Les Donaldson, Kirkwall, served for thirty years in the police service, attaining the rank of Chief Inspector and one of thirty-two Area Commanders serving the Local Authority areas across Scotland.  During his service, he conducted operational tours across the Highlands and Islands including Nairn, Shetland, Dingwall, Aviemore, Inverness and at The Scottish Police College, Tulliallan. In 2009, he returned home to Orkney as Area Commander.  He is a former Director of Age Scotland Orkney and is Honorary Secretary & Treasurer of The Society of The Friends of St Magnus Cathedral. Les was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 2022.

Kevin Kirkpatrick, Longhope, has devoted most of his adult life to the RNLI which he joined in 1991 as a volunteer crew member on the Longhope Lifeboat. He became Coxswain in 2002, standing down in May 2022 although he continues to volunteer on the lifeboat. Kevin has been actively involved in many of the island’s activities, including lifeguarding at the local pool, acting as a member of the Hoy Trust, a member of the volunteer fire crew, and is the founder and now Chairman of the Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust. Kevin was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 2022.

Kristen Norquoy, Dounby, is perhaps best known as the Sub-postmistress in Dounby, a role she has undertaken since 2008. She is also secretary of the Sandwick Community Association which, following a successful campaign to raise funds for a new kitchen, runs a monthly lunch club for the over 70s.  She is a director of Orkney West Mainland Agricultural Society which runs the Dounby Show, and, in 2023 she will be the Show’s President, the 4th Generation in her family to hold the post. An active fund-raiser, Kristen is also a fundraising Ambassador for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland. Kristen was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 2022.

Jacqueline Seatter, Sanday, was elected into the Sanday Community Council in 2007, the majority of these years spent as Vice Chair and Chair. She also served for a time as a member of the Community Association. Now retired from formal roles, she remains very much involved in island life. She is a keen fundraiser, having established, along with thee friends,, the Christmas Tree Group, a small fundraising group which provides a party with presents and prizes at Christmas for all the island children as well as for other activities during the year. A keen cook, she co-ordinates many fund-raising events in the island each year. Jacqueline  was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 2022.

Stephen is a Civil Engineering graduate of Edinburgh University who moved to Orkney in 1986 to run his wife's family farm in Westray. He became a Councillor with Orkney Islands Council in 1994 and was Convener of the Council from 2003 - 2012. Although now retired, he chairs the UK Government Pride in Place £20 Programme for Orkney. He became a Deputy Lieutenant in 2018.

Craig is the Chief Executive of Orkney Housing Association. He is also Chairman of the Orkney Charitable Trust which was set up in June 2014. It's mission is to provide financial help for people under 25 living in Orkney during times of ill health, disability, hardship or disadvantage. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant in 2018.