We are a community that shares a passion for people, places and the planet. With the support of more than 2,700 Members and c120 volunteers, we are a small, flexible organisation, striving to promote greater geographical understanding.

Staff

Day-to-day delivery of our work programme is undertaken by a team of five full-time staff, all based at the HQ in Perth.

Chief Executive Mike Robinson

Mike has been Chief Executive since 2008, overseeing the RSGS move to Perth and rejuvenating the charity’s purpose, positioning and profile – and that of geography and geographers in Scottish civic society too. Through this role – and over the course of the last 25 years – Mike has been instrumental in informing policy through joined-up, collaborative action, particularly in sustainability and climate change.

For example, in 2006 he established Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), the largest coalition ever formed in Scotland, which was so instrumental in delivering the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, the Scottish Climate Justice Fund, and the 2019 Emissions Reduction Targets Act. He is an advisor to Government and trustee on several boards, mostly in the spheres of education, agriculture and transport, and is hosting a series of Climate Emergency Summits with more than 40 organisations to identify suitable responses to the emergency, and to inform government thinking. He is also leading development of a new qualification, Climate Solutions, for business leaders with the University of Stirling and University of Edinburgh Management Schools, and the Institute of Directors. Amongst others, Mike sits on the Board of Transform Scotland and is Chair of Perth City Development Board (PCLF) aiming to make Perth the most sustainable small city in Europe.

He is an Honorary Fellow of Scottish Environment Link and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), and has won a number of awards for his contribution to climate change, including the 2001 Best Renewable Energy Initiative, the 2009 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for the Environment, and the 2017 Bernier Medal of the RCGS.

Development Manager	Susan Watt
Chief Executive's PA & Events Officer	Katrina Strachan
Finance & Membership Officer	Linda Davidson
Communications Officer	Holly McNair

Trustees

Our overall strategy is guided by a Board of Trustees – volunteers who bring their experience and expertise to help the Society. The majority of Trustees are elected by our Members; some Trustees represent the volunteer Committees which have responsibility for certain areas of work; the Geographer Royal for Scotland (appointed by Her Majesty The Queen to a position we helped to reinstate in 2015, after it had been in abeyance for 118 years) is an ex officio Trustee.

Chair	Professor John Briggs FRSGS
Vice-Chair	Professor Kenneth Muir FRSGS
Treasurer	Barry Hextall
Collections Committee Chair	Margaret Wilkes FRSGS
Education Committee Chair	Alastair McConnell FRSGS
Local Groups Committee Chair	Lorna Ogilvie FRSGS
Geographer Royal for Scotland	Professor Jo Sharp
Other Elected Members	Meredith McDonald
	David Henry
	David Howe
	Professor Alan Wilson

Honorary Post-Holders

RSGS has a formal network of honorary post-holders in addition to the Geographer Royal for Scotland. We benefit from Royal Patronage, from the support of a dedicated President and Vice-Presidents, and from the inspirational contributions of our Explorers-in-Residence and Writer-in-Residence. We also have an extensive network of Medallists and Honorary Fellows whom the RSGS has recognised for their outstanding contributions to geography.

Patron	Her Late Majesty The Queen
President	Professor Dame Anne Glover FRSGS
Vice-Presidents	HRH The Princess Royal
	The Duke of Buccleuch
	Erica Caldwell FRSGS
	Dr Vanessa Collingridge
	Professor Roger Crofts FRSGS
	Sir David Hempleman-Adams FRSGS
	Baron Nickson
	Dr Frederik Paulsen
	Professor William Ritchie FRSGS
	Professor John Rowan
	Professor Iain Stewart
	Professor David Sugden FRSGS
	Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
Explorers-in-Residence	Craig Mathieson
	Luke & Hazel Robertson
	Karen Darke FRSGS
Writer-in-Residence	Jo Woolf FRSGS