Ewan Aitken

Ewan Aitken (born in 1962, Paisley) is a minister of the Church of Scotland. In May 2014 he became the Chief Executive Officer of the Edinburgh Cyrenians. Previously, he was the Secretary of the Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council between 2008 and 2014. He is a member of the Iona Community and the Christian Socialist Movement.

After attending Woodmill High School in Dunfermline, he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex where he graduated BA (Hons) in 1985. In 1990, he graduated BD (Hons) with a degree in Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.

In 1992 he was ordained as a minister of the Church of Scotland. He became assistant minister at South Leith Parish Church followed by a year as locum minister at St Andrew's Church in Gisborne, New Zealand. He then served from 1995 until 2002 as the minister of St Margaret's Parish Church in Restalrig, Edinburgh. He worked at the Church of Scotland Offices in Edinburgh as Secretary of the Church and Society Council from 2008 until 2014.

Aitken was elected as a Labour councillor to the Edinburgh City Council in 1999. He served on the education and social justice committees. From 2002 he served full-time as a Councillor, including as the City Council's Executive member for education. From 2003 to 2006 he was COSLA's education spokesman. In 2006 Aitken became Leader of the Edinburgh City Council.

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