About Capital City Partnership

Capital City Partnership is the delivery body for Edinburgh’s employability strategy and programme. Its key tasks are to advise, support and develop the city’s Jobs Strategy, and to contract, performance manage and improve outcomes from funded employability services. 

Our core values are Partnership, Excellence, Integrity and Innovation.

We are an Arms Length External Organisation (ALEO) of The City of Edinburgh Council, a not for profit registered charity governed by a voluntary Board of Directors.  We are an accredited Living Wage employer.

• Chair - Councillor Kate Campbell
• Director - Councillor Lezley Cameron
• Director - Councillor Stephanie Smith
• Director - Ella Simpson, EVOC
• Director - Donald Urqhuart, Capital Credit Union
• Observer - Ken Shaw, Employability and Talent Development, CEC

Capital City Partnership is led by a Chief Executive Officer and a core staff of Senior Managers and Officers.  

• Chief Executive Officer Rona Hunter rona.hunter@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Strategy and Performance Manager Kate Kelman kate.kelman@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Strategy and Performance Officer Craig Dutton craig.dutton@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Employer Relationships Manager Rhona McLinden rhona.mclinden@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Employer Relationships Officer John Beaton john.beaton@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Finance Manager Maria Webb maria.webb@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Management Information Manager Chris Nicol chris.nicol@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Business and Communications Officer Paige Evans paige.evans@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Employability and Partnership Manager Saty Kaur saty.kaur@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Employability and Partnership Officer Stacey Cuthbertson stacey.cuthbertson@capitalcitypartnership.org
• Employability and Partnership Officer Nick Coull nick.coull@capitalcitypartnership.org