Our Team
Dundee: Geoff Leask
Geoff is on a mission to support charities and third-sector organisations to be the best they can be. His work is founded on 20-plus years experience of working in the third sector. Most recently, Geoff served as CEO of Young Enterprise Scotland. Before that, he spent 12 years with the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT). This included 8 years of regional responsibility before joining the senior management team and going on to serve as Director.
In addition to his current Trustee role with The Merchant’s House Geoff has served as a Non-Executive Director with the Economic Development Association of Scotland (EDAS) and is currently a Trustee with the Merchants House, Elevator Foundation and Stirling Community Media.
As well as having been a regular commentator with the Glasgow Herald, he was awarded the Great Britain Entrepreneurial Champion Silver Award 2015, was shortlisted by the Herald Society as Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 and was a finalist in the IOD Scotland Third Sector Director of the Year Awards in 2019.
Clackmannanshire: Jane Carter
Jane first began to work with parents and their children over 36 years ago in residential childcare and then in communities.
In the recent years Jane worked for the Lilias Graham Trust a residential third sector organisation in Stirlingshire which provided an opportunity for vulnerable families in Scotland to be together safely. During this time Jane delivered trauma informed bespoke therapeutic services, parental support, and assessment. In the last two years Jane was CEO of the Trust, collaborating with Local Authorities, Trusts and third sector organisations to address child poverty, promote family resilience and sustain change in communities.
Jane is enthusiastic about spending time with and learning from people about what matters to them, to bring about change to the quality of individuals and communities’ day to day lived experiences in order that children grow and thrive within their family.