She’s worked with the abrasive London mayor Ken Livingstone and enjoyed a transatlantic career as a high-flying legal expert.
But for Crocketford’s Fiona Smith the rolling farmland of Galloway has always been home. Now firmly settled at Balmaclellan with husband Alan, these days she devotes her talents to the Glenkens and District Trust, where as convener she oversees the awards process for the Blackcraig Wind Farm Community Fund.
Her role also involves leading on the Glenkens Community Action Plan, an ambitious blueprint aimed at steering the area towards a successful and sustainable future.
Fiona, 63, still has occasional forays into the financial world, she tells me, as a non-executive director of Manchester Building Society.
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