Our Staff and Board
The River Spey Team
Stuart Ray
Director
Spey Fishery Board
Duncan Ferguson
Operations Manager
Spey Fishery Board
Paul Hughes
Marketing Manager
Spey Fishery Board
Atticus Albright
Head Biologist
Spey Fishery Board
Steve Burns
Assistant Biologist
Spey Fishery Board
Jimmy Woods
Hatchery Manager
Spey Fishery Board
Richard Whyte
Head Water Baliff
Spey Fishery Board
Jason Hysert
Water Baliff
Spey Fishery Board
Doug Darling
Fisheries Officer
Spey Fishery Board
Pru Jowett
Administrator
Spey Fishery Board
Board Members
Board members are elected triennially, with the latest elections having taken place in February 2022. The legislation is specific over who may stand for election, requiring the elected members to be riparian proprietors or their mandatories. There are currently nine elected Board members, who subsequently elect one of the members to be their Chairman. The current Board members are as follows:
- Dr Alexander Scott, Board Chairman and Mandatory for Craigellachie Fishings
- Peter Graham, Mandatory for Rothes & Aikenway, Orton, Laggan Fishings and Wildland
- Angus Gordon Lennox, Castle Water and Mandatory for the Brae Water Fishings
- William Mountain, Delfur Fishings
- Guy Macpherson-Grant, Ballindalloch Castle Estate
- David Greer, Mandatory for Seafield Estates
- Callum Robertson, Mandatory for Easter Elchies, Upper Arndilly, The Macallan and Kincardine
- Toby Metcalfe, Mandatory for Crown Estates Scotland
For declaration of board members interests see below:
NAME | INTEREST | DATE DECLARED |
Dr Alexander Scott | Chairman – Spey Fishery Board, Mandatory for and Timeshare Owner in Craigellachie Fishings. | 25/03/2019 |
Angus Gordon Lennox | Mandatory for Brae Water Fishings; Owner of the Castle Water; Chairman – Spey Fishing Trust. | 17/05/19 |
William Mountain | Joint owner, Delfur Fishings | 17/05/19 |
Guy Macpherson-Grant | Trustee – Ballindalloch Castle Beat, Trustee – Pitchroy Beat, Trustee Chambers Pool to Junction Pool | 20/11/20 |
David Greer | Mandatory for Reidhaven Estates and its six beats on the River Spey. | 17/05/19 |
Peter Graham | Mandatory for: Rothes & Aikenway Fishings; Orton; Laggan Fishings; Cluny Castle; Chair of Spey Scientific Committee, Proprietor of Peter Graham & Associates LLP. | 17/05/19 |
Callum Robertson | Mandatory for: Easter Elchies Fishings; Upper Arndilly Fishings; Inverfiddich; The Macallan; Kincardine. | 17/05/19 |
Toby Metcalfe | Director of Savills in Scotland and representing the following: Management of The Crown Estate Scotland; Management of Dunachton Estate, Arndilly, Pitmain Estate, including Pitmain hydro scheme, Glenbanchor Estate, Muckrach | 17/05/19 |
The Board may also co-opt and invite others to attend its meetings with co-optees empowered with voting rights if required. Currently, Grant Mortimer (Secretary, Strathspey Angling Improvement Association) and Sandy Howie (Chairman, River Spey Anglers Association) are co-opted onto the Board.
Meanwhile, NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage and represented by Jennifer Heatley) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (represented by Lisa Forsyth) are invitees to the Board. The Clerk to the Board is traditionally a Solicitor or Chartered Accountant. The current Clerk is Neil Torrance of Mackinnons Solicitors, Aberdeen.
The Board’s Director is Roger Knight, who attends Board meetings and is also a Director and Company Secretary of the Spey Foundation.
Members of the Ghillies Committee
The current members of the Ghillies Committee are as follows:
- Simon Crozier, Senior Ghillie, Castle Grant
- Roddy Stronach, Head Ghillie, Tulchan
- Andrew Hall, Head Ghillie, Knockando
- Euan Reid, Head Ghillie, Arndilly
- David Buley, Castle Water, Gordon Castle
- Alexander Scott, Chairman, Spey Fishery Board
- Roger Knight, Director, Spey Fishery Board
- Paul Hughes, Marketing Manager, Spey Fishery Board
- Atticus Albright, Head Biologist, Spey Fishery Board
- David Greer, Board Member, Spey Fishery Board
