Who’s involved

Several of the people behind the Scottish People’s Meeting have strong Scottish and Danish connections. They contribute to the project on an entirely voluntary basis and are passionate about new ideas that can develop the level of political debate in Scotland.

Martijn Quinn is a senior European Commission official who is currently responsible for developing the EU’s “Green Diplomacy”. During 25 years at the European Commission he has worked in the private offices for the Danish, Greek and Bulgarian Commissioners as well as in the Commission departments for trade, enlargement, justice and environment.

Martijn Quinn

Katrine Feldinger is the head of Scottish Government’s Office in the Nordics. The Office works extensively on assessing policy initiatives and ideas from the Nordics which could be successfully applied in Scotland, and is giving its backing to the People’s meeting as a concept to improve democratic engagement and discussion from grassroots up.

Katrine Feldinger

Fiona Ross is the head of community/international/volunteer engagement at the Danish democracy festival, Folkemødet. Fiona has a background of heavy involvement in Scottish youth politics and activism (Scottish Youth Parliament and Youth Ambassador for Scotland).

Fiona Ross

Alice Kinghorn-Gray

Alice has been part of the Electoral Reform Society Scotland's team for the last eight years. The organisation researches the effectiveness of representative democracy in Scotland, campaigns for improvements in the systems and processes of government and seeks to promote debate and discussion about Scotland’s democratic future. She has worked on the implementation of deliberative and participatory democratic innovations, such as citizens' assemblies, and contributes to raising their profile within political decision-making.