Sir Kenneth Calman has been selected as the new chair of the National Trust for Scotland.

His appointment, which has to be formally ratified at a meeting of the trust's council in August, will commence after the trust's annual general meeting in September. He will succeed Dick Balharry, who took on the role on an interim basis in January this year. Welcoming the appointment, the trust's president, the Duke of Buccleuch, said: "Sir Kenneth has a wealth of strategic and leadership experience gained throughout an impressive career.

"We are enormously fortunate to secure the services of someone who combines that experience with passion for our heritage and who is thus well-qualified to guide the trust through the next steps of its journey following the conclusion of George Reid's strategic review." Sir Kenneth, currently chancellor of the University of Glasgow. was selected by the trust's nominations committee and a selection panel which included the trust's president and representatives from its council and board.