Office Bearers

Julia has been the Chief Officer – Governance at Stirling Council since 2019. She is the Monitoring Officer and responsible for Legal & Licensing, Information Governance, Democratic Services, Elections, Audit, Fraud Prevention and Risk. Julia has worked in different in-house roles across the public sector with City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Housing Association, City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. In her free time she enjoys running, yoga and gardening.

Jenni has been with Aberdeen City Council since 2017, joining as the Licensing Legal Team Leader, before being appointed as Legal Services Manager in 2019. Prior to this, Jenni was a family lawyer for a number of years in private practice.
Jenni's current role involves oversight of the legal services teams, including property, litigation, regulatory & compliance, and planning, environment & licensing. Jenni also line manages the elections team.
Jenni is a member of the SOLACE Springboard 21-22, and is delighted to be part of the SOLAR Executive board.

Mairi Millar is Head of Legal and Democratic Services at Glasgow City Council, with responsibility for Legal Services, Licensing, Registrars, Public Processions, Member Services, Committee Services and Elections. Mairi is recognised as a leading specialist in licensing law and regulation in Scotland and is often called upon to give evidence at Scottish Parliamentary committee and evidence sessions in relation to the development of new licensing legislation and other regulatory matters.

Having joined the Council in 2005, career highlights include responsibility for the licensing and regulation of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2018 European Championships and COP26. Mairi is also the Council’s Depute Monitoring Officer and takes a lead role on strategic reviews of the Council’s regulatory and decision making processes.

Charlie is the Legal Manager at Stirling Council and has been in post since 2020. He deputises for the Chief Officer - Governance and has responsibility for the provision of Legal services across the Council.

Charlie has worked in- house at Glasgow City Council and East Dunbartonshire Council before moving to Stirling. He also had periods where he worked in the private sector.

In his free time he drives a taxi for his children, who like to make liberal use of his salary.

Siobhan is the Lead Solicitor for Litigation and Licensing at Stirling Council. Siobhan has spent all of her legal career in Local Government having previously worked at East Renfrewshire Council where she completed her traineeship in 2015. In 2021, Siobhan was delighted to become part of the SOLAR Executive Board when she took up the role of Communications Officer. Siobhan also chairs SOLAR’s Adult and Community Care Group, which she has done since 2019. In her spare time, Siobhan enjoys teaching fitness classes and being a dog mum!