Jenny Dowds graduated Bachelor of European Product Design (Hons) from Glasgow School of Art and Gothenburg University Design School. She is a fomer pupil of Lochaber High School and Fortrose Academy.

Donna Fleider, elder daughter of John and Julie Fleider, Sunnyside, Inverness, graduated MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Aberdeen. She is a former pupil of Balloch Primary and Culloden Academy.