Jackie Killeen has announced she is to leave the funder to take up a new post at the British Council Scotland
Big Lottery Fund Scotland chief Jackie Killeen is to leave Scotland's biggest charitable funder to become the new director of the British Council Scotland.
Killeen will join that organisation in May.
As well as core lottery programmes, she has led teams delivering programmes including the Coastal Communities Fund for the UK government and Scottish Land Fund for the Scottish Government and is currently leading the development of a new strategic direction for the fund's international funding portfolio.
Previously she worked in regeneration in Glasgow, and in the arts for Scottish Opera.
She has been involved with a number of charities in voluntary roles and is a board member of arts charity Culture Republic.
Jacqueline's wealth of knowledge and experience will add even greater value and impact to the work British Council Scotland is already deliverin
"I am really looking forward to taking up this new position, with an organisation that plays such a valuable role in building and strengthening understanding and good relations between countries,” she said.
“Working across the spheres of education, culture and society, the British Council makes a strong contribution in Scotland and I hope to be able to build on and further develop its impact."
Working with senior colleagues across the organisation, Killeen will be responsible for leading and increasing the British Council's work and impact in and for Scotland, and thereby enhancing the organisation's reputation and profile in terms of policy development. A key part of this role will also be sustaining the British Council's current network of relationships across Scotland and globally as well as diversifying stakeholder relationships, partnerships and income.
"Jacqueline's wealth of knowledge and experience will add even greater value and impact to the work British Council Scotland is already delivering," added Hilary Cross, director of strategy and engagement at the British Council. "And her long-standing interest in international relations and development as her belief in the importance of building connections between people couldn't be a better match to the values of the British Council."
Killeen will succeed Dr Lloyd Anderson.
