Trustees
Susan Dalgety
Susan is a communications consultant and writer based in Edinburgh. She has more than a decade’s experience of working in Malawi on a range of projects, with a particular focus on gender.
Sue Davie
Sue is a charity consultant and qualified accountant based in Oxfordshire. She has more than 18 years’ experience in the charity sector including as Finance Director and Chief Executive of Meningitis Trust/Meningitis Now.
Robin Garrett
Robin is Olivia’s husband and a former commercial real estate lawyer. He now owns a company which provides outsourced services to small/medium law firms and a well-known, established Edinburgh based florists business.
Olivia Giles
A quadruple amputee herself, Olivia is the Chief Executive and founder of 500 miles, having established the charity in 2007. A former lawyer, Olivia was awarded an OBE in 2010 for services to disabled people and the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award in 2015
Jane Salmonson
Jane is the CEO of Scotland’s International Development Alliance and has considerable relevant experience of running operations in international development.
Shruti Turner
Shruti Turner secured her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Prosthetic Rehabilitation from the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London in 2021. She has a keen interest in what makes a comfortable prosthetic socket, as you can see from her excellent TEDxYouth Talk given in 2020, Prosthetics under Pressure.