
Callum was a Partner in the Private Client Department at Lindsays for many years and, having retired, now works as a Consultant with Blackwood & Smith in Peebles.
During his time at Lindsays, Callum advised his clients on a whole range of private client matters with a particular emphasis on asset protection. Callum was also closely involved in the administration of a large body of trusts which included many grant-giving charitities.
Now semi-retired, Callum continues his involvement with the Third Sector acting as trustee on various Scottish charitable endowments.His other roles include representing the WS Society on the Boards of John Watson’s Trust and Sir Henry Wade’s Pilmuir Trust as well as acting as Secretary to the trustees of The Edinburgh Children’s Holiday Fund and the HR Creswick and The Misses Robinson’s Charitable Trusts.
David Reith
David was the Senior Partner of Lindsays Solicitors in Edinburgh for a number of years. An experienced charity lawyer David provided advice to a wide range of Scottish-based charities on such matters as governance, management and legal issues. Now retired, David continues his involvement in the grant-giving sector acting as a trustee on various Scottish charitable endowments. His other roles include Clerk to the Governors of the Clark (Mile-End) Bursary Fund in Glasgow, Secretary of the Edinburgh-based Ponton House Trust, and Secretary to the Trustees of Sir Henry Wade’s Pilmuir Trust in East Lothian.
Dougal Binnie
Richard Sloss
Richard is a former fund manager and institutional stockbroker with close to 40 years experience of investment markets.
He is currently a non-executive director of Capital for Colleagues Plc, a fund that invests in and advises employee owned businesses. He sits on the fund’s Audit, Nominations and Remuneration committees.
Richard is a member of the CFA Institute and serves on the organisation’s Scottish committee.
Our Secretary
Helen Kidd WS
Helen is a Partner and Head of Lindsays’ Charities & Third Sector team. She is an accredited as a specialist in charity law by the Law Society of Scotland, has spent over ten years specialising in charity and third sector legal issues.
As Secretary, she is the main point of contact for Queensberry House Trust. As well as advising charities and their trustees, Helen has been a trustee herself, with experience on the board of a national community-based youth work organisation and as a governor of an independent school. She is currently a trustee of the WS Dependent’s Annuity Fund and a Council Member of the WS Society.