• Peter Russian Chief Executive

Peter Russian

Chief Executive

As Chief Executive of Remarkable, Peter has overall responsibility for its long-term growth. He works directly with organisations of all types and size giving him excellent insight and understanding of leadership and management issues across Scotland.

His previous work experience includes roles with IIPUK, the Management Charter Initiative, London Underground and Westminster City Council and non-executive roles with the Centre for Enterprise, Social Investment Scotland.

In 2012 he was awarded the HR Network Award for “Outstanding Contribution to HR in Scotland”.

Married with three children, Peter's interests include cooking, skiing, tennis and the occasional game of cricket.

Favourite Food: Steak Tartare
Favourite Band: Marillion 1981-1987
Favourite Place: Canada

• Sophie Dawes Product Development Executive

Sophie Dawes

Product Development Executive

Sophie joined Remarkable in 2013 and coordinates the planning and rollout of new Remarkable products and services.

Originally from North Yorkshire, she moved to Edinburgh in 2009 to complete her degree in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She now lives in Leith with two Canadians and lots of plants.

When not at work Sophie is a keen amateur runner/cyclist/yogi, a food enthusiast and loves to travel.

Favourite Food: Mum's lasagne, anything Thai
Favourite Band: Mumford & Sons or Laura Marling
Favourite Place: Too many to choose!

• Kevin Deeney Project Manager

Kevin Deeney

Project Manager

As a Project Manager, Kevin coordinates a team of specialists and manages client projects.

He joined us in August of 2015 after spending almost 10 years working in financial services, primarily within the life insurance and protection industry.

When not at work he enjoys cooking, socialising with friends and playing football.  Kevin is also a big Celtic fan.

Favourite Food: Italian
Favourite Band: Blues
Favourite Place: Munich

• Jen Ferguson Office Administrator

Jen Ferguson

Office Administrator

Jen is the go-to woman for general needs in the office - from stationery to sandwiches, diaries to doughnuts. She makes sure that everyone has the things they need to do the best job they can to help you achieve your goals. Her most important job in the office? Making sure the right morning rolls get to the right people on a Friday morning...

After more than ten years in retail, Jen returned to study and is working towards a degree in Library and Information Science with the Open University.

In her spare time, Jen knits like a fiend, watches far too many crime documentaries on Netflix (if you need to get away with murder, Jen knows what not to do...) and buys far more books and graphic novels than she'll ever have time to read. She’s a regular pub quiz attendee, and enjoys socialising with friends and family.

Favourite Food: Anything loaded with garlic and butter
Favourite Band: Anais Mitchell, Hozier, Everclear
Favourite Place: Budapest

• Alan Gebbie Quality Manager

Alan Gebbie

Quality Manager

Alan is responsible for quality and ensures clients receive the highest standard of delivery possible in order to meet and exceed expectations. This involves working closely with the Specialist team to offer advice and guidance where appropriate. Alan holds an MBA from Edinburgh University and his work experience includes roles with BT and Lothian and Borders Police and Fire Brigade.

In his free time, Alan follows Motherwell FC, attending both home and away games.  This is why he looks older than he really is!

Favourite Food: Chinese
Favourite Band: Joan Armatrading
Favourite Place: Malta

• Karen Gordon Assistant Accountant

Karen Gordon

Assistant Accountant

Karen manages day to day finance transactions and is the go to person for all financial queries. An Honours graduate in Maths and Finance, Karen joined Remarkable after 12 months backpacking around the world.

Karen also worked for Standard Life for six years and, in 2010, she took part in the Laikipia Leadership and Management Course in Kenya where she delivered a workshop in Personal Effectiveness.

She also enjoys spending time with her nephews and dog, Willow.

Favourite Food: Moules Frites
Favourite Band: Ben Howard
Favourite Place: Hot, sunny places! SE Asia, S America...

• Roz Haughey Operations Manager

Roz Haughey

Operations Manager

As Operations Manager, Roz provides support, coaching and direction to the Sales and Operations Team to ensure the smooth day to day running of all Remarkable projects and processes. Before joining Remarkable Roz worked as a legal administrator for a large reputable Scottish law firm, prior to that she was a HR & training coordinator. Being a bit of a geek and with her worrying love of facts and figures, Roz enjoys building and developing excel based documents and working with databases. In fact her mastery of spreadsheets and databases is legendary here at Remarkable!

When not at work, Roz enjoys travelling, going to the gym paired with competing in obscene obstacle runs. Other hobbies include weekly trips to the cinema, eating out and baking ‘healthy’ sweet treats!

 

Favourite Food: Does white wine count?
Favourite Band: Dire Straits
Favourite Place: USA

• Lizzy Hutchison Specialist Manager

Lizzy Hutchison

Specialist Manager

Lizzy joined Remarkable after university as an Account Manager where she managed a portfolio of IIP clients. She is now the Specialist Manager and supports the specialist team in their work with clients.

Lizzy spent two years travelling across Europe and Australasia before embarking on an Honours degree in German and Management Studies. 

When not at work, Lizzy enjoys cooking and sampling different kinds of food with friends and family, especially if someone else is doing the cooking!

Favourite Food: I couldn’t possibly pick one!
Favourite Band: Ben Howard
Favourite Place: Berlin in summer

• Peter Kerr Director of Finance and Operations

Peter Kerr

Director of Finance and Operations

Peter has been with Remarkable since August 2004, progressing from Finance Manager to Director of Finance & Operations. Whilst naturally strong on the financials, due to his Chartered Accountancy background, Remarkable has allowed him to further develop his skills in leading and managing people and teams to achieve great results.

He firmly believes in providing empowerment to others and to support them in their development to the benefit of Remarkable and future careers. We may all make mistakes along the way, but it’s what we learn from this that is important – Peter is not excepted from this rule!

Out with work, Peter enjoys travelling with his wife and young son, whenever the opportunity arises – somewhere nice and warm, where the wine flows freely and there’s a local dish or two to try. Closer to home, he is a season ticket holder at Hearts and attempts the gym and a game of squash every so often, to help burn off the “occasional” meal out.

Favourite Food: Fresh crusty bread and real butter
Favourite Band: London Grammar and Miguel Migs
Favourite Place: Anywhere hot and off the beaten track

• Irene Kinroy Financial Controller

Irene Kinroy

Financial Controller

Irene manages the day to day finance function of the business. She has a BA in Business Studies and Languages and qualified as a certified accountant in 2004, while working in logistics.

Her previous roles include working with Christian Salvesen, IKEA, Mr Kipling and with the charity which owns Edinburgh Zoo.  There, she got the chance to feed Yang Guang, one of the giant pandas.

A busy mum who enjoys catching up with family and friends, Irene keeps fit at the gym and while running a Rainbow unit with the Girl Guides.

Favourite Food: I just like good food! (and nice wine!)
Favourite Band: Love pretty much any music!
Favourite Place: Haven't discovered my favourite yet! :-)

• Kris Margett Project Manager

Kris Margett

Project Manager

As a Project Manager, Kris is here to facilitate & support the Remarkable Specialists in Assessment & Advisory Projects running smoothly and successfully.

Kris holds a bachelor's honours degree in Fine Art from the Nottingham Trent University, writes a food blog, and forages in the undergrowth for interesting culinary and horticultural pursuits.

Outwith the working week, he likes Cooking, Motorbikes, Astronomy, Tattoos, Art & Design, Reading, Gardening, Music, Grape & Grain, DIY, his Cat, his daughter Poppy and his wife Anne.

Favourite Food: Japanese food
Favourite Band: Tool
Favourite Place: Rome

• Emily Mitchell HR and People Manager

Emily Mitchell

HR and People Manager

Emily supports the Remarkable team in all people related matters including recruitment, training and development.

She joined Remarkable in 2011 with a degree is in Economics and Finance from the University of St Andrews and with previous experince working in recruitment. 

Married with one son, Emily also enjoys cooking, entertaining and socialising with friends.

Favourite Food: Seafood
Favourite Band: Coldplay
Favourite Place: South of France

• Karen Ormiston Marketing and Communications Executive

Karen Ormiston

Marketing and Communications Executive

As Marketing and Communications Executive, Karen presides over communications, social media and public relations. She supports our clients in maximising exposure of their Remarkable achievements.

Karen completed a Business Management and Public Policy degree at the University of Glasgow before beginning her career in a Marketing role within an engineering services provider.

Outside of work, Karen enjoys travelling, socialising with family and friends and the odd bit of exercise.

Favourite Food: I couldn't possibly choose!
Favourite Band: Biffy Clyro
Favourite Place: Vietnam

• Alistair Wood Client Account Manager

Alistair Wood

Client Account Manager

Alistair's role is relationship management focussed. To ensure we deliver value to our clients, he is here to answer your questions and support our specialist team.

Prior to joining Remarkable Alistair completed an MBA at Heriot Watt, with a focus in Performance Management and HR Management.

Alistair is big music fan and when not at work enjoys spending time with his wife Jane and their son Ewen.

Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Band: The MC5
Favourite Place: Italy and Berlin

• Cate Nelson-Shaw Marketing Director

Cate Nelson-Shaw

Marketing Director

Cate began her career with The Boots Company PLC on their Graduate Programme, after leaving The University of Edinburgh with an MA in English Literature & English Language. She has worked both as a client in entrepreneurial start ups, family companies and everything in between, and in agencies directing client accounts. Before joining Remarkable she ran her own marketing consultancy for 4 years. Cate is often invited to speak at events and has been commissioned to write features for national and local media. She also has a portfolio of Non-Executive Directorships, including Board Member for Creative Scotland, member of the Influencing Others Committee for Changing the Chemistry and Business Mentor for Edinburgh Research & Innovation. Previously she was a Director of the Scotland Malawi Partnership for 6 years. And out of work she is a dancer, culturalist, sportswoman, traveller and reader.

Favourite Food: Nigella’s Chicken Shawarma
Favourite Band: Eurythmics/Annie Lennox
Favourite Place: Lochinver and Australia

• Sarah Hutchison Project Manager

Sarah Hutchison

Project Manager

As a Project Manager, I support our Specialists throughout a client’s journey.

I joined the Remarkable team in November 2016 after spending nearly 10 years in my previous job in retail administration. I moved to Edinburgh on starting with Remarkable and have totally embraced city life.

When not at work, I enjoy socialising with friends, hanging out with my nieces and nephews, live music gigs and kicking back and relaxing.

Favourite Food: My Mum’s homemade chicken curry
Favourite Band: Too many to choose from but I do enjoy indie bands – Oasis are one of my favourites.
Favourite Place: Anywhere that has sunshine, a pool and a bar.

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