Ewan Gurr

Dundee Council

Ewan is aged 36 and has lived in Maryfield with his wife Leah since 2009. They have three children. In 2005, he founded and led Dundee Foodbank for seven years before joining The Trussell Trust to set up projects in 28 out of Scotland’s 32 local authorities, which distributed 221,554 food parcels last year. He served for three years as a non-executive director of Social Security Scotland, whose headquarters are in Dundee, and is now pioneering his third charity. He also writes a column for the Evening Telegraph.