CDI Directors and Secretary
The board of directors of Camuscross & Duisdale Initiative is made up of people from the area and from all walks of life. To get in touch with any of the directors please hit the ‘Get in touch’ button below and send us a message (or see the specific address for the Secretary below) and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We are always looking for new directors, so please contact us if you want to get involved.
Simon Whatmore
Director and Chair
I was born in Berkshire and moved to Camuscross with my wife Caroline in 2018, after working for 36 years as a Director in the Pharmaceutical Industry. My background is in chemistry but I’ve spent the majority of my career in global roles in manufacturing operations. I have two grown up children who live in Cumbria and Manchester.
I have a long association with Skye, having climbed in the Cuillin since the mid eighties. Living on Skye allows us to more fully enjoy our time climbing, hillwalking, kayaking and attending local events.
Being a member of CDI gives me the opportunity to be involved in the community and get to know more people.
David Collins
Company Secretary
David moved to Skye in 1999 with his family after working as a solicitor in London for almost 20 years. With his wife, Emma, he ran a small B & B until 2019 and also worked extensively on the funding applications for An Crùbh.
Donnie MacKinnon
Director
I was born and brought up in Camuscross. I left home aged 15 to serve my apprenticeship as a mechanic in Inverness. In 1972 Colleen (my wife) and I took over the filling station at Armadale and built the garage. We retired in 2007 and I now enjoy my crofting and tending my small flock of sheep. We have a son and two daughters and two grandsons.
Lorna Pike
Co-opted Director and Membership Secretary
Lorna was born and brought up in Fort William. A retired lexicographer, she worked in Scots dictionaries in Edinburgh for 21 years. She spent the rest of her career working on the Foundation Project for Faclair na Gàidhlig and in 2007, she moved to Drumfearn.
Mark Wringe
Director
Mark’s early years were spent in Glasgow, Lincolnshire and Ayrshire. After university in Edinburgh he worked briefly in Eilean Iarmain in 1983 before moving to Ireland to teach Scottish Gaelic at the University of Galway. In 1997 he returned to Sleat as a Senior Lecturer at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, and is regularly heard on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, mostly talking about books and literature. He lives in Duisdale.
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