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Forth Green Freeport picks its team

[ October 1, 2025   //   ]

Forth Green Freeport (FGF) has appointed an expert team to deliver its vision of attracting investors and bringing major economic benefits to Scotland while ensuring a high level of governance.
Reporting to chief executive Sarah Murray, Tom Morris joins as trade and investment manager and Rhona McMillan as governance and operations officer. Sharon Pryde takes on the role of skills and fair work manager and Dr Isobel Marr joins as net zero and innovation manager.
Sarah Murray said: “This is an important day for Forth Green Freeport as we announce the expert team who will deliver the collective ambition of the FGF partners. We are working towards approval of the Full Business Case which will release £25million seed capital funding later this year.
“In the meantime, we have been very active operationally. The FGF has working governance and operating Boards and we now have our skilled delivery team. We are excited to welcome Tom, Rhona, Sharon and Isobel who all have extensive professional experience in their respective fields and will be a great asset for us.”
Tom Morris brings extensive international experience from senior roles at Shell, Cairn Energy, OMV and H2 Green.
Rhona McMillan, has over 20 years of experience in governance, operations, and project management playing a pivotal role in delivering major public sector programmes across departments including the Ministry of Justice, Defra, and NHS Lothian.
Sharon Pryde has over 25 years’ experience delivering innovation and skills initiatives in the public sector leading strategic, high-impact projects across emerging industries, with a special focus on Scotland’s space sector.
Dr Isobel Marr was previously knowledge exchange manager for the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) at Heriot-Watt University and International Research Officer at the University of Edinburgh.
Approval of the FBC is an important step towards unlocking £25 million of seed capital funding to address the key underdeveloped sites within the FGF area to attract investors and deliver major economic benefits for Scotland. Following approval of the FBC, Forth Green Freeport’s partners, the three local authorities (Edinburgh, Falkirk and Fife) and both Governments will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to allow the release of this multimillion-pound funding to kick start the initial projects. The seed capital will be match funded by project sponsors.

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