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.