EDM 1592: Jeralyn Mackenzie, 50 years of service with Highlands and Islands Enterprise

That this House congratulates Jeralyn Mackenzie of Inverness on reaching the exceptional milestone of 50 years of public service with Highlands and Islands Enterprise and its predecessor, the Highlands and Islands Development Board; notes that Ms Mackenzie joined the organisation in June 1975 at the age of 19, and has since made a transformative impact in her role within the human resources team; recognises her dedication to employee welfare, mental health, and carers’ rights, and her pioneering work in championing flexible working and workplace wellbeing across the Highlands and Islands; commends her instrumental role in creating a supportive and inclusive organisational culture, through both her leadership on policy and her compassionate support for colleagues during times of illness, bereavement, and crisis; and pays warm tribute to Ms Mackenzie’s outstanding contribution to public service, which has benefitted countless people and communities across Scotland over the past five decades.