Council Board and Committees
The Council's Board can consist of up to 16 members including the Chair and the Chief Executive. The Chair of the SFC is John McClelland CBE and the Chief Executive is Mark Batho.
Members of the Council are appointed by the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament and have a collective responsibility for the proper conduct of the Council's affairs. They are not appointed as representatives of individual organisations and are expected to use the experience and knowledge gained in their own careers when taking decisions on the Council's behalf. The members are drawn from a range of backgrounds in the private and public sectors.
The Council meets six times each year and twice for a strategy meeting. Normally, one of these meetings is devoted entirely to consideration of long-term strategy issues. We publish copies of the agenda and papers for meetings of the Council on our website.
The Council has established seven Council committees to advise it on specific responsibilities or undertake specific functions; these meet either regularly on given cycles or as required. Two of these committees are established under statute: the Skills Committee and the Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee.