Zahra hedges appointed as our new ceo

Winning Scotland are delighted to announce the appointment of Zahra Hedges as our new CEO.
 
Zahra will step into the role previously held by Morag Arnot, who has led Winning Scotland as our executive director since 2013. 
 
Zahra has more than 15 years’ leadership and management experience in the public, private and third sectors and we’re very excited to welcome her to the team. 
 
Most recently, Zahra was a senior policy advisor for the Scottish Government, supporting all 32 local authorities to roll out a community based mental health and wellbeing service for children, young people and families.
 
Prior to that, Zahra worked for Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS), playing a key role in the latest iteration of Just Enterprise, the national programme of business support for social enterprises.

​Until last year she was Vice Chair of Social Enterprise Scotland and now sits on the board of SACRO as well as mentoring with Pilotlight and MCR Pathways.

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