Deborah is Chief Officer at Scottish Environment LINK, the network for environmental NGOs in Scotland, whose aim is to be a strong coherent voice in pursuit of a sustainable Scotland. With a PhD in Palaeoecology, Deborah makes connections between specialists and policy makers, prehistory and today. She brings the long eye of history and the distance of the horizon to bear on policy development, focussing on using policy to build resilience of Scotland, especially its habitats and species, and to build a future for Scotland’s nature and Scotland’s people.
Deborah is a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, an active Board member of a number of charities in Scotland, who work on conservation, environmental rights and third sector leadership and a Just Transition Commissioner in Scotland.