John Muir Trust CEO exonerated following independent investigation

The John Muir Trust has fully exonerated its Chief Executive, David Balharry, following an independent investigation.

On behalf the Board, Chair Jane Smallman said: “We are delighted to have David return and pleased that we can now get back to focussing on our core objectives of protecting and restoring wild places for the benefit of communities, climate and nature.

Following this investigation we will now seriously address what we can do, to better protect staff from false allegations in future.

The Board of Trustees would like to thank the staff for continuing to work with professionalism and passion during what has been a difficult period.”