Governance | Sacro

Board of Trustees –

Sacro’s Board has up to 12 Trustees, including the Chair, and they are responsible for setting the strategic direction of the organisation, safeguarding the use of resources and ensuring the highest standards of governance, management, propriety and conduct in the business of the board. Meetings of the Board occur quarterly. Trustees are elected by members of the company. Full details of membership are available on application to the Company Secretary.

Jon Beck

Chair

Jon is a Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services, investing and charity sectors. He has a particular interest in community, education and medical research causes.

Kate Clement

Kate is an experienced senior leader with background in people and culture, strategic leadership and governance. Kate held executive and non-executive positions in the charity sector over the past 15 years and currently works as Director of People and Engagement at the Donaldson Trust. Kate has a particular interest in creating values-based cultures, putting lived experience at the centre of decision-making, and driving societal change to improve outcomes.

Kim Johnstone

Kim is Director of People and Corporate Services at MDDUS and a Board Trustee of Toonspeak. Her time at school and university provided the foundations for her interest in community justice and her career to date has built on this.

Jayne Laidlaw

Jayne has served Scotland’s voluntary sector for over 30 years, working predominately with children and families and people affected by social disadvantage or trauma.

Natalya Macholla

Natalya is a Chartered Accountant with considerable experience of the housing and care sectors having held a number of senior roles, including Managing Director of Customer Service for the largest provider of social housing in Scotland, the Wheatley Group. She has a particular interest in community regeneration, homelessness, tackling inequality and supporting people impacted by social disadvantage.

Sheriff David Mackie

David was in private practice as a Solicitor and an Advocate for 25 years before being appointed a Sheriff in 2001. For 15 years until his retirement from the Bench in 2019 he sat as the resident Sheriff in Alloa Sheriff Court. Through his work as a Sheriff, he developed a belief in the power of redemption and applied compassion and understanding of both the victims and perpetrators of crime to his personal judicial practice.

Kerri Maciver

Kerri is a retired Senior Manager who is a highly motivated, adaptable, calm professional with a broad range of skills and experience, with a successful track record of change design, planning and delivery. Her roles have all required a high level of stakeholder management up to and including executives in both the private and public sectors.

Greg Maxwell

Greg is the Head of Corporate Affairs at Edinburgh Airport. He has worked in media and communications for more than 15 years, first as a journalist and then as a senior communications officer with the Scottish Government, and brings extensive experience and insight across the media, PR and engagement landscape. One of his main values is fairness and how that can be harnessed for people across society, no matter their background.

Mhairi Wylie

Mhairi is the Chief Officer with Highland Third Sector Interface, providing support for community groups and charities across the region, and is currently a Board Member with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Mhairi has worked in the Third Sector since graduation and has held posts both as a paid staff member and volunteer, as well as sitting as a Children’s Panel Member for over five years.

Executive team –

Sacro’s Executive Team has responsibility for taking forward developments in relation to corporate governance and decisions that are made at Board Meetings. The team is made up of the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Justice, Director of Community Safety and Public Protection, and Director of Communications and Engagement. The Executive Team is supported by a Leadership Team who oversee all operational and corporate activities.

Annie Mauger-Thompson

Chief Executive

Annie is an experienced leader in the public and not-for-profit sectors. Annie has worked across the UK in different roles including senior management in local authorities, leading a UK government agency, a charity for asylum seekers and refugees, and as chief executive of a UK-wide membership body. She works closely with the Sacro Board and the Directors to provide strategic leadership to the organisation.

Lynne Thornhill

Director of Justice

With a background in probation services and most recently, Improvement Lead at Community Justice Scotland, Lynne’s original motivation to support people to find their better way of being remains. As Director of Justice, Lynne’s focus is on working in partnership with all Sacro's stakeholders, including those who access its services, to deliver better outcomes for people that prevent and reduce offending and support safer communities.

David Kidd

Director of Communications and Engagement

David has over 15 years’ experience working across Scotland and Europe to influence policy and improve practice, with a focus on co-production and systems change. As Director of Communications and Engagement, he leads Sacro’s communications, influencing and engagement activity. He works across sectors to bring together insight from people, services and partners to shape policy and practice, connecting strategy and delivery to improve outcomes for people affected by the justice system.

Leadership team –

Sacro’s Leadership Team oversees all operational and corporate activities and provides support to the Executive Team.

Liam Gale

Head of IT Systems and Business Intelligence

Before joining Sacro, Liam worked as a Project Manager at Victim Support Scotland. With experience across project management, operations and IT, Liam has held leadership roles including Restorative Justice and Community Safety Manager and Assistant Director of Justice. He now leads Sacro’s digital strategy, systems, data and business intelligence, driving innovation, improving organisational performance and enabling better outcomes through technology.

Sarah Newman

Interim Head of Public Protection

Sarah has over 25 years' experience across social care and criminal justice, working in services that support people with complex needs and high levels of risk. As Interim Head of Public Protection, she leads Sacro's Public Protection services and provides strategic oversight of the organisation's safer working agenda, alongside driving quality improvement, partnership working and service development to deliver safer outcomes for individuals and communities.

Haydn Pasi

Head of National Voluntary Throughcare (Upside)

Haydn is an experienced Programme Manager, leading complex national projects and programmes across the third sector, including suicide prevention, sustainability and palliative care. At Sacro, Haydn supports the overall governance of Upside, Scotland’s National Voluntary Throughcare service. Her role is focused on stakeholder engagement across the partnership, ensuring high-quality service delivery to achieve positive outcomes for people working with Upside.

Kayleigh Wang

Head of People

Kayleigh brings a decade of HR experience gained across commercial businesses and the public sector in the USA and New Zealand. Her expertise spans recruitment, employee relations, organisational development and employee experience. Passionate about purpose-led organisations, she's excited to bring her skills to Sacro, where she is focused on building a people-centred culture that enables people to thrive, develop their skills and capabilities, and deliver life-changing services across Scotland

Jo Webster

Head of Finance

Coming soon.

Beth Welsh

Head of Business Development and Contracts

Beth joined Sacro in November 2023, bringing a wealth of experience, working within the third sector for her full career and at a senior level for the past 12 years. She is responsible for the bid process to ensure a high success rate; while also working with staff to develop new services. She has extensive governance experience, serving as director of Barrhead Housing Association and GSEN (Glasgow TSI Partner).