Susan Elston

Susan is the Chair of the Board of North East Scotland College.

Susan is a former operational leader commanding extensive board experience driving the advancement of business strategy across the oil & gas, further education and charity sectors.

Susan has worked on a global and regional scale for over 20 years, delivering customer-centric service, health and safety excellence and cost-efficient operations in some of the most complex, high-risk environments.

Through this, she also contributes to the advancement of female leaders and board representation, striving to identify and seek solutions for gender & inclusion issues. On several of the boards she has been a part of, I play a role in scrutinising and championing the recruitment, appointment and promotion of policies and procedures that deliver best practice and drive the societal impact of organisations.

She aims to capitalise on a wealth of experience as an executive leader, board member, trustee director and business coach to acquire select non-executive directorships where her expertise in operational strategy, gender equality, customer experience, health & safety compliance and effective corporate governance can contribute significant value to the board.

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