From the Mountains to the Sea and Everything in Between

An enthusiastic adventure sports participant Will can often be found on his mountain bike, at the occasional enduro race, hiking in the Eastern Cairngorms and recently learning to ski.

Will grew up in Northern Ireland dabbling in football, cricket and athletics before focusing on rugby throughout his teens and university days. Completing a degree in Sports Development and a Post Graduate Teaching qualification Will worked in education for a number of years before a move to Scotland. This coincided with a return to sports development first in basketball and then mountain biking.

Will has been part of the NEAT team since the projects creation working across industry engagement, business case development, infrastructure development and marketing projects.

A keen horse rider and lover of the outdoors Lorna can often be found exploring Aberdeenshire both on foot and by horseback and enjoying mountain bike events across the country.

Lorna has been a key part of the NEAT team since 2020 leading on business case development, strategy management and engagement with funding bodies.

With extensive experience in project coordination, partnership working and stakeholder management and previous experience with the Scottish parliament before taking up her post with Opportunity North East Lorna is perfectly placed to support this multi agency project achieve its ambitions.

Occasional snowboarder, master gardener and keen mountain biker who recently discovered a love of e-bikes Fee is well known around the Aberdeenshire hills, often spotted with Doug the dog in tow.

Fee joined the team in October 2023 to support delivery of the NEAT Project across all areas of activity with a specific focus on enhancing and ensuring long term sustainability of the trail network, developing key strategic projects and engaging with a wide range of diverse project partners.

Coming from a previous role in social work and having been a committed long term volunteer with Aberdeenshire Trail Association Fee has all the attributes and experience to excel in this challenging role and ensure that the region continues to develop a trail network and adventure offering to cater for all abilities.