Roy Pedersen

Roy Pedersen was born in Ayrshire and brought up in Aberdeen where he graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MA in Geography and Economic History. After a brief spell in London, where he created and published the first and bestselling Gaelic map of Scotland, he has spent most of his working life based in Inverness. There he pursued a successful career in the economic, social and cultural development with the Highlands and Islands Development Board and its successor, Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

In the course of this career, he was the original architect of the ferry charging system, Road Equivalent Tariff (ret). He was also intimately involved with the community co-operative scheme and revival of Gaelic including acting as Development Director of Comunn na Gàidhlig. More recently he has been proprietor of a consultancy business covering the diverse fields of transport and cultural development and has served as a Highland councillor.

He writes, publishes, speaks and broadcasts on a variety of issues connected with world affairs and with the history, present and future development of the ‘New Scotland’ and its wider international setting.

He is Chair of Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (Gaelic Place Names of Scotland) and he specialises, among other things, in maritime issues, serving on the Scottish Government’s Ferry Industry Advisory Group.

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