The Team
MEET THE TEAM
Sue Bowers
Meetings Secretary
Sue has lived and worked all her life in Manchester. She trained as a Speech and Language Therapist and worked in schools and clinics helping children with speech, language and communication difficulties.
Having come up to the Highlands as a child on family caravanning holidays she later started coming to Glenuig regularly for holidays with family and friends most years. Sue moved up to Glenuig permanently in September 2023 and now lives in a house opposite the pub with her Westie, Mabel, who enjoys keeping an eye on what's going on at the Inn! Sue works in the Shop on Sundays.
Alasdair Carmichael
Pod was born and raised in Lochaber and has been a Glenuig resident since 1985. Self-employed since leaving University in 1974 to work in Building Restoration and Conservation, first in Edinburgh and since 1985 locally and latterly as Contractor for new builds in Moidart. Lead designer and pro gratis Project Manager for Glenuig Hall during the build, and Maintenance Manager for the past 29 years.
Founding member and Chairman of the Glenuig Community Association since 1993, Chair of Glenuig and Samalaman Moorings Association and a founding and active member of Comann Eachdraidh Muideart.
Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm is an Edinburgh architect whose work spans from award-winning homes, arts buildings, bars and restaurants and, in general, placemaking and cultural renewal, including the care and renewal of historic buildings and towns, to advising Government and advising and empowering communities.
His work promotes regeneration through bottom-up cultural renewal, and led to an invitation to lead the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Review which, reporting in 2013, sought to bring life and investment throughout Scotland. He’s also Convenor for the Common Weal “think-and-do-tank” which sets out programmes for national social and environmental renewal.
Andrew Hunter
Andrew qualified as an accountant in the 1980s and escaped into the Stock Market; he has also since worked in Business Turnaround forecasting and has held voluntary treasurer roles for several charities.
He moved to Ardnamurchan in 2023 after 20 years in the Borders and enjoys assisting start-ups with their financial requirements. Meanwhile, he & his partner can be heard contributing to the Inn’s musical events.
Lou Johnson
Lou considers herself very lucky to call Glenuig ‘home’ and was sailing the Sea of the Hebrides for quite a while before putting down roots here. She works independently in the mining and oil & gas sectors, focussing on avoidance of impacts on biodiversity, natural resources and the communities that rely on these. Working with international financial institutions, companies and conservation charities, she’s developed skills in governance, strategic planning, facilitation and project management.
Lou values community resilience and co-operative action: she’s helped establish the Moidart Coastal Rowing Club, is on Glenuig Hall’s Arts Group committee, is a weekly volunteer at the Community Shop and has been known to enjoy a pint or two at the Inn…
Peter Langhorne
Peter is a retired doctor and Emeritus Professor at the University of Glasgow who settled in the Glenuig area a few years ago. His background is in healthcare, teaching and research, but has also included experience of project management and serving as a director on various educational and medical charities including the Cochrane Collaboration and Chest, Heart and Stroke, Scotland.
He is enjoying exploring the local area and is still trying to finish his Munros.
Helen MacRae
Convenor
Helen was born and brought up in this area. After leaving school at 15, working in a wide variety of jobs around the west coast, Edinburgh and abroad, she moved back to the area over 20 years ago to bring up her children here in the rich traditional Gaelic culture she was brought up in.
Helen works as a support assistant in high school, working closely with autism and wider support needs creating an inclusive and nurturing environment. She provides individualised support fostering independence and confidence, building strong, trusting relationships. Helen has always been a supporter of community ownership and believes The Inn should be the heart of the community.
Colin Speedie
Colin has run businesses over many years in a variety of commercial areas, including sustainable agriculture, yacht build consultancy, ecotourism and marine conservation. Now semi-retired, he hopes to contribute to community initiatives, believing that local action yields more long-term benefits to remote areas than any other form of support.
Colin currently chairs the Moidart History Society and volunteers at the Community Shop. Helping to secure the much-loved Glenuig Inn for the benefit of local people and visitors will be a cornerstone in supporting Glenuig’s vibrant community for the future.
Sarah Winnington-Ingram
Society Secretary
Sarah has lived in the area for 15 years having had a base here since childhood when she first visited Glenuig Inn. Cordon bleu trained, Sarah has worked in hospitality all her working life both in capacity as Front Of House and as Chef, from managing large events to cooking for small exclusive groups and more recently running Arisaig House, a 4 star hotel with 2 rosettes, where she was leasor for nearly 10 years. Whilst in Arisaig, Sarah was Chair of RTTMG (Road to the Isles marketing group), and hosted multiple community and hospitality events including a food festival and annual paella for 200 at the local triathlon.
With a passion for the Highlands and in particular our little corner she is delighted that the Community now has this unique opportunity to bring their pub back into the Community and to ensure that going forward it is run by the Community for the Community.
