Waiyin has extensive leadership experience across the public and not-for-profit sectors in health care in England, Scotland and Wales. Passionate about unleashing talents, she set up Wai Beyond to inspire and nurture greatness in people and organisations. Before this, she was CEO, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, describing her role as ‘creating an environment to succeed’.

Waiyin joined Action Against Stalking (AAS) in 2015 and became its Chair in 2016. She strongly believes that the voice of stalking victims is heard and that they receive high-quality professional advice and support. She has used her extensive networks to support the development of AAS and promoting greater awareness of stalking.

Waiyin puts back into the community as current Chair, West College Scotland.  Former Chair/President roles include Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce; Institute of Healthcare Management (Scotland); Kilmarnock College and the University of the West of Scotland.

She received South Ayrshire Council Life-time Achievement Award after 19 years as Chair.

Waiyin was awarded Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International; Woman of Inspiration and Scottish Business-women Best Business-Charity Award by Association of Scottish Business-Women.

Dr Waiyin Hatton, BA, DipHSM, DMS, MBA, PhD, CIHM, MAC, FRSA

Gordon has had a career in retailing, wholesale and foodservice companies sourcing goods and services from major suppliers both UK based and Internationally. Primarily involved in collaborative planning processes to grow business effectiveness and achieve long term strategic aims.

Gordon has also been involved in engaging multi-level business partners to advise on future strategy and development of their business.

A naturally curious personality coupled with an interest in new technology has helped Gordon maintain a position at the forefront of market developments

Gordon Walker

Kevin served with Strathclyde Police 1979 to 2009. He held a wide range of operational and specialist posts, including child protection, domestic abuse, sexual crime and offender management, Family Protection Policy Unit and the multi-disciplinary team that established the national model for improvement and inspection of joint services to protect children. He was their representative on the multi-agency group overseeing implementation of the Archway, Glasgow - Scotland’s first Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

Following retirement from the police, Kevin was Co-ordinator, South Ayrshire Child Protection Committee until 2018, working extensively with its Multi Agency Partnership for Violence Against Women and Children and other groups, including Moving On Ayrshire.

Kevin joined Action Against Stalking as a Trustee in 2018

Kevin Quinn

Margaret joined Action Against Stalking as a Board Trustee in May 2021 to support this the important AAS as a Charity does. 

Margaret's background is in business development with a focus on economy, communities and sustainability. Her professional expertise of business development within tertiary education has spanned over 20 years where she was an award-winning Commercial Manager at Glasgow School of Art, Business Development Manager at University of the West of Scotland, involved in significant bids including Paisley's UK City of Culture Bid and more recently as Head of Business Development & Innovation at West College Scotland where she has led an annual £1m Flexible Workforce Development Fund to support businesses in the West Region of Scotland to up-skill or re-skill to support economic recovery.

Margaret Scott

Mark is a former Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service who has performed a number of different roles throughout his thirty-year policing career. He jointly led the establishment and development of the first Family Justice Centre in Europe, providing a partnership driven response to domestic violence and worked internationally to develop Family Justice Centres

 Mark has since worked both nationally and internationally as a subject matter expert on law enforcement and public safety, supporting major consultancy houses in the delivery of sophisticated solutions .

He is a visiting lecturer at a London based University, involved in the design and delivery of the Policing Degree, under the National Policing Education Qualifications Framework. In addition to this he is involved with the Scottish Judicial Service on a regular basis.

Mark Gore

Rowan was appointed a Trustee of Action Against Stalking in April 2021 having been Development Lead for the charity in 2020. She is delighted to help the charity in any way to raise the profile through social media and fundraising and to provide any support possible for Ann.

Rowan's speciality is fundraising with over 30 years hands-on fundraising experience with charities such as Action for Children, Cancer Research UK, and Quarriers. She founded the Woman of Influence Award Lunch for Action for Children, and they have held 20 annual Award Lunches recognising the fabulous innovative women who are inspiring to us all in sectors such as law, politics, sport, arts, media, business, public sector and tech, raising well over £1m, developing contacts from the initial events to create new events for the charity, and constantly considering succession planning for the committee and event. At Cancer Research UK Rowan's focus was on community and corporate fundraising but also including events, mass events, in memorium and legacy fundraising. Rowan created the Business Beats Cancer Dinner for the charity raising almost £500,000 in 5 years and helping to set up corporate committees in Belfast and Edinburgh as Cancer Research UK expanded the business model throughout the UK.

 Rowan currently work as Senior Fundraiser: Major Gifts and Events at Quarriers, organising their flagship Noel Lunch in Glasgow.

Rowan Main

Elizabeth has been a journalist for the past 30 years - spending the majority of this time as a local newspaper reporter and editor, working on various newspaper titles throughout the west of Scotland including the Glasgow Guardian and Irvine Times, and on national newspapers.

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For the past 18 years she has successfully combined this career with lecturing in Journalism and is the Media Lead for the Arts & Media Division of the School of Business and Creative Industries and Programme Leader for Masters Broadcast Journalism. She has also played an active role in the National Union of Journalists, and is a former chairwoman of the NUJ’s Scottish Council.

She completed an MSc in Political Communication at the University of Glasgow with a dissertation on the role of the Internet within the Scottish local newspaper sector and the rise of citizen journalism, two key areas in journalism research. She is currently working on a PhD on the subject of transformative education which will include case studies on student projects she has led in HE. She has also led on a series of student projects to create education content and raise the profile of Action Against Stalking and area she aims to develop in her new board member role.

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Elizabeth McLaughlin

Martine was appointed as a Trustee for Action Against Stalking (AAS) in March 2022.

She is a qualified accountant and is a retired member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Her career has encompassed a variety of roles in both the public and private sectors including Treasury Manager for the City of Edinburgh Council, Head of Investment Operations for the Wellcome Trust,  Programme Director for the European Pension Fund Investment Forum and Head of Finance for the Aviva Staff Pension Scheme. 

Her previous roles have given her a strong grounding in finance, risk management, relationship management, research and governance and she is delighted to use her experience and skills to support the work of AAS.

Martine is passionate about life-long learning and has gained a number of qualifications in the field of holistic healing and has established a holistic therapy practice in Ayr.  She is also a Trustee for No-one Dies Alone Ayrshire.

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