Developing the Young Workforce Ayrshire is delighted to announce our new chair, Lorna Gibson.
Lorna Gibson is Training Director for the QTS Group, a large enterprise owned by Renew Holdings and supplying Railway Infrastructure Engineering services throughout the United Kingdom. Lorna’s key role within the Group is that of Managing Director of QTS Training Ltd, a subsidiary company which supplies railway safety, on-track plant, health and safety and construction management training to the rail and wider industries.
Lorna is also a Director, and Past President, of the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, sits on the Developing Young Workforce Ayrshire Steering Group, is a founding member of Women in Rail Scotland, sits on the NSAR Rail Apprenticeship Quality Board and is Vice Chair of the Hansel Foundation.
Lorna has over 30 years’ experience of business management and business development within the private sector, initially a senior business manager within Doig & Smith, a UK wide Chartered Surveying practice, followed by a directorship with Paligap Brands Ltd, a digital marketing agency based in Ayrshire, and now for the past 7 years as a Director within the QTS Group.
A passionate member of the Ayrshire Business Community Lorna is involved with a wide range of business activities particularly with regard to employer engagement with education and encouraging young people towards the rail and STEM industries.
Lorna Gibson said:
“I am delighted to be taking on the role of Chair of our Developing Young Workforce Regional Group. The Developing Young Workforce strategy is more important now than ever to ensure that our young people are given every encouragement and opportunity to secure positive destinations after leaving school. The young people of today are going to be those that are driving forward the recovery of our industries and economy and I look forward to working with our Ayrshire educators, employers and stakeholders to provide the support required to fully equip them for this challenge.
I would like to thank David Smith for his outstanding contribution as Chair of DYW Ayrshire since its inception in 2015, he has been a true driving force behind the success of our regional group and I certainly have big shoes to fill!”
