Chris Ballance

Career

He held a seat on the Parliament"s Enterprise and Culture Committee and was the Green"s Parliamentary business manager and speaker on nuclear issues, culture and peace. He lost his seat in the 2007 election. In August 2007 he was appointed to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission established by the Scottish Executive.

Achievements

• Born in Worcester, England, he owned and managed a second-hand bookshop in Wigtown, won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1990, and wrote sketches for Radio Scotland before being elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003.