Mhairi's background is in higher education and small business. She worked at Glasgow Caledonian University as a Lecturer in Hospitality & Marketing and she had a property development business in Scotland and the USA

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Mhairi has volunteered with Badminton Scotland for many years, including managing the hospitality suite at two world championships. She has played pickleball for 15 years, having caught the bug whilst holidaying in Florida.

Steph's background is in accountancy and project management for global companies and the further education sector. She has been on the board of many organisations, including Badminton Scotland Events and Ocean Youth Trust Scotland.

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Steph has volunteered at major badminton events , including three world championships. Steph has been playing pickleball  since 2008 and is excited to be part of a brans new association.

Allan is Chief Operating Officer of WelcoMe, a customer service solution ensuring accessibility for disabled customers. A keen pickleball player, Allan also enjoys partaking in the many activities his five year old daughter entices him into, as well as watching many sports. With a background in active travel and civil engineering, Allan has a rounded experience base and is excited to bring his skills to Pickleball Scotland.

Nanette Mutrie is the Coaching and Education Officer for Pickleball Scotland. In that role she has developed the materials for the Ambassador and Club Coach awards. To date she has trained around 100 Ambassadors and 20 club coaches and now has a team of talented coaches who assist in the delivery of these awards. Nanette brings to this role a long history related to sport and activity. She began her career as a PE teacher and fifty years later she retired as Chair of Physical Activity for Health at the University of Edinburgh in 2022. Nanette received an MBE from the Queen in 2015 for services in Physical Activity for Health in Scotland.  She has over 300 peer reviewed publications and the 4th edition of the textbook she co-authors ‘The Psychology of Physical Activity for Health” was published in 2021. Helping Pickleball grow in Scotland, especially through the development of coaches and ambassadors, is a new challenge which she is really enjoying! 

Adriana spent 41 years working in the NHS, where she helped to set up the Greater Glasgow Pharmacy Distribution Centre. She managed the IT and automated systems which included 45 staff and 9 robots!

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Adriana has volunteered at the 2017 Badminton World Championships and at the 2018 European Championships. She loves being retired because she can play lots of pickleball.

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Management Committee to co-opt

Management Committee to co-opt

Anne Smillie is the retired Chief Executive of Badminton Scotland and was the longest serving Chief Executive in British sport.  Anne had a world wide reputation for event staging, and led the way in attracting and directing four World Championships and three European Championships.

Anne is a former member of the Badminton World Federation Council.  She was the first woman on the BWF Executive Board when she became its Chair of Events, and was involved in overseeing the arrangements for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.  She is a former founding member of the UK Sports Events Committee.  

Anne is  currently a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.