Dr Janet Brennan

Chair

Janet lives in Barholm Castle, a 16^th century tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet, which she and her husband restored from a ruin in 2004, using traditional building methods. She is an experienced non-executive charity director, having served on the boards of Historic Environment Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, The Crichton, and Dumfries and Galloway Chamber of Arts. She is a former chair of The Scottish Castles Association and is currently a board member of the National Trust for Scotland and Chair of the Galloway Members’ Group. She is the author of three books about Scottish castles. Before retiring, Janet was a psychology lecturer working in the Netherlands.