Organisation's nominated representative:

Paul Tetlaw is Chair of Transform Scotland.

Paul Tetlaw works as an independent environmental consultant, he is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. He has spent most of his career in environmental management in the water industry and was formerly a General Manager with Scottish Water. He has had a long term interest in sustainable transport and its relationship to individuals' quality of life and the built environment. He is also a member of the governing Council of The Cockburn Association and a member of the steering group of Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), who he represents on the Board of Transform Scotland.

John Pinkard was elected to the Board in October 2005, and as Vice-Chair of Transform Scotland in October 2006.

John has a long-standing interest in and commitment to the principles and practices of sustainable mobility - both in a personal and professional capacity. He is a highly experienced consultant who specialises in the development, implementation and evaluation of forward thinking policies and projects, and particularly those that seek to achieve more sustainable travel choices and patterns. John heads up a team of fellow specialists within the transport consultancy Vipre.

Gregor McAbery is the Vice Co-ordinator of Aberdeen Friends of the Earth.

Gregor trained as a journalist at Napier but has turned from poacher to gamekeeper and taken up media relations work after falling ill with ME. Gregor served as the Secretary for CARE80 which successfully opposed plans to push the M80 through the Kelvin Valley near Kilsyth. Friends of the Earth Aberdeen are currently fighting the Aberdeen Bypass plans.

Cllr. Phil Wheeler is an Elected Member at The City of Edinburgh Council.

Mike Harrison represents CTC Scotland (CTC - the UK's National Cyclists organisation).

Mike is also the Secretary of the Lothians District Association of CTC. He is also a member of the SPOKES Planning Group and of the Cycling Panel of Railfuture. All of these bodies regard cycling as a valid mode of transport as well as a leisure and sport activity.

John Yellowlees is External Relations Manager of First ScotRail.

Since joining the railway industry in 1991, John has worked for the British Railways Board, Railtrack Scotland Zone, ScotRail Railways and now First ScotRail. Prior to this, he was for 17 years an administrative civil servant in the Departments of the Environment and Transport. John is a Past Chairman of CILT's Scottish Region, and belongs to the Executive Committee of the Scottish Transport Studies Group, the Industrial and Professional Advisory Committee of Napier University's School of the Built Environment, and the Scottish Sub-Committee of the Railway Heritage Committee.

Stuart Hay is Head of Research at FoE Scotland.

Stuart has an MA in Town Planning from Heriot Watt and studied transport as one of his specialisms. After graduating in 1999, Stuart worked as a Parliamentary Researcher for two years. During this time, he was involved in work on Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, including amendments for Home Zones. Since January 2002, Stuart has worked for Help the Aged and continued to be interested in issues of accessibility and socially inclusive transport.

Anthony Lennon is a long-term member and supporter of various rail campaigning organisations. These include Railfuture Scotland, SAPT and CBR.

Anthony strongly believes that rail transport - properly structures, managed and financed - has a fundamental part to play in any transport 'mix'. Particular interests include electrification, freight transport, freight and the trackside environment. From 1995 to 2004, he represented the transport sector on the council of the Scottish Civic Forum.

Helen Todd is Access Campaign Officer at Ramblers' Association Scotland

Helen has worked for Ramblers Scotland since October 2004. Before that, after gaining a MSc in Ecological Economics at Edinburgh University, she was a campaigns researcher for Friends of the Earth Scotland working on planning issues. In a previous career, Helen was a teacher, trainer and language school manager, mainly overseas. This international experience has given her a great insight into how efficient public transport can be. She is a keen cyclist and walker.

Clifton Bain is the Senior Conservation Policy Officer for RSPB in Scotland

Clifton has an Honours degree in Zoology from Aberdeen University. Now living in Edinburgh, he has worked for RSPB for 20 years covering a wide range of research and policy work throughout the United Kingdom. Currently he leads RSPB Scotland’s work on climate change and on sustainable transport policy. Clifton is also convenor of the climate change task force for Scottish Environment Link, an umbrella body for environmental NGOs.

Tom Hart has been a Vice-President of SAPT since 1972.

Tom is a keen supporter of policies aiding public transport and sustainable transport and was one of the founder members of Transform Scotland. As well as being a Director of Transform Scotland, he is a committee member of the Scottish Transport Studies Group and contributes to its quarterly 'Scottish Transport Review'.

Dr. Tom Rye

Crawford McGhie

Crawford graduated with an MA in History (University of Glasgow) followed by a Master of Environmental Studies (University of Strathclyde: Thesis - Impacts of Freight Movement in Metropolitan Scotland). Since graduation he has developed a wide knowledge of regeneration, development and transport issues through employment in various sectors and completed a diploma in Town Planning. Crawford currently works at East Dunbartonshire Council as the Economic Development and Transportation Manager.