Four high-profile figures in Scottish public life are set to join the board of the new body which will control Glasgow's culture and sport facilities.
The city council will discuss, on Friday, the creation of a charitable company, Culture and Sport Glasgow.
Its proposed external board members are Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, who led the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum fundraising initiative, Sir Angus Grossart, the businessman and chairman of Noble Grossart, George Reid MSP, presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament, and Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, former director of the Tate gallery in London.
The rest of the board, all of which will be nominated at the Executive Committee on Friday, will include Elizabeth Cameron, the Lord Provost, Steven Purcell, leader of Glasgow City Council, John Lynch, the executive member for culture and sport, Archie Graham, convener of the culture and sport policy committee, Ruth Simpson, city treasurer, a member of the opposition, and Bridget McConnell, the executive director of culture and sport.
Lord Macfarlane said: "I have followed with great interest the process Glasgow City Council has gone through to determine the best way to harness the huge goodwill that exists towards culture and sport within the city, and beyond.
"As a Glaswegian, I have always been profoundly grateful for the legacy of magnificent cultural and sporting facilities that our forebears left, and hugely conscious of their potential to inspire and enthuse all Glaswegians and the enormous numbers of visitors that they attract to the city."
He added: "I am pleased at the scale of ambition which the council has for the cultural and sporting assets which it owns, and their willingness to look for a way in which we can expand on the experience gained through Kelvingrove by creating a charitable company which has the potential to deliver even greater successes."
Councillor Purcell said: "The quality of the board members of the charitable company underlines our ambitions for culture and sport.
"This will offer a huge boost to culture and sport in Glasgow. It will allow us to attract extra investment and improve services, while ensuring the people of Glasgow continue to own every piece of art, along with all the city's museums, libraries and sports facilities."
Sir Angus said he "strongly" believed in the new proposals, which he said were "well thought out and which will strengthen the future potential and dynamics of real progress."
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