Iain McGill is from Edinburgh and is currently director of the Harmony Employment Agency who provide social sector staff across Scotland & Northern Ireland.

Between leaving education & setting up his own business in 2005 Iain was an aid worker overseas, working in Albania, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique & Malawi.

Iain then worked in Edinburgh for a number of organisations working with the homeless in Edinburgh, including Bethany Christian Trust as Team Leader in their Care Shelter, 4 Square at their Cowgate Day & Night Centre & The Edinburgh Homelink Partnership as Special Projects Manager.

Iain stood in Edinburgh North & Leith in the Westminster election last year, representing the greater part of the Edinburgh Central Scottish Parliament seat being contested this year. He has spent the last few years campaigning on local issues such as Keep Stockbridge Local, Friends of Inverleith Park, No Leith Biomass Plant, and campaigning to keep schools, post offices and other vital services open in our area.

Iain is a Community Councillor & Licensing Convener for the New Town & Broughton Community Council, sits on the technical committee of The Homeless World Cup and is a Director of The Yard, an Edinburgh charity providing adventure play opportunities for children and young people with special needs. Iain is a member of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce & The Entreprenureal Exchange.

He is a member of Abbeyhill Baptist Church, plays & referees football matches, & in 2006 refereed the Homeless World Cup Final in Cape Town, South Africa. Iain enjoys competing in duathlons & distance events, and is a member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

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