Jim McCormick
Chief Executive
Dr Jim McCormick is Chief Executive of The Robertson Trust, an independent grant-making charity which funds, supports and influences solutions to poverty and trauma across Scotland. He joined the Trust in 2020. He is a member of the Living Wage Commission and Board member of Morton in the Community.
Previously he was Associate Director Scotland with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2017-20), ran an independent research consultancy and was Director of the Scottish Council Foundation think-tank. He has been Chair of the Disability and Carers Benefits Advisory Group reporting to the Scottish Social Security Minister (2026-21), co-Chair of Highland Poverty and Equality Commission (2025-26), Chair of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission (2018-20) and a member of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC), which scrutinises the Department for Work and Pensions’ GB regulations.
In 2018 he was a travelling Churchill Fellow looking at the impact of mentoring programmes for children and young people facing disadvantage in Canada, New Zealand and the USA.
Ten years on from Christie: Are we smoothing the hard edges?
The Robertson Trust is delighted to host an online conversation on the Christie Commission ten years on. The event, which is free and open to all, will take place on Zoom on Tuesday 22nd June 2021 at 10.30am-12pm.
Our actions in response to the growth of anti-migrant sentiment
The Robertson Trust has acted in response to rising anti‑migrant sentiment, increased hostility in public discourse, and the resulting harm experienced by migrants and racially minoritised communities across Scotland.