Billy Bowie
Billy Bowie is the owner and Managing Director of Billy Bowie Special Projects Limited based in Kilmarnock, not far from Rugby Park, but with extensive interests throughout the UK.
Mr Bowie is a lifelong Kilmarnock supporter and is married with two young sons. He is a Stewarton man, born and bred, and is proud of his Ayrshire roots.
Phyllis Carroll
Phyllis has over 30 years’ experience in business & finance, specialising in the construction and rail sectors.
Phyllis is also one of the founding trustees of the Kilmarnock Community Sports Trust (KCST) and in addition supports the Prince’s Trust in Scotland in a variety of ways including sponsorship and as a table host at the Trust’s legendary charity day “Lunch with an Old Bag”.
Martin Boyle
A lifelong Kilmarnock fan, Martin succeeded Cathy Jamieson on the Board as a Director after The Kilmarnock Supporters Society Ltd (The Killie Trust) reached their £100,000 funding target through the Trust in Killie initiative.
He is Executive Director of the Glasgow Colleges’ Regional Board, with responsibility for the strategic planning of Scotland’s largest college region. Martin’s also worked in education as head of a Creative Industries faculty, a journalism and media lecturer, and in senior roles with various national organisations.
Prior to this, he worked in the media as a journalist across print, radio and online, covering a wide range of events, from Scottish Cup finals to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Martin has degrees from Cambridge, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Dundee Universities.
Cathy Jamieson
A lifelong Kilmarnock fan, after her stint as Trust Director on the board Cathy was invited to stay on as a non-executive member of the board, with a keen focus on the Killie Community in her role.
Cathy enjoyed a career in politics, serving as an MSP and Cabinet Minister in Holyrood, and MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and a Shadow Treasury Minister in Westminster.
Outside of her passion for Kilmarnock FC and Auchinleck Talbot, Cathy has long been a champion for young people, dedicating her time to social work and she is current Chief Executive of Care Visions Children’s Services, which provides residential and foster care placements for vulnerable young people across Scotland.