Justina Murray

Justina joined Aberlour Children’s Charity as Chief Executive in October 2025. She is passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families, by ensuring their voices and experiences shape policy and practice, tackling poverty and injustice, and ensuring rights are recognised and upheld.

Prior to arriving at Aberlour, Justina was CEO of Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs from 2017-2025, a national charity supporting anyone concerned about someone else’s alcohol or drug use; and Chief Officer of South West Scotland Community Justice Authority from 2010-2017, a devolved public body tasked with working in partnership to reduce reoffending. This followed on from roles in community planning, public policy, equal employment opportunities and research in Scotland and New Zealand.

Justina has a PhD in social policy from the University of Glasgow, based on an exploratory study of models of empowerment in eight Scottish community development projects. She is a member of the Executive Governance Group at the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) at the University of Strathclyde, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research at the University of Stirling.