Independence Forum Scotland
Uniting the independence movement
Committee members
(Page still in process of being updated following the 2026 AGM.)
Convener William Duguid is a retired IT consultant based in Bridge of Earn. He became a firm supporter of Scottish independence in 2013, when he moved back to Scotland after 35 years studying and working in London, South East England and the Netherlands. He is a founding director of Perth & Kinross Yes Hub, of which he has been the main organiser since it opened in 2019, a co-founder of Common Weal Perth & Kinross, which was established in 2015, and the co-ordinator of Perthshire Independence Network since 2020.
William’s other main interest is writing. He is currently Vice-President of Perthshire Writers, edited the group’s 2024 anthology, ‘A Pocketful of Perthshire’, and is currently working on its 2026 anthology, to be published in September.
Secretary Jim Daly has spent most of his working life in the IT sector and currently works as a Learning Technology Adviser at Edinburgh Napier University. He has been active in the independence movement since his return to Scotland in 2018.
Jim is a member of Yes Marchmont and Morningside and a member of the national committee of Respect Scottish Sovereignty. He has been involved in various initiatives within the independence movement and runs ‘Myth Busters’, a website featuring letters by independence activists which have been published in national newspapers.
Dr Cathy Gunn was Associate Professor, Deputy Director and Head of eLearning for a Higher Education Research Centre at Auckland University, New Zealand, before she retired in 2020.
A former student journalist and economics writer with Lloyd’s of London Press Ltd, Cathy returned home to active retirement and nana duties in Scotland in 2024.
Carole Inglis has been active in the independence movement for over 50 years and within the Yes movement since 2012. She worked in the private and public sector, and ran her own business for 15 years. Her areas of expertise are communications, media and facilitation. Coordinator for Yes Skye & Lochalsh and Yes Highlands and Islands, she is also on the committees of Yes United, Constitution for Scotland and Salvo Highlands and Islands.
She sees herself as a listener, reflective and pragmatic, always keen to resolve conflict before it escalates, with experience of seeking and maintaining consensus by bringing together differing political allegiances. She aims to do her best to support and help people reach agreement, and to achieve a common vision with the aim of securing Scottish Independence.
John Proctor is convener of Energy Scotland, an association of Scottish based energy professionals focused on responding to Scotland’s energy challenge of delivering a secure, decarbonised, affordable, energy system which benefits Scotland’s people and industry.
John spent 43 years in the energy generation sector. He retired in December 2023 from his role as General Manager and Head of Operations & Engineering at InterGen, an independent energy generator based in Edinburgh.
He graduated from Paisley (now West of Scotland University) with an Honours Degree in Industrial Engineering, having served his technical apprenticeship at John Brown Engineering.
Mary MacCallum Sullivan grew up in Scotland, but lived overseas, returning to London to train and work, and then back to Scotland, practising and teaching psychotherapy as lecturer, manager, and consultant to the professional field in governance, organisational communication and ethics. Member of AyeFyne, Yes Highlands & Islands, Believe In Scotland, Common Weal.
She believes that self-determination, self-governance are core to human development, and and freedom is therefore essential for the good of the nation state of Scotland. There are immense challenges facing the planet, both locally and globally, which we need, politically and nationally, to be better equipped to address.