
Jean Morrison
AREG Chair
Jean was a Labour Councillor on Aberdeen City Council for five years before stepping down in 2017.
For the past 32 years, Jean has managed and developed SCARF, a registered charity tackling fuel poverty and promoting energy efficiency in the north-east of Scotland. She was awarded an MBE for her services to energy efficiency in Scotland in 2002.

Philip Bell
AREG Director
Philip became the Scottish Conservative councillor for the Lower Deeside ward in Aberdeen City in May 2017.
He has worked in the oil and gas sector for 35 years at some of the North Sea’s major operators including BP, Chevron, Shell and Maersk; engineering firms Amec and Wood; and consultancies Core Oil & Gas Ltd and Genesis Philip runs his own consultancy, PABE Ltd.

Richard Sweetnam
AREG Director
Richard, head of economic development at Aberdeen City Council, has over 20 years’ experience working in economic development across the UK in private and public sector.
He has been working in Aberdeen since 2015 and plays a vital role in the City Council’s senior management team, with a remit including developing the Aberdeen City economy.

Gordon McIntosh
AREG Director
Gordon was Aberdeen City Council’s director of economic development for more than 20 years. He held many other senior positions at the City Council including overseeing the enterprise, planning and infrastructure department. Shortly after retirement in 2016, he accepted an approach to be appointed the deputy minister of natural resources for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He has now returned to the UK where he is chairman of Aberdeen International Associates and has recently been reappointed to the position of visiting Professor by Robert Gordon University.

Beverley Stainton
Membership Officer
Beverly recently moved from Canada where she spent the last eight years as operations manager at
the British Columbia Climate Action Secretariat. Originally from South Africa, she is looking forward
to working with so many inspiring people and to engaging with existing and new members in the future.
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