Bruce Joined the board of GoGirvan in February 2025, he came to Girvan in 1987 as a registrar, moved to the town with his wife Linda in 1990 and they raised their family here. He is now the Senior Partner in the practice.

Bruce is also the Financial Partner working alongside his Practice Manager running a practice of approx. 4500 patients and was the lead clinician when his business became a fund holder where practices were given control of the funding and the ability to commission local and laboratory services directly.

Bruce has extensive experience in employment and training, he is currently responsible for seven administrative staff including: a Practice Manager and Assistant manager, five nursing staff including an Advance Nurse practitioner, two General Practice nurses, a Treatment Room nurse and a Health Care Assistant.

He is the Practice representative on the Girvan and Maybole Cluster. The group represents Girvan Ballantrae Dailly and Maybole and provides feeds back to Health Board level.

He was a trainer in General Practice from 1993-96 providing mentorship to doctors pursuing a career in family medicine. During that time, he was part of the Glasgow University Audit group in an academic role.

At a national and local level, Bruce also has invaluable experience from his five years as Chairperson of the Scottish Government funded body, The Scottish Association of Community Hospitals (SACH). During this period, he represented the association at a national level and chaired their annual conferences. Bruce was also the Lead Clinician at Girvan Community Hospital for approximately 6 years. During that time, he was heavily involved in the planning, the procurement process and development of the current Girvan Community Hospital.

Hannah joined the board in November 2024, she has been a retail, wholesale and service business owner since 2015, her skills and experience includes:

Financial management: Running payroll, PAYE, keeping up to date books and accounts. Invoicing wholesalers and clients for events, and managing cash flow.

Ordering stock and managing stock levels and dealing with VAT

Hannah employs up to seven staff members at a time. This involves delegating tasks and planning shift rotations months in advance.

Marketing, sales and customer service.

Expanding her wholesale business has included negotiating and agreeing contracts with companies including The Coo Shed and Trump Turnberry.

Owning and running a food business, she must abide by various food laws and safety measures, such as Natasha’s Law. This takes time and efficiency and thorough checks on a regular basis to make sure her products abide by all legislation and regulations.

 Alongside the shop and wholesale business Hannah runs an events cart that can be hired out for weddings, occasions and festivals. This involves attending events throughout the year to garner interest and secure bookings.

Planning and organisation of bookings which can vary from being booked years in advance to only a few weeks away and negotiating with potential clients.

Preston joined GoGirvan as a trustee in January 2025, he is a renowned guitar virtuoso, international touring concert performer, composer, recording artist, producer and educator. He has managed a successful fifty-plus year career as a self-employed, independent artist.

As an artist under contract with major record labels MCA Universal, Capital EMI, Liberty Records and Polygram, Preston managed four major label album projects including composing and arranging the music, hiring studios and musicians, handling budgets and delivering masters on time. He has owned his own Record Label (Outerbridge Records) since 2000 and has continued to manage his own recording projects and album releases.

Preston has retained control of and exploits his intellectual copyright ownership through his own ASCAP-affiliated publishing company.

Throughout his career he has negotiated endorsement relationships with major guitar manufacturers electronics manufacturers and string manufacturers.

Preston moved to Girvan, Scotland in 2001 from the USA and designed and developed the Preston Reed signature guitar line with local South Ayrshire luthier Mark Bailey. He continues to support Bailey Guitars through his own performances and publicity.

In addition to his workshops, seminars and master classes at schools, colleges and universities across the globe including Berklee College of Music (Boston USA), Preston runs an annual guitar workshop at his home in Girvan which attracts students from around the world, introducing many of them to Scotland, and Girvan in particular, for the first time. His past students have included pop music star Ed Sheeran, Ryan Hall (NASA James Webb Space Telescope team) and British chess grandmaster Jacob Aargaard.

Cath joined GoGirvan as the Development Officer in September 2024, she moved to Girvan in 1994, raising her family here, initially working in the Housing Department before moving into the music industry for twenty years, building national and international tours, negotiating contracts, handling press and PR, album releases, intelectual property rights and logistics. 

Cath was a trustee of Girvan Community Developments ltd where she gained valuable insight and knowledge, dealing with funders, architects and consultants in a community led project setting. She is also currently a Community Councillor.