New Faces for the Trust Board....

The Trust Board are pleased to announce the appointment of four new faces -- Carol Briggs, Martin Dempsey, Tom Hogg, and David Stewart will join the Board with immediate effect. Brief biographical details for Martin, Tom and David are shown below - similar information for Carol will follow shortly.

Tom, Martin and David will continue to assist in forming the Trust's response to the proposed sale and leaseback of Firhill Stadium to a property company of "Thistle Minded Investors", as announced by the Club at its 2009 AGM.

The next Trust Board meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday 8th June. The Trust expects to issue, via its website, a formal update to its members on the proposed stadium sale in the early part of next week.


Biographical Details

Martin Dempsey is managing director of a family-owned property development company based is Glasgow. Responsible for project managing the planning process for the company's development sites, Martin has extensive experience in dealing with local authorities on both the technical and political requirements of development and has worked in successful partnership with some of Scotland's largest housebuilders. Martin was a convert to the Jags in his mid-teens and is known to the denizens of the jagsforum.net as "Lobster Noise".

Tom Hogg is a Director of a commercial property consultancy and has lived and worked in Edinburgh for more than 20 years after being born and brought up in Broomhill. He has been a Thistle fan since the age of nine but his first memorable match was in the 1972 UEFA cup against Honved, the name by which he is known on jagsforum.net.

David Stewart is a commercial property lawyer at a large commercial practice with offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. David is based in Edinburgh and has worked for top tier Scottish law firms for the last 9 years. Prior to that, he spent several years in Washington DC working for an industry led think tank pushing for regulatory reform in the banking sector. David is a lifelong supporter of Partick Thistle, having been introduced to the club at an early age by his father and grandfather. David will continue to post on jagsforum.net under the name "stolenscone".