A celebration of Confidence, Creativity and Leadership in Scotland

 2010-2011 Saltire Fellows. From Left: David Toy, Joanne Hagerty, Fahd Baig, Claire McDonald, Steve Tigar, Sandrine Sienche, Madhu Nair, Amina Nabi, Mark Simmers and Bec Ewing.

Saturday 30th July, 2011 - The Lighthouse, Glasgow provided the backdrop for the Saltire Fellowship graduation. Family and friends joined the graduating class to celebrate their achievements.

Peter Lederer, Chairman, Saltire Foundation, presented the Fellows with their awards. "Congratulations to you all. Scotland is proud of you and looks to you for your confidence, creativity and leadership".

The Fellowship is designed to create a global mindset, high aspirations and ambition within our next generation of leaders. "These characteristics are personified in the Fellows and we look forward to hearing of their growing success in Scottish businesses in the months and years ahead" Sandy Kennedy, CEO, Saltire Foundation.

During the programme, the Fellows experienced a world-class entrepreneurial education at Babson College. "Business at Babson has an incredibly human aspect: various personalities graced our classrooms with a stunning combination of intellect and humility" Joanne Hagerty, Saltire Fellow.

The Fellows also undertook externships (executive contracts) within global organisations such as IBM and Veolia, as well as high growth Scottish organisations such as Sword Ciboodle and Sistemic.

"The externship at Sistemic gave me a great opportunity to develop and execute a marketing and communication programme in a small high growth company, where my work mattered directly to its success" Fahd Baig, Saltire Fellow.

"Although we have finished the Fellowship, giving back to Scotland remains a key driver for us all. I have developed the skills and global networks and my goal is to lead ambitious Scottish companies to new markets" Bec Ewing, Saltire Fellow.

The 2010/2011 graduating Fellows -

Amina Nabi

Bec Ewing

Claire MacDonald

David Toy

Fahd Baig

Joanne Hagerty

Madhu Nair

Mark Simmers

Sandrine Sienche

Steve Tigar

Notes:

Applications open soon for the next Saltire Fellowship.

More information about the Fellowship and the Fellows can be found in the  2011 Saltire Fellows Graduation Programme.

Further information regarding the Saltire Foundation or the Saltire Fellowship http://bit.ly/qfj0Di

Babson College ranked #1 among all business schools for entrepreneurship http://bit.ly/lZ2MPu

Contact: Katie Michels katie.michels@saltirefoundation.com

Image @ Simona Schirru