The Dunfermline Athletic Board
| John Yorkston - Chairman Date Appointed: 11/06/99
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| Managing Director of the First Scottish Group. The Group provides services to the legal profession.
Has two sons Gary and Gregor and six grandchildren. Born and bred in Dunfermline, has always been a Pars fan. Became Chairman of Dunfermline Athletic Football Club in June 1999 just after relegation. | |
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Gavin Masterton CBE, FIB (Scot)
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| Gavin Masterton was born and brought up in Charleston, Fife and attended Dunfermline High School. Gavin has been a Pars fan virtually all his life, attending East End Park with his father at the age of 6 or 7. Now has more than half a century of enjoyment behind him.
Retired from the Bank of Scotland in 2001 after being with them for over 45 years. | |
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Frank McConnell - SSC
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| Frank was born and brought up in Dunfermline., He has supported the Pars from the age of 5. Having left Dunfermline in 1969 to study law in Edinburgh he continued with his support. There was never any question of supporting an Edinburgh team. He would drive by Tynecastle where Hearts were playing Celtic heading off for the big match at Brechin or Stenhousemuir or wherever. For him the highlights over the years have to be, in no particular order, the great cup wins of 1961 and 1968 both of which he attended. The great European campaigns of the 60's - games against Valencia, West Brom, Everton, Anderlecht to name a few, stand out in the memory. In recent times, for a club of our support and resources, the consolidation of our position in the Premier League has been a fine achievement and the recent SFA and CIS Cup Finals have been the icing on the cake.
A place on the Board fulfilled a lifetimes ambition and over his years on the Board he has come to recognise the magnificent contribution of his fellow directors in taking the Club through exceptionally difficult times. On a personal level he continues to practice as a lawyer in Edinburgh and hold a number of public appointments. | |
| Rodney Shearer Date Appointed: 22/11/03
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| Rodney was brought up in Rosyth and has been a Pars supporter all his life. His late Father who worked at the Rosyth Dockyard took him to both home and away games. In fact his first memory is from the 1965 Cup final which Dunfermline lost out to Celtic. Since those early days of following the Pars in the black Austin A40 Rodney has maintained his love of the club and has passed on his enthusiasm to his three sons who are all supporters even though they have never lived in the Dunfermline area. He is the Managing Director of the largest tree nursery in the UK, supplying in excess of 6 million trees a year to the forestry and landscape industries of Europe, and holds two further directorships with East Lothian Investments and Haddington Community Development. In his spare time Rodney is an avid collector of Dunfermline memorabilia and he would like to hear from any supporter who may have some gems in their attics. Hopefully in the future development of the stadium space will be provided to allow for items to be put on public display. | |
| Ed Smyth Date Appointed: 22/11/03 |
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| Ed was born and brought up in Dunfermline and went to Queen Anne High School. A keen footballer - he first stood on the terrace as a 7 year old and has supported the Pars all his life - he played for Fife and the East of Scotland School Boys team where his contemporaries included Jim Leishman and Ken Mackie. On graduating from Heriot Watt University, he rose very quickly through the ranks and became one of Scotland's leading corporate businessmen during which time he completed his Masters Degree. In 1997, he left corporate life and started his own business, Alba. Only a few short years later in March 2002, he was the largest shareholder in the trade sale of Alba/Stiell to Alfred McAlpine Plc. A Lord Taverner and a passionate Scot, his three children, Selina, Carnegie and Scott were all taken from their Hertfordshire home to Scotland to be born. | |
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Jim Leishman Jim Leishman Profile |
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| Jim Leishman signed in 1968 as a schoolboy international, the year in which Dunfermline won the Scottish Cup, he joined the Pars as an 'S' signing.
He made his debut against Ayr United in a 1-1 draw and went on to play 91 games for the Dunfermline. Unfortunately his career came to a sudden end after he broke his leg against Hearts in a tangle with Jim Jefferies who is now the Kilmarnock Manager . In 1980 Jim returned as Youth Team Coach and in 1982 Tom Forsyth the manager of the time appointed Jim as reserve team manager. In October 1983 Jim became the youngest manager in Dunfrermline's history at 29 and the club were 34th place in Scottish Football. By the following season Dunfermline finished third top of the league and by the end of season 1985/6, Dunfermline had won the Second Division Championship. The following season the club gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history unfortunately this was shortlived and returned to the First Division the next season. Season 1988/89 DAFC went on to be First Division champions once again. In 1990 Jim left the club and over 4000 fans protested at the Board's decision. Jim then moved on to Meadowbank Thistle where he became their last manager and the first manager of Livingston FC. Under Jim's management he took Livingston through the Third Division championship, the Second Division championship and then in 2001/2 Livingston won the First Division championship making Jim the first manager to win the First, Secondnd and Third Division championships. In Livingston's 1st year in the Premier League they finished third behind Celtic and Rangers qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time. Jim returned home to Dunfermline Athletic in August 2003, taking up the role of Director of Football and reintroduced himself to the fans amid jubilant scenes prior to the opening match of that season. Jim took over as Football Manager in April 2005 with only three games to go and saving his beloved Pars from relegation. In Season 2005/6 Jim took Dunfermline Athletic on to their seventh national Cup Final and kept the club in the SPL once again. PS Jim to this day remains the last Dunfermline player to this day to score the winning goal at Ibrox! | |
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William Hodgins ACMA - Chief Executive
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| Having held a number of directorships in a number of different industry sectors, Bill brings a wealth of business experience to the Club. Married to Lyndsay, he has two daughters, Leanna and Janey and a young son called Bruce who enjoys nothing more than putting on his Pars football shirt and kicking a ball around. Although he is only two, Bill hopes that he could be a future left-back for the Pars!
Bill is keen to see Dunfermline Athletic continue to flourish with success on the pitch underpinned by prudent financial management off the pitch that will ensure that the club has the resources to continue to develop East End Park and bring new players and new facilities that will continually reward and excite all of the many loyal Pars supporters. | |
| Ronald Weymes Date Appointed: 27/06/07 |
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| Managing director of Multi-Valve Technology, which is based in Dunfermline and has offices in Dubai, Nigeria, London and Iran.
Ronnie is a local business man and has been a fervent supporter for all his life he welcomes the opportunity of joining a board of directors totally committed to the future continued success of Dunfermline Athletic and its immediate return to the SPL. | |