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For Kirsty Lynagh, leadership has always been about one thing: creating environments where people and organisations can succeed together. Throughout a career spanning more than 20 years across the UK and Australia, Kirsty has worked with organisations navigating growth, transformation and change. Whether supporting fast-growing technology businesses or, more recently, helping Baillie Gifford modernise while […]

Sometimes the most significant career decisions don’t come from actively seeking change, but from taking the time to reflect and ‘see what happens’. For Emma Heath, it was a conversation during the Executive Women in Leadership (EWIL) programme that prompted her to think differently about what she wanted from the next stage of her career. […]

We are delighted to profile one of our EWIL Gala Dinner sponsors, Laura Thomas. We first met Laura when she settled in Scotland and started to build her wonderful business. Through our alumni and speakers we were pleased to be able to help Laura expand her network in Scotland and build a rapidly expanding and […]

Fiona Johnston’s career is not a story of linear progression, but of deliberate reinvention. From international beginnings to her role as General Counsel at Baillie Gifford, her journey reflects the value of breadth, adaptability, and the catalytic impact of the Executive Women In Leadership Programme. After studying law at Oxford, she entered the legal profession […]

For Elaine Morrison, leadership was never a pre-planned destination. Instead, her career has been built through curiosity, resilience, and a deep fascination for human behaviour. These are qualities that have shaped not only her work but also the way she leads, listens, and empowers others. Elaine joined the Executive Women in Leadership (EWIL) programme at […]

When Jen Mair joined the Executive Women Leadership programme (EWLP) in 2017, she was already a seasoned legal professional, having spent over a decade in senior roles as Head of Legal and General Counsel. But she was ready for more. “I was eager to expand beyond the legal remit,” she recalls. “I felt I had […]

The recent event hosted by the Executive Women in Leadership Network (EWIL) was a refreshing departure from the usual “doom and gloom” narrative around Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI). Instead, it was a gathering of leaders focused on finding solutions to encourage diversity without increasing polarisation. Morag Hutchison, an Employment Lawyer and Partner at Shepherd & Wedderburn, co-hosted the session and posted a critical question: “Where are we with DEI? Have we gone too far? What is the pushback, and how can we solutionise our response to this?”.