Winner:

Scotland's panel agreed that it was one of the hardest and most emotional panel decisions that we had all been involved in. Each of the five artists invested so much time, energy, thought and heart into their plans and presentations. We debated long and hard about each work and in the end the effortless simplicity of Forest Pitch by Craig Coulthard won through. This work combines landscape, memory, sport, humanity and diversity together seamlessly. It is a project that sits well within the context of London 2012 as it provides an alternative setting for sport to gather together a diverse range of people together in a subtle and discrete way. We are proud that a young talent like Craig as been given the opportunity to be part of the world's largest event.

Ian Munro

His early career was as a professional Surveyor and Projects Director in private practice, with specialism in cultural developments. In 1996, he joined the Scottish Arts Council and is currently Co-Director of Arts, his work spanning a diverse policy spectrum with corporate responsibility for Lottery matters, Creative Industries, Education, Equalities, and Audience and Organisational development.

Karen Ward-Boyd

Working in the arts and culture departments of Local Authorities in the 1990's, Karen then joined the Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture & Design team with specific remit of supporting young designers to realise their new innovative products through the Glasgow Collection initiative. She is currently Senior Lottery Officer at the Scottish Arts Council responsible for managing the Lottery Department.

Leonie Bell

Creative Programmer for the Cultural Olympiad in Scotland. Within this role she is responsible for developing the Scottish Arts Council's plans for both London 2012 and Glasgow 2014. Previously Programme Director at The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design & the City where she developed and delivered a wide ranging programme within the building, across Scotland and internationally.

Stewart Laing

Director and designer of theatre and opera. Current projects Stewart is involved in include Pamela Carter's new play, An Argument About Sex, at Tramway in Glasgow; David Sawer's new ballet, Rumplestiltskin, for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Bela Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and The Miraculous Mandarin for Malmo Opera; and Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes at La Scala, Milan.

Toby Paterson

Won the Beck's Futures prize in 2002 and received a Creative Scotland Award in 2006. Recent projects include exhibitions in Belgrade, Madrid, The Hague, London, and Dallas and permanent commissions for BBC Scotland and Warwick University. Paterson's interest in cities and their architecture is manifested throughout his work in the form of painting, sculpture and photography.

Svend Brown

Creative Director of Perth Concert Hall (producing around 40 concerts per year); Artistic Director of the award winning East Neuk Festival (www.eastneukfestival.com); Bid Director of the City of Glasgow's successful bid to become a UNESCO City of Music and a freelance writer and speaker on music. He plays piano happily but badly and loves music of many kinds.

Alexia Holt

Joined Cove Park as its first full time Director in January 2004. In this role she has overseen the launch and development of several new residency programmes for national and international artists working in all art forms. Prior to this appointment, she was Curator and Visual Arts Officer at Tramway, Glasgow

Bryony McIntyre

Co-director of Arika, a company that curate and produce festivals and events that explore experimental arts and aim to see more people experience experimental work, more regularly in more places across the UK. The Kill Your Timid Notion festival has run for five editions at Dundee Contemporary Arts and Instal has completed it's eighth festival at The Arches in Glasgow. Previously, Bryony distributed and promoted the work of Scottish filmmakers and worked at a variety of international film festivals.

Clive Gillman

Director of Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland's largest arts and media centre. He has a background in working with media-based arts, both as an artist and also through working on the development of the cultural infrastructure in the UK. He has shown works internationally and has developed a number of internet-based public art projects including 'Metroscopes' (http://www.metroscopes.net)

Neil Gillespie

Design director of Reiach and Hall Architects. Most recent awards: Civic Trust Award 2009, nomination for Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, European Union Europa Nostra Award 2009 and RIBA and RIBA National Awards in 2008. Current 'Architect of the Year', he has established many artist/architect collaborations and set up sleeper, an independent art space supported by Reiach and Hall. www.sleeper1.com.