This Trustee Week, Big Hearts is celebrating and recognising the dedicated volunteers who give their time and expertise to strengthen our charity and help us achieve our mission, while putting people at the heart of what we do.
Our seven trustees bring a wealth of experience, ideas and valuable perspectives to Big Hearts. More than simply attending meetings, each Board member takes responsibility to play a critical role in contributing towards important decision making, and offers guidance which help our charity continue to grow and make a positive impact across the community.
Throughout Trustee Week, we shine a spotlight on our trustees, introducing the people behind the roles and share more about their experiences and what they enjoy most about being a Big Hearts trustee.
Join us in celebrating and thanking our trustees for the time commitment they bring to Big Hearts!
Meet our Trustees
David Gray - Trustee since 2025, Chair of Board since 2026
David brings over 20 years’ experience in organisational growth and revenue generation, as well as 10 years’ experience serving on charity and not-for-profit boards. "𝐈’𝐦 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫."
Stephan Briggs - Trustee since 2025
An entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience building and scaling digital businesses, Stephan brings the practical wisdom that comes from doing, not just advising.
Chris Bruce - Trustee since 2025
Bringing with him over 20 years' experience in marketing, Chris is the Managing Director at Lane which is one of Scotland's top creative agencies. There, he supports an incredibly talented team doing great work for their brilliant clients. “𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.”
James Jopling - Trustee since 2023
As the Director Scotland at Parkinson's UK, James has over 30 years experience of working in the charity sector. His expertise comes from a variety of roles, including being a trustee in a number of Scottish charities. "𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬."
Amy Paterson - Trustee since 2025
Amy is a senior leader in the financial services industry, with experience in risk management, governance and strategy. "𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬."
Graham Robertson - Trustee since 2023
With over 12 years’ experience of working in the Charity Sector, Graham began his working life as professional footballer. "𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦, 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬."
Adrian White - Trustee since 2025
A chartered accountant with over 30 years’ experience, Adrian has held a number of senior finance roles in the UK and overseas. “𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.”