Harris Tweed Hebrides add to management team 21/2/13
Harris Tweed Hebrides have strengthened their management team with the recruitment of Margaret A. MacLeod who was previously head of regional development with HIE in Stornoway.
Margaret joins the Shawbost-
Until returning home to Lewis in 2005, Margaret was Home Furnishings Manager with
Johnston’s of Elgin and was closely involved in establishing their interiors business
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Ian Angus MacKenzie, chief executive of Harris Tweed Hebrides, said: “We have grown very quickly as a company and it was essential to recruit an experienced individual both to help deal with existing challenges and also to look for fresh market opportunities. To have found someone with Margaret’s relevant experience within our own community is a real bonus.”
Margaret MacLeod said: “I grew up in a weaving community and my father is still a weaver, so I know how important this industry is to the whole island economy.
“Harris Tweed Hebrides have been instrumental in driving global demand and for re-
Harris Tweed Hebrides chairman, Brian Wilson, said: “There was an extremely high quality field of applicants for the post, demonstrating that there are people of great ability ready and eager to develop their professional careers in the Western Isles if the opportunities exist.
“We are confident of another great year for Harris Tweed Hebrides but it is crucial to look beyond that and to make sure that everything we have achieved over the past five years is truly sustainable. I am sure Margaret will make a major contribution towards meeting that objective.”