Ranald Leask is the international

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and

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of the

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, Previously, he was a public relations and media manager for the

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.Alderson, Reevel.
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, BBC Scotland, 11 November 2011. a position he was appointed to in May 2009. Leask earlier spent ten years as a journalist in Scottish television, working as a reporter, producer, and presenter for ''

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'' in Central Scotland. Whilst studying for a Master of Arts degree in history at

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, Leask worked for student radio and the campus newspaper.

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