About Gordon
Gordon Mole is Fife Council’s Head of Business and Employability. He is the Council’s senior lead for Employability, Economic Development, economic policy, town centres, and tourism. Gordon leads on the development of Fife projects for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland and Tay Cities Deals, and is the lead for Community Wealth Building activity.
Gordon has a particular interest in better collaborative working between national, local, and third sector agencies for employability and employer engagement. He is a former Director of the Institute of Economic Development.
Throughout his career he has looked to improve the working lives of young people with new apprenticeships and graduate training, as well as looking at employment initiatives for major construction programmes. He has also provided policy advice to local, regional and national government on the Work Programme, re-use of electronic waste, social enterprise and employment of military veterans.
Outside work, Gordon is the Honorary Treasurer of ALACE Scotland and is involved in charity work.