Kenneth Chrystie

Standing down as Senior Partner in Glasgow-based law firm McClure Naismith in April 2007, Chrystie graduated from Glasgow University in 1968, completing his PhD in 1972, the same year he became a partner of his law firm. Centred on the corporate/commercial aspects of law, he is a 'member of various law reform committees (including DTI)'. A specialist in intellectual property law, he is a founder member of The Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation (TIPLO) based in London.

Dr. Chrystie also works with Murgitroyd and Company, Scotland's only listed firm of patent attorneys, as Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nomination Commitee and Chairman of the Risk Assessment Committee.

In July 2007, Chrystie became a UKBI (UK Business Incubation) Member of Strathclyde University Incubator (SUI), which currently hosts 17 predominantly technology businesses and has nurtured some 125 companies over the past 16 years. SUI is chaired by Ian Murgitroyd, Chair of Murgitroyd and Co. Business incubation nurtures companies until they can thrive on their own. According to the UKBI website:

It has helped the UK government and regional development agencies to build a thriving business :incubation infrastructure that will make increasingly significant contributions to local, regional :and national economic growth, as thousands of incubated clients move out of incubation environments :and achieve sustainable commercial success in their own right.

UKBI’s focus on high quality, professional incubation has helped a wide range of organisations to :create the right environment for nurtured and supported growth, including universities, science :parks, research and development laboratories, commercial clusters and social regeneration :projects.

Director and Chair of Culture and Sport Glasgow (Trading) CIC, Chrystie serves as chairman of The Hugh Fraser Foundation which was established in 1960 by Sir Hugh Fraser with shares in House of Fraser and other investments. The priorities of the Foundation overlap significantly with those of Culture and Sport Glasgow, including the Arts, Social Inclusion, Land, Management Support, Museums & Heritage Centres, Parks and Gardens, Sports, Tourism. Together with fellow Culture and Sport Glasgow grandees Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden and Bailie Liz Cameron, Dr. Chrystie was a trustee of the Kelvingrove Refurbishment Appeal Trust. He is president of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.