Chairman: Professor John R Hume, OBE, BSc ARCST, Hon FRIAS, FSA Scot
John R Hume is Honorary Professor at the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews. He was for 20 years a lecturer in Economic and Industrial History at the University of Strathclyde, and was for 15 years first a Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments, then of Historic Buildings with Historic Scotland, retiring as Chief Inspector of Historic Buildings in 1999. He has published a wide range of books and articles on the industrial archaeology and historic buildings of Scotland, and is currently Convener of the Committee on Church Art and Architecture of the Church of Scotland and an advisory member of the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland.

Kate Byrne MA MSc CEng MBCS CITP
Kate Byrne has worked as an IT Manager in various organisations including the National Library of Scotland and RCAHMS. She is a specialist in database technology and information management and has worked on many projects concerned with widening access to archive data, including SCRAN and Resources for Learning in Scotland. She is currently based in the Human Communication Research Centre at Edinburgh University, as a research student in Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing.

Mr Mark Hopton MBA Dip Arch BArch RIBA ARIAS FSA Scot
Mark Hopton is a partner in LDN Architects (formerly Law & Dunbar-Nasmith). He is an accredited conservation architect and works almost exclusively on projects involving the repair and adaptation of historic buildings. Major conservation projects that he has led or is currently leading include Stanley Mills in Perthshire, Newhailes in East Lothian and Parliament House in Edinburgh. He also serves on the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Conservation Committee and is Vice-Chair of the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland (HEACS).

Professor John Hunter BA PhD MIFA FSA FSAScot
Professor Hunter holds the Chair of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. Most of his survey and excavation work has taken place in Scotland, notably in the Northern and Western Isles, and he has particular interests in early Christianity, in later Iron Age society and in heritage management. He has also helped develop forensic archaeology and has published widely across many different fields of archaeological interest.

Professor Angus MacDonald BSc PhD FSAScot
Professor MacDonald is Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Environment in the University of Edinburgh. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Edinburgh College of Art. He is a qualified pilot who, with his wife Patricia, is a partner in Aerographics, a partnership specialising in the interpretation of the built and national environments through aerial photography.

Mr Gordon G T Masterton BA MSc DIC CEng FICE FIStructE FIES MCIWEM FConsE
Mr Masterston is the Managing Director, Environment, of Babtie Group Ltd based in Glasgow. He is Former President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Director of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust and Trustee of the Forth Bridges Visitor Centre Trust.

Professor Christopher Morris BA Dip. Ed. FSA FRSE FRSA FSAScot FRHistS MIFA
Professor Morris is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and Former Vice Principal (Staffing and Arts-side Faculties) within the University. He is an expert in Early Medieval archaeology who has conducted excavations on a series of Pictish, Viking and Late Norse sites. He has a series of published monographs and articles to his credit.

Dr Jane Murray MA PhD FSAScot
Dr Murray is an expert in neolithic studies in Scotland. After reading history at Oxford and raising a family she took her archaeology degrees in the University of Edinburgh and is a regular user of the RCAHMS's Archive and database services. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Archaeology Advisor to the Defence Estates (MoD) Kirkcudbright. She is also a Trustee of the Whithorn Trust.

Dr Stana Nenadic MA PhD FSAScot
Dr Nenadic is a specialist in the history of the material culture of the home over the last five centuries. She is a Senior Lecturer in Social History, and Head of Economic and Social History in the University of Edinburgh. She is editor of the journal Scottish Economics and Social History.

Elspeth Reid, MA, MA, DAA
Elspeth Reid is the Archivist for Falkirk Council and previously worked for a range of other archives in Scotland and Canada. She is a former Chair of the Society of Archivists, Scotland and a member of the Archivists in Scottish Local Authorities Working Group (ASLAWG). She has a broad range of experience in developing archives services and working with colleagues in archaeology, museums, libraries and the wider cultural sector.

Secretary (Chief Executive): Mrs Diana Murray MA FSA FSAScot MIFA
Mrs Murray has an MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge University and has been employed by RCAHMS since 1976. She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1977 and of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1986. She was elected chair of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, the professional body for archaeological practice in Britain from 1995-6 and set up the Register of Archaeological Organisations which helps to set and maintain standards for the profession. She has lectured and published extensively on information systems for archives and the importance of public access to such data. Email: diana.murray@rcahms.gov.uk