About us

Simon has lived in West Linton for over 20 years. Now retired, Simon is a qualified forester and has been involved with land management, renewables and community forestry.

George moved to West Linton in 2021, having previously lived and worked in Midlothian for most of his life. A varied and extensive business background includes sales and marketing roles with different blue chip companies, helping run a successful family business (Pentland Hygiene Services) for ten years, and most recently running a Chamber of Commerce and a renewables business (Bright Green Hydrogen). Now semi-retired, he remains on the Boards of these companies.

Guy and his wife Hannah moved to Carlops in 1993, where they have brought up two boys through the West Linton and Peebles Schools. They have both been on and off the Carlops Community Council, or the Carlops Village Centre Management Committee, since they moved to Carlops. As a chartered Landscape Architect Guy has been instrumental in a number of local landscape projects and is the lead on planning responses on behalf of Carlops Community Council. Guy is the CCC rep on the Board of Directors for the Community Development Trust.

Ian has lived with his family in West Linton for over 30 years. He is passionate about his local community. Over the years he has played his part working with others to support a number of community groups and initiatives, from chairing the local youth group, Socialize, to helping set up our community shop, the Knot, and leading on a number of local campaigns such as saving our local bus service.

Lindsay has lived in West Linton since 1993 and brought up her family here. She has worked with children all her life and ran Pentlands Activity Camps for 20 years. As a current member of West Linton Community Council she is the WLCC rep on the Board of Directors for the Community Development Trust.

Tim has lived in West Linton with his wife Kirsty and their family since 1994. He worked in marketing in Financial Services before setting up and running a small consultancy. He has led the West Linton Community Heat Team since 2022 and is a founding director of West Linton and Carlops Community Development Trust.

Born and raised in West Linton, Christopher moved away as a teenager, living and working in Scotland, France and Australia before coming back to Edinburgh for a few years. After he and his wife had a child they wanted to move back to the countryside and settled back in West Linton. He has strong ties to the community and wants to help where he can to make sure his home village is as lovely an experience to grow up in for his daughter as it was for him.