Meet the Team

Kerri Haynes
Programme Manager
Kerri has several years of experience of the STEM Ambassador programme both from leading the the East Scotland Hub, to coordinating a STEM Ambassador scheme in a large engineering company. Kerri loves knitting, spending too much money on board games and searching for geocaches in the Scottish countryside.

Heather Bowie
Senior Programme Coordinator
Heather trained as an Early years practitioner prior to joining SSERC in 2018 as part of the Early Years and Primary team before moving to the STEM Ambassador team. When not at work Heather can normally be found up a hill somewhere, more often than not looking a little lost.

Aileen Hamilton
National Partnerships Manager
Aileen managed the West of Scotland Hub and has been with the STEM Ambassador Programme since its inception, 19 years ago. Aileen’s spare time is taken up with her teenage children, helping them on their own STEM journeys and ferrying them about everywhere. She loves travel, exploring the great outdoors and following Scottish Rugby.
She manages SSERCs relationships with partners who operate UK-wide and is the key point of contact for Nuffield Placements and ESERO Space Champions. As well as, supporting a number of key employers to engage with SSERCs wider STEM engagement offer, including the STEM Ambassador in Scotland Hub.

Debbie Mathers
Programme Manager - Employers, Universities and Colleges
Debbie has coordinated the North Scotland region for over 4 years and has experience delivering training sessions and driving long distances! She is passionate about cooking, skiing and completing sudokus, as well as, travelling and going on holiday whenever possible.

Kimberly Dalton
Administrator
Kimberly has been an administrator for SSERC for 2 years. She loves learning new things and meeting new people. She also loves to go for longs walks when she is not working.

Alastair MacGregor
Chief Executive
Alastair has been the Chief Executive Officer at SSERC for 3 ½ years and is also an active STEM Ambassador. Watching his team play Scottish premiership football, going to the gym, heading out on his motorbike, and Sharpei dogs take up most of this non-work time.