Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Club President
Trevor Nicol
Hon. Secretary
Neil Anderson
Hon. Treasurer
Fiona Larg MBE
Aberdeen-born Trevor has lived in Inverness most of his life, save for when he took his undergraduate degree at Robert Gordon’s in the 1980s and then another period of 5 years in Aberdeen working for the MOD in the early 2000s. He worked for the MOD for nearly 20 years in all, before a brief spell with UHI as Facilities Manager.
Following a change of direction, Trevor went back to studying and completed a Master’s degree with the University of Dundee in 2013. He is now the Highland Council's Records Manager with High Life Highland and works in the state-of-the-art Highland Archive Centre.
Trevor is a weel kent face in Inverness having performed for nearly 40 years with both The Florians and Inverness Opera Company. He was Chairman of Inverness Opera Company from 1997-2000 before moving to Aberdeen. In 2014 he became President of The Florians and served in that capacity for 3 years.
As well as performing and directing numerous productions, Trevor has written several pantos for The Florians over the years. More recently he played Rene in their production of "Allo Allo" in September 2024. He also directed the play “Harvey” for them in June 2019 to mark the club’s 75th anniversary. In that same year he organised a very successful Open Day where the Provost of the City of Inverness visited the theatre and unveiled a plaque to mark the event.
For his next production with the club he is directing "Dial M for Murder" which will be performed in their theatre in September 2025.
Married to Caroline, who shares his love of amateur theatre, they have a son called Philip, who recently graduated from the University of Aberdeen.
Neil is Inverness born and bred and attended Hilton Primary and Inverness Royal Academy. He is a graduate of Paisley College of Technology where he trained in engineering.
He worked as a Chartered Civil Engineer in the water industry for thirty years firstly with Inverness – shire Water Board, then Highland Regional Council which later
became North of Scotland Water Authority. Although mostly based in various capacities in Inverness, he has very fond memories of his 7 year stint as Area Water Engineer for
Skye and Lochalsh.
Just as NoSWA was about to merge into Scottish Water in 2002, he jumped ship to start his own driving school which he has been running ever since.
Although he had read Burns’ work in school, his interest was really fired
by John Cairney’s one man show at the Empire Theatre in 1969. Years later he was lucky to share a table with John at a Rotary Burns Supper and was able to thank him
personally.
Neil joined the Inverness Burns Club in 2002 and served as Secretary between 2009 and 2013 so is now on his second stint.
His other interests are his four children, two grandchildren and as committee member and past president of the Rotary Club of Loch Ness.
He is also a long-time member, president, secretary and match secretary of Dalcross Curling Club (although not all at the same time).
He is never happier than when getting his hands dirty on various classic cars and motorcycles.
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) in Glasgow, Fiona Larg chose to pursue a career in economic development with the Highlands & Islands Development Board and subsequently Highlands & Islands Enterprise being appointed Chief Executive of Inverness & Nairn Enterprise in 1990.
In 1998 she moved back to the private sector to join Cap Gemini to establish and head up their Shared Services operation in the Highlands where she was responsible for the outsourced delivery of a variety of processes for blue chip clients in both the public and private sectors. Fiona transferred to Vertex Data Science Ltd, a subsidiary of United Utilities, in 2001 on the sale of the business process management division of Cap Gemini to that organisation.
In June 2007 Fiona took up the post of Assistant Secretary at the UHI Millennium Institute, was appointed Deputy Secretary in September of that year and subsequently became Secretary of UHI in October 2009. In January 2013, Fiona was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Secretary of the University of the Highlands and Islands (achieving university title in Feb 2011).
Fiona also undertakes the role of company secretary to the University Court ensuring that the University complies with Company legislation and with the requirements of OSCR (the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator).
A native of the Highlands, she has an extensive network of business, community and public sector contacts. She maintains an active interest in the economic/skills development of the area as a member of Scottish Council Development and Industry Highland Area Committee and previously as Chair of the Highland Employers’ Coalition. She also undertakes a number of voluntary roles in the local community in her free time.
Fiona was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list in 2017 for services to education.