Kirsty Gray was the chairman of the World Board

World Board

Established in 1927, the World Board, originally World Committee, is a governing board for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts . Today, it is made up of seventeen active members of WAGGGS, all of whom are elected democratically by all member organizations at the World Conference...

 of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...

 from 2003 to 2005. Gray is a qualified chartered accountant. In 2005 she became the Head of Monitoring and Investigation for the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government, with responsibility for the regulation of charities in Scotland...

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Gray made a special World Board pin which she gave to her successor, Elspeth Henderson

Elspeth Henderson

Elspeth Henderson is former World Board Chairman of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and an educational consultant. She is Irish.-Educational career:...

, at the 32rd World Conference in Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

. Henderson, in her turn, passed the pin to her successor at the closing ceremony of the 33rd World Conference

33rd World Conference (WAGGGS)

The 33rd World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts was held from 6 to 12 July 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was hosted by the Girl Guides Association of South Africa. It was held in the Birchwood Executive Hotel and Conference Centre. Graça Machel was the...

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