Board of Directors
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of a Chairman and non-executive directors to the Board.
Appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture, the Board will bring a wealth of diverse and extensive experience to the business. They will work closely with the management team in Ferguson’s to deliver a sustainable future for commercial shipbuilding on the lower Clyde.
Our Board
Andrew Miller
Chair
Andrew Miller was appointed chair on 1 February 2023. He is responsible for leading the board and holding the executive team to account in delivering Scottish Government priorities for the shipyard.
A corporate turnaround specialist, Andrew was chair of Glasgow Prestwick Airport for seven years. He has held consultancy and non-executive director roles with airlines, governments, tourism bodies, pension funds and investment banks in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and the African sub-continent. In the late 1990s, Andrew was the Chief Operating Officer for Air New Zealand’s Global Aviation Business.
Andrew is also vice-chair of the University of the West of Scotland and Non-Executive Director of ROS (Registers of Scotland). A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, he lives in Glasgow.
Chris Mackay
Non Executive Director
Christopher Mackay is an experienced commercial lawyer. Thirty three years of his career were spent at Burness Paull LLP, the latter 25 as a partner, with a focus on construction/projects. He has considerable experience of high value public procurements and complex dispute resolution, in various sectors including ports, acting for public bodies and the private sector. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and sits on the Scottish Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. He is an NXD Board member of C-urb 6 Ltd, a subsidiary of Link Housing Group Ltd.
Valerie Scoular
Non-Executive Director
Valerie has a strong background in business leadership and human resources across the transport, financial, and marketing services sectors, most recently with Dentsu Global Marketing Services Group. She has also worked with a variety of senior civil servants during her advisory and non-executive roles.
Her skills encompass strategy and implementation, operational leadership, governance control, cultural change leadership, talent development, mergers and acquisitions.
In addition, Valerie has undertaken several non-executive director roles in a variety of PLC and non-profit organisations across a range of sectors. These have included remuneration and executive reward strategies as well as chairing remuneration committees.
Valerie joined the board on 20 November 2023 and chairs the FMPG remuneration sub-committee.
Jim Gibson
Non-Executive Director
Jim Gibson joined the FMPG board in January 2024 and brings to the role over 20 years of non-executive director experience, including terms as Board Chair at Includem and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.
Jim has extensive director-level, HR, and general management skills, having worked across a range of private and public sector organisations, such as BAE Systems, Police Scotland and Sellafield Ltd, as well as UK and Scottish Government stakeholder management experience.
He has a proven track record of driving sustainable change and delivering restructured business performance models within large complex organisations across a range of sectors, including aerospace, engineering, nuclear, and manufacturing. An instrumental vision and strategy delivery lead, his previous work includes redesign structure programmes within the NHS, higher education and the Police Service to support efficiency and service improvement.
He is currently managing director of his own business, Business Performance Coaching Ltd, and is a chartered member of CIPD, with an executive MBA.
Duncan Anderson
Non-Executive Director
Duncan joined the FMPG Board in March 2025.
Duncan Anderson is a Chartered Marine Engineer with over 40 years experience in ship operations and shipbuilding.
His range of experience spans deep sea trading vessels , ro-ro ferries and offshore support and drilling assets operating worldwide.
Mr Anderson has been responsible for the operation, design and construction of over one hundred vessels in his career in shipyards ranging from Europe through to the Middle East and South East Asia.
As CEO of Gulf Marine Services in Abu Dhabi for a total of 12 years he grew the business from $11m Ebitda in 2007 to $137m Ebitda in 2015 after floating the Company as a premier listed PLC in London.
Mr Anderson then served on the PLC board as Chief Executive for five years.
Martin Booth
Non-Executive Director
Martin Booth is the part time Chief Finance Officer at Enable, with responsibility for leading the central services departments of the organisation including Finance, People, Technology & Change and Legal.
Martin brings extensive experience from across the public, private and third sectors to the role, having most recently served as Executive Director of Finance for Scotland’s largest local authority, Glasgow City Council, for over 6 years, following other roles within Glasgow as Director of Finance at Glasgow Life and Chief Executive of Jobs and Business Glasgow. Prior to this, Martin worked for the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), where he led on negotiations with the Scottish Government over financial settlements and drafted the Concordat. Martin was also Managing Director of Isoplan and previously worked in management consultancy for IBM and PwC. Martin started his career as a trainee accountant with Glasgow District Council and worked for a number of local authorities before being part of the senior management team that opened HMP Kilmarnock.
Martin previously served as a Trustee of Enable, and currently chairs the Audit Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in a non-executive capacity.
The Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd Board of Directors convene for a board meeting 6 times per annum. You can find minutes from our Board of Directors meetings in this section.
2025
30 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2024
21 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
16 October - to access the minutes, please click here.
24 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
30 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
28 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
25 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2023
30 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
28 September - to access the minutes, please click here.
27 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
25 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
2 February - to access the minutes, please click here.
2022
24 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
22 September - to access the minutes, please click here.
21 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
26 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
24 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
27 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2021
25 November - to access the minutes, please click here.
23 September - to access the minutes, please click here.
22 July - to access the minutes, please click here.
27 May - to access the minutes, please click here.
30 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
25 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
19 March - to access the minutes, please click here.
21 January - to access the minutes, please click here.
2020
November - to access the minutes, please click here.
September - to access the minutes, please click here.
July - to access the minutes, please click here.
