Scotland Committee

Erika has worked or volunteered in the charity sector for nearly 10 years, having previously worked in a communications role for a Scottish university.  When she found fundraising, she fell in love and never looked back. She is Senior Individual Giving Officer with Cats Protection.

She has a soft spot for amateur dramatics and spent 5 years on the committee for the Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society, leading marketing and PR, then serving as Vice-President.

Marion started her fundraising career as Fundraising Administrator with CRUK.  She later spent 13 years at Maggie's, supporting its Edinburgh and Lanarkshire Centres. During this time she was involved in Partnerships, Community Fundraising and bespoke events as well as managing the Centre board and major donors. Marion moved to Parkinson's UK Scotland, before her current role as Fundraising Manager at Age Scotland.

Marion holds the Certificate in Fundraising through Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and also has a TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Event Planning.

Marie trained as a chartered accountant before becoming a career fundraiser in 2017. She is Senior Development Officer at Glasgow Life.

She has served as a committee member of the Scottish Trusts, Statutory and Foundations Special Interest Group committee since 2021 and as Co-Chair since 2022.

Sharryn is an experienced fundraiser and business manager with a background in organising large scale events, community and mass participation fundraising. She continues to use her experience volunteering and has done over the last 30 years, regularly delivering many different fundraising projects. Sharryn has been on the committee since early 2024 and Chair of the Scottish Fundraising Conference since January 2025.

Darren has been a proud fundraiser for over 13 years and a proud volunteer for even longer. He works for Fundraising and Partnership Manager at Forces Children Scotland.

He used to be Chair of the Scottish Corporate Special Interest Group, led on training for the Scotland Professional Development committee and has spoken many times at Scottish Fundraising Conference. He has a passion for ensuring that fundraising is an accessible, safe and healthy career choice.

As a medical doctor, Flutura engaged in transformative international health programmes led by the European Commission.

Following a career in operational leadership with Scottish Refugee Council, Flutura moved internally to become Head of Funding Development.

A passionate human rights advocate, she believes fundraising plays a key role in linking those who want to make a change with those who can.

Annemarie is Director of Development for the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, previously working as Head of Fundraising at Sense Scotland, and as a consultant for ACA.

She was an inaugural member of Scottish Fundraising Adjudication Panel and previously chaired the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Standards Panel.

Annemarie is a former winner of the Fundraising Excellence Award at the Scottish Fundraising Awards.

Abigail began her career in the arts sector, specialising in trusts and foundations while also contributing to corporate and individual giving programmes. During this time, she completed the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Certificate of Fundraising, strengthening her expertise in income generation and donor stewardship.

She now works within the health and wellbeing sector, with a continued focus on trusts and foundations. In 2025, Abigail joined both the CIOF Scotland Executive Committee and the Scottish Fundraising Conference Committee, and she is looking forward to being involved with both groups in the coming year.

Helena is currently an Individual Giving Manager for The James Hutton Institute, a Scottish environmental charity. She fell into fundraising in 2022, becoming a Prospect Researcher shortly after graduating from her Master's degree in Media, Communications and Journalism.

Helena has previously volunteered for the Chartered Institute of Fundraising as Comms Lead on the Researchers in Fundraising Special Interest Group Committee.