Guests toast another busy year at Past Presidents’ Christmas Lunch

SELECT staff and office bearers celebrated a successful year and looked forward to 2024 at the Past Presidents’ Christmas Lunch in Edinburgh this week.

More than 20 guests gathered at The Balmoral hotel in the heart of the capital on Thursday 7 December for the annual festive get-together.

As well as current SELECT President Alistair Grant, seven Past Presidents attended the event at the historic railway hotel – Kevin Griffin, Douglas Kelly, John Noble, Donald W Orr, Eric Rae, Alick Smith and David Smith.

Also in attendance were Central Board members Graeme Anderson, Stewart Anderson, Jim Cooper, Darren Crockett, Chic Dobbie, Paul Erasmuson, David Harris, Tony Harvey, Gordon Paterson, Keith Smith, Mike Stark and John Wilson, along with SECTT CEO Anne Galbraith and Honorary Member and former SELECT Managing Director, Newell McGuiness.



SELECT was represented by Managing Director Alan Wilson, Directors of Function Bob Cairney, Fiona Harper, John McGhee and Iain Mason, and Events, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Linda Rolfe.

Alan Wilson said: “Once again, it was excellent to meet up with former and current colleagues from across the association and show our gratitude for all their hard work and dedication.”

The lunch was preceded by a meeting of SELECT’s Central Board (pictured below), which reviewed the association’s achievements over the past 12 months and outlined plans for 2024.