Staff team

Donald Macleod

Chief Executive Officer

Donald is our Chief Executive and leads on SDSS delivery and strategic vision. He works closely with the SDSS Chair, Trustees, membership and staff team in the formulation of strategy and objectives.

Donald brings nearly 30 years of diverse experience in social care, primarily leading organisations working in learning disability. He comes to us from Autism Network Scotland, where he led the implementation of the Scottish Strategy for Autism in partnership with Scottish Government, before establishing his own successful Autism consultancy.

Involved in Self-directed Support implementation from its inception, exploring organisational responses in Glasgow, he has continued to work with people directing their own support through his own consultancy.

Jeremy Adderley

Operations Manager

Jeremy is our Operations Manager and is here to implement a plan in conjunction with our team and stakeholders to continue to increase the effectiveness of the organisation and to take the lead on finance operations.

Following business and senior management roles in Edinburgh’s private sector, Jeremy has come from six years in development and financial management in an award winning Drugs and Alcohol charity. There he developed independent income and streamlined systems improving organisational effectiveness with finance, marketing, stakeholder management, fundraising and reporting.

While working with SDSS, Jeremy is also developing a fundraising support service for organisations with low capacity to manage fundraising events, engage their own stakeholders and connect with corporates and the public. Outside of work he currently supports his local ex-mining community through its community council and regeneration project steering groups.

Zoe McIntyre

Communications and Policy Manager

Zoe is our Communications and Policy Manager, who supports SDSS with developing communications and policy that supports the better implementation of SDS.

Zoe started at SDSS initially in her role as a Development Support Officer, before progressing into her current role.

Zoe’s career in SDS started when she began working as a PA for a family. Realising how much SDS had contributed to this family alone, this motivated Zoe to learn more about SDS during her university studies. Upon graduating, this knowledge and experience served Zoe well across various third sector roles, including working for an Independent SDS Advice and Information provider.