Alasdair Ferguson

Group Managing Director

Alasdair Ferguson, the Group Managing Director of Ferguson Transport & Shipping and Co-Director of Kishorn Port, is a dynamic leader who has driven the company to great heights. Under his guidance, the company has grown to become a major player in road logistics, transportation, marine services, storage, warehousing, distribution and cargo handling. He is also instrumental in the redevelopment of Kishorn Port & Dry Dock, supporting Scotland's offshore wind industry and its Net Zero energy target

Atlantic58

Atlantic58 is a female-led Hebrides based environmental and ecological consultancy that was established as a flexible working solution to the restrictions with childcare in the Western Isles. Since its establishment, the company has experienced substantial growth, overcoming a range of challenges, including COVID-19, to secure a series of major contracts across the space sector, offshore renewables and aquaculture, whilst maintaining a core focus on Hebrides community-based organisations, locall

Bakkafrost Scotland

Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Royal Dornoch Golf Club prides itself on being a community club that plays its part in ensuring the viability and sustainability of the town and area in which it finds itself. Being a top 10 course in the world that attracts many golfers each year the income that this brings means that it is able to reinvest significantly in both of these aims. The club also takes time to bring young people into the game by providing free coaching both at the club and the local schools.

Highland Hospice

Highland Hospice

Highland Hospice

Our aim in specialist palliative care is to improve the quality of life for people throughout the Highlands who have life limiting illness and require specific treatment for difficult problems such as pain and symptom control or require rehabilitation.

HITRANS

HITRANS

HITRANS

The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) is the statutory regional transport partnership covering Eilean Siar (Western Isles), Orkney, Highland, Moray and most of the Argyll and Bute area (Helensburgh and Lomond is covered by SPT).

Sonas Hotel Collection

In 20 years The Sonas Collection has grown to be the biggest hospitality employer on Skye. Its successes have been achieved through a combination of the owner’s vision, hard work, perseverance, professionalism, innovation, investment, over the past two years the guidance of a vastly experienced General Manager - and a core belief in the importance of care for customers and staff. The Collection consists of Duisdale & Toravaig on Sleat, & Skeabost near Portree. All have won major national awards.

DeepWind Cluster

Paul O’Brien has worked for HIE for over 20 years in a variety of different roles. Most recently, he has been acting as the Cluster Manager for DeepWind – an industry cluster intent on helping members achieve greater benefits from the current and future development of offshore wind both in the UK and internationally. The DeepWind supply chain cluster is now the largest offshore wind representative body in Europe, with over 840 members drawn from industry, academia and the public sector.

Alvance British Aluminium

Alvance British Aluminium

Alvance British Aluminium

ALVANCE Fort William is part of the new aluminium group from GFG Alliance. It is the UK’s only aluminium smelter and is powered by GFG Alliance’s hydro-electric station located on the slopes of Ben Nevis, Scotland’s highest mountain.

Grant Campbell

Highlands & Islands Manager

Carol Anne Grady

Head of Events

Sabrina Allan

Head of Communications

Alasdair Gray

Marketing and Social Media Co-ordinator