Leadership team & CEO Department
Our Leadership Team is responsible for the day to day management of the Society and is led by our Group Chief Executive.
Maureen Knight - Interim Group CEO and Executive Director of Operations
Maureen joined Albyn in September 2021 in an interim capacity as Director of Customer Services, and was appointed permanently to this role in August 2022. In September 2025, Maureen was made interim Group CEO.
Maureen brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Albyn from her 37 years of working in the RSL sector across the Central Belt. Prior to joining Albyn, Maureen had been working as a consultant with several housing associations that were undergoing periods of significant change and were looking to improve their customer service experience.
Maureen’s range of disciplines include housing management, repairs maintenance, and development. She brings a positive and enthusiastic approach, and she continues to work closely with the Leadership and Customer Services Teams to continue to deliver excellent services that will focus on improving our customer’s lives.
Andrew Martin - Interim Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Group Services
Andrew joined the organisation in April 2018. Andrew has a strong background in accountancy and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants (FCCA). He brings a wealth of experience having worked within the finance roles in a variety of sectors in the UK and abroad. Andrew holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Nottingham Trent University Business School.
Laurie MacLeod - Head of HR
Laurie joined Albyn in March 2020. Her focus has been on updating Albyn’s people processes and promoting best practice through a People Strategy linked to Albyn's business plans, developing our people - in particular our line managers, and growing our own staff through supportive succession planning.
With 39 years’ professional HR practice, it’s about supporting organisations where the purpose, vision and values drive behaviours and culture. Laurie is a chartered member of CIPD, has a degree in archaeology from the University College, Cork - National University of Ireland and a postgraduate degree in HR from the University of Westminster.
Robert Buchanan - Director of IT and Business Services
Robert began working with Albyn in 2022 and became Director of IT and Business Services in March 2025.
Robert joins Albyn from IT Foundations, an IT and cyber security business, where he was Director of Operations. He has also spent almost 18 years working in the social housing sector, working in IT and group services at Dunedin Canmore, now part of the Wheatley Group.