SCOTTISH Football Association president Alan McRae has welcomed entrepreneur Ana Stewart on to the board.
Stewart has been appointed as a new independent non-executive director to the SFA’s board with a view to helping the governing body boost its marketing output as well as advising on new technology.
She will replace Barrie Jackson when he steps down in December.
Dundonian Stewart is a former Scottish Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year winner and has built a successful career in the development of customer engagement and marketing products in the banking and retail sectors.
She is the founder of i-design, a banking software company, which went on to become listed in the London Stock Exchange and also devised and launched atmAd, now one of the largest outdoor digital media channels in the UK.
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