Kathleen originally came from the healthcare sector where she spent many years working as a nursery nurse. She completed a short course in business administration and became directly involved in business management through establishing her own sport/eco-tourism venture in Lanarkshire in the 1980's.

She moved into the environment sector as partner in an environmental consultancy business, Cygnus Environmental, which she and her husband Scott established in the early 1990's. The venture went well and it led to Kathleen being appointed as the business development manager in the newly established International Waste Management Group which operated from an office in Largs.

She continued with IWMG until her husband left the firm in August 2002 when she and Scott established SC Waste Management Limited firstly as a partnership and then as a limited company in January 2003.

She has been the business development manager and managing director since its incorporation and she has seen steady growth in the company year on year. Her daughter Julie joined the business on a full time basis last year after her graduation and she is a welcome addition to the firm in her new role as a waste management consultant.