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Robbie MacDonald was a police officer with Northern Constabulary for 30 years, specialising in child protection and emergency planning. In his early policing life, he was a Child Protection Officer, later becoming a Designated Officer for Child Protection and latterly chair of the Child Protection Committee. He worked in operational roles at all levels as an emergency planner and Incident Commander, covering a range of operationally challenging incidents and events including several major incidents.

After retiring, Robbie accepted a role as Resilience Officer with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), covering the north of Scotland area. After three years he was appointed as the National Resilience Manager and have held this role for 8 years. He represented SEPA on the national Strategic Coordinating Groups for both EU Exit and the Covid-19 pandemic and managed SEPA’s involvement in events such as COP26 and the World Cycling Championships. During his time in SEPA, he supported the response and recovery arrangements to a range of incident including a serious and sophisticated cyber-attack, and many serious flooding and pollution events.