Deirdre Fulton has a commercial background. She is managing partner in a global aviation consultancy business that she co-founded in 2015. It provides meaningful insight, strategy and advisory services to clients in the aviation industry. Typical assignments include long term forecasting, due diligence, market assessment and air service development.
Prior to setting up her own company in 2008, Deirdre worked at a senior level in the Scottish aviation industry and gained extensive experience of corporate strategy and operations as well as people and resource management. Deirdre is a graduate of Strathclyde University and has a Masters Degree in Business Administration. She is an active member of her local community, having chaired the Parent Council of the local primary school for a number of years, and she spent 10 years volunteering with her local Samaritans branch. She also joined the Scottish International Education Trust as a trustee in 2018 and she became a Lay member on the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Regulatory Committee in January 2023.
Deirdre was a lay member for JABS for a period of 8 years, gaining extensive experience in the field of Judicial Appointments. On occasion she has acted as an independent panel member for appointments to Scottish public bodies.
Deirdre was appointed as a Lay Appointment Advisor on 1 October 2023 for a period of 2 years to 30 September 2025.