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Scotland: Portal

2008-12-14T20:40:51Z

Peter:

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Welcome to Scotland Portal on [[SpinProfiles:About|Spinprofiles]]—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR.
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Since devolution, corporations and business groups have been very active in Scottish politics. This helps explain the emergence of numerous pro-corporate think tanks, lobbyists and corporate/state partnerships across Scottish public life. The problem with a small country such as Scotland is that big companies can exert a disproportionate influence on the political system. They have colossal lobbying influence and produce information and advice that is used by the administration to frame and formulate its policies. However this is not impartial advice from disinterested observers of the political - economic scene. This is special pleading from very interested participants who have much to gain.

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===Scotland’s top 20 Super-rich, 2006===
# Sir [[Tom Hunter]] Property and sports goods
# [[Lord Laidlaw]] Conferences and media
# [[The Grant and Gordon family]] Whisky
# [[Keith Miller]] Construction
# [[David Murray]] Property and football
# Sir [[Ian Wood]] Oil services and fishing
# [[Harry Dobson]] Mining and football
# [[Joanne Rowling]] Novels and films
# [[Brian Souter]] and [[Ann Gloag]] Transport
# Sir [[Arnold Clark]] Car sales
# [[Jim McColl]] Engineering
# [[The Thomson family]] Media
# [[Jim Morrison]] Mobile phones
# [[Freddie Johnston]] Newspapers
# [[Brian Kennedy]] Double glazing and property
# [[Stewart Milne]] Construction
# [[Robert Adair]] Property and oil
# The [[Duke of Sutherland]] Land and art
# [[Richard Emanuel]] Mobile phones and property
# [[Graham Wylie]] Software and racehorses <ref>Source: Sunday Times Rich List, 2006, ‘Scotland’s Richest’ http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/strlscotland.pdf</ref>

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==Lobbying and PR Industry bodies==

*[[Association of Scottish Public Affairs]] - ASPA
*[[Institute of Public Relations Scotland]]

==Professional and Scientific bodies==

*[[Association for Science Education in Scotland]] [http://www.ase.org.uk].
*[[Institute of Physics]]
*[[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] (Scottish branch) [http://www.rpsgb.org.uk].
*[[Royal Society of Chemistry]] [http://www.rsc.org].
*[[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
*[[Scottish Science Advisory Committee]]
*[[Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Executive]]

==Elite Social and networking clubs==
*[[Entrepreneurial Exchange]]
*[[New Club]]
*[[Insider Elite Awards 2008]]

==Corporate Social Responsibility==
*[[Agenda]]
*[[Scottish Business in the Community]]
*[[Enviros]]

==Corporations==
*[[Halifax Bank of Scotland]]
*[[Royal Bank of Scotland]]
*[[Scottish American Investment Company]]

==Economic Consultants==

*[[Frontier Economics]]


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==Corporate/Government partnerships==

* [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]]
* [[Financial Services Strategy Group]]
* [[Financial Services Advisory Board]]
* [[Futures Forum]]
* [[Forward Scotland]]
* [[Laidlaw Youth Project]]
* [[Scottish Leadership Foundation]]
* [[Scottish Parliament Business Exchange]]

==Governmental bodies==

*[[Communities Scotland]]
*[[Scottish Development International]]
*[[Scottish Enterprise]]
*[[Scottish Executive]]
*[[Scottish Parliament]]
*[[Scottish Water]]

=== Regulatory Bodies ===

*[[Water Industry Commission]] [[(WIC)]]
*[[Scottish Environmental Protection Agency]] ([[SEPA]])
*[[Waterwatch]]

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*[[Association for Science Education in Scotland]] Their website is: http://www.ase.org.uk - What are its lobbying connections?
*[[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] (Scottish branch) Their website is http://www.rpsgb.org.uk - Does it engage in lobbying?
*[[Scottish CBI]] - What is its relationship with the [[Scottish Executive]]?
*[[Communities Scotland]]
*[[Scottish and Southern Energy]]
*[[Scottish Environmental Protection Agency]] ([[SEPA]]) - Is it protecting the environment or influenced by big business?
*[[Peter_Clarke_(journalist)|Peter Clarke]] - the right wing former Scottish correspondent of the Economist: Where is he now?
*[[Entrepreneurial Exchange]], the corporate networking club set up by [[Tom Farmer]] what does it do?
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(This is a list of pages that need work - [[Special:Wantedpages|See more...]])


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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scotland Scotland]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Government Scottish Government]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:MSP MSP]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_PR_firms Scottish PR firms]
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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_lobbyists Scottish lobbyists]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Water:_Advocates_for_Privatisation_of_Scottish_water Water: Advocates for Privatisation of Scottish water]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Corporations Scottish Corporations]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Think_Tanks Scottish Think Tanks]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Corporate_Lobby_Groups Scottish Corporate Lobby Groups]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Corporate_Elite Scottish Corporate Elite]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Elite_Networking_Groups Scottish_Elite_Networking_Groups]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_NGO%27s Scottish_NGOs]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Scottish_Journalists Scottish_Journalists]


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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Scottish_Government Scottish Government]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:MSP MSP]
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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Scottish_Corporations Scottish Corporations]
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Scottish_Think_Tanks Scottish Think Tanks]
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Scottish Elite Networking Groups]]

Insider Elite Awards 2008

2008-12-14T20:39:47Z

Peter: /* Notes */

The Insider Elite Awards are known, according to their own [http://www.insiderelite.co.uk/ website], as ‘Scotland’s Business Oscars’. The candidates for the awards are self-selected from the Scottish business community in affiliation with the Insider magazine. In 2008 the top award, the Insider Elite Leader of the Year, was given to Susan Rice, chief executive of Lloyds TSB Scotland; who may not be such an insider after the restructuring following the subsuming of HBOS <ref>Murden T, 2008 [http://business.scotsman.com/lloydstsb/Opposition--to-the-HBOS.4652051.jp Opposition to the HBOS merger has enraged the Lloyds TSB board and could have further repercussions] The Scotsman, 2 November</ref>. Below is a list of those considered to be Scotland's Insider Elite:
==Businessman==
===A===
* Mr [[Richard Ackroyd]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Water]]
* Mr [[Robert Adair]] Non- Executive Chairman [[Melrose Resources Plc/Terrace Hill Group Plc]]
* Mr [[George Adams]] Operations Executive [[Rolls Royce Plc]]
* Mr [[Phil Adams]] Partner [[Blonde Digital Ltd]]
* Mr [[Tom Aitchison]] CBE Chief Executive [[City of Edinburgh Council]]
* Mr [[Hugh Aitken]] Vice-President Worldwide Customer Fulfillment [[Sun Microsystems Ltd]]
* Mr [[Bill Allan]] Chief Executive [[THUS Plc]]
* Mr [[Billy Allan]] Chief Executive Officer [[ASCO UK Ltd]]
* Mr [[Glenn Allison]] President The [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland]]/[[Stewart Milne]]
* Mr [[Tom Allison]] Chief Executive/Chairman/Non- Executive Director/Board member [[Peel Ports Ltd]]; [[Wood Mackenzie]]; [[Celtic Plc]]; [[CBI Scotland]]
* Mr [[Douglas Anderson]] Joint Managing Director [[GAP Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Iain Anderson]] Joint Managing Director [[GAP Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Craig Anderson]] Senior Partner [[ScotlandKPMG Scotland]]
* Mr [[Craig Anderson]] Chief Executive [[Nallatech Ltd]]
* Mr [[Gordon Anderson]] Regional Director [[Bovis Lend Lease Ltd]]
* Mr [[Douglas Anderson]] Founder & Executive Director [[Optos Plc]]
* Mr [[John Anderson]] Chief Executive Officer [[Entrepreneurial Exchange]]
* Mr [[Hugh Andrew]] Managing Director [[Birlinn Ltd]] (incorporates [[Polygon]] and [[John Donald]])/[[Seol Ltd]]/[[Compass Independent Book Sales Ltd]]/[[Compass Academic]]
* Mr [[Patrick Andrews]] Chief Executive [[Shepherd and Wedderburn]]
* Mr [[Gordon Angus]] Managing Director [[C&M Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Atkinson]] Chief Executive [[Macfarlane Group Plc]]

===B===
* Mr [[Hew Balfour]] Chief Executive [[Havelock Europa Plc]]
* Mr [[Hywel Ball]] Managing PartnerScotland [[Ernst & Young LLP]]
* Mr [[Geoff Ball]] Executive Chairman [[CALA Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian Bankier]] Executive Chairman [[GlenKeir Whiskies Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ken Barclay]] Managing Director UK Corporate Banking Scotland [[Royal Bank of Scotland Plc]]
* Mr [[Paul Barham]] Chief Executive [[BSW Timber Plc]]
* Mr [[James Barnes]] Chief Executive [[Dobbies Garden Centres Plc]]
* Mr [[Robin Barr]] Chairman [[AG Barr Plc]]
* Mr [[Alex Barr]] Director the [[BIG Partnership]]
* Mr [[Alan Bartlett]] Joint Managing Director [[Albert Bartlett & Sons (Airdrie) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ronnie Bartlett]] Joint Managing Director [[Albert Bartlett & Sons (Airdrie) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Gordon Beattie]] Chief Executive Officer [[Beattie Communications]]
* Professor [[Steve Beaumont]] Vice-principal for Research and Enterprise [[University of Glasgow]]
* Mr [[Ephraim Belcher]] Chairman [[Belcher Food Products Ltd]]
* Mr [[Martin Bell]] Group Managing Director [[Castle View International Holdings Ltd]]
* Mr [[Giovanni Benedetti CBE]] Group Chairman [[Benedetti International Plc]]
* Mr [[Simon Best]] Non- Executive Chairman [[Ardana Plc]]
* Mr [[Archie Bethel]] Chief Executive [[Babcock Marine]]
* Mr [[Matthew Betts]] Director - Scotland [[Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd]]
* Mr [[George Black]] Chief Executive [[Glasgow City Council]]
* Professor [[Robert Black]] Auditor General [[Audit Scotland]]
* Mr [[Dave Blackwood]] Director BP North Sea [[BP Plc]]
* Mr [[Frank Blin]] Executive Chairman Scotland [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]
* Mr [[Tim Blott]] Managing Director [[Newsquest (Herald & Times) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Knut Boe]] Senior Vice President NSC [[Technip-Coflexip UK Holdings Ltd]]
* Mr [[Fred Bowden]] Non- Executive Director [[Tullis Russell Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Tim Bowdler]] Chief Executive [[Johnston Press Plc]]
* Mr [[Jonathan Bowie]] Managing Director [[Bowie Castlebank Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Boyle]] Chairman [[The Hamilton Portfolio]]
* Mr [[John Brodie]] Chief Executive Officer [[Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Ltd]]
* Mr [[Giles Brooksbank]] Chairman [[Feather Brooksbank Ltd]]
* Mr [[Sandy Brownlie]] Chairman [[BSW Timber Plc]]
* Mr [[Tom A Bruce-Jones]] CBE Chairman [[James Jones & Sons Ltd]]; [[Unit Pallets Ltd]] [[SWL Ltd]] [[Stella-Jones Inc]] (listed on [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] symbol SJ)
* Mr [[Graham Burgess]] Chief Executive Officer [[Sovereign Oilfield Group Plc]]
* Sir [[Peter Burt]] Chairman [[Promethean Investments]]
* Mr [[Tom Butts]] Chief Executive Officer [[Optos Plc]]
* Mr [[Jamie Byng]] Publisher [[Canongate Books Ltd]]

===C===
* Professor [[Muffy Calder]] Professor [[University of Glasgow]]
* Mr [[Alex Callander]] CEO [[Baillie Gifford & Co]]
* Mr [[Alan Campbell]] Managing Partner [[Dundas & Wilson]]
* Mr [[Graham Campbell]] Investment Partner [[Edinburgh Partners Ltd]]
* Mr [[Allan Cantle]] President and Founder [[Nallatech Ltd]]
* Mr [[David Carrick]] Chief Executive [[OfficerMemex]]
* Mr [[Iain Chirnside]] Co-founder [[Brinker Technology]]
* Sir [[Arnold Clark]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd]]
* Mr [[Bob Clark]] Managing Director [[Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Clark]] Chairman [[John Clark Motor Group]]
* Mr [[Michael Clark]] Chairman and Managing Director [[International Fish Canners (Scotland) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Rick Cohagen]] Managing Director [[Chevron North Sea Ltd]]
* Professor [[Anthony Cohen]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Queen Margaret University]]
* Mr [[Bill Coley]] Chief Executive [[British Energy Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Michel Contie]] Chief Executive [[Total Upstream UK (Scotland)]]
* Mr [[Jeff Corray]] Former Corporate Finance Partner for Scotland, now works part-time on a consultancy basis, [[KPMG]]
* Mr [[Stuart Cosgrove]] Director [[Nations & Regions Channel Four]]
* Mr [[Gervase Cottam]] Chief Executive [[Chartered Brands Ltd]]
* Mr [[Graham Coutts]] Chief Executive [[Expro International Group PLC]]
* Mr [[Simon Coyle]] [[CEOK shocolat/Brand 1602]]
* Mr [[J Douglas Craig OBE]] Managing Director [[Craig Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[David Creed]] Chief Executive [[ITI Scotland]]
* Mr [[David Crews]] Managing Director [[GE Caledonian Ltd]]
* Mr [[Sandy Crombie]] Group Chief Executive [[Standard Life]]
* Mr [[Tom Cross]] Chief Executive [[Dana Petroleum Plc]]
* Mr [[Sandy Cumming]] Chief Executive [[Highlands & Islands Enterprise]]
* Mr [[Peter Cummings]] Chief Executive Corporate [[Bank of Scotland]]
* Mr [[Ian Curle]] Chief Executive [[Edrington Group Ltd]]
===D===
* Mr [[Tom Dalrymple]] Chairman [[Globespan Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Graeme Dalziel]] Chief Executive [[Dunfermline Building Society]]
* Mr [[Erick Davidson]] Chairman [[Tayburn Holdings Ltd]]
* Mr [[Philip Day]] Chief Executive [[The Edinburgh Woollen Mill (Group) Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Deane]] Chief Executive/Board Member [[Scottish Life]]/[[Royal London]]
* Mr [[John Denholm]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[J&J Denholm Ltd]]
* Professor [[Peter Denyer]] Non- Executive Director [[MED Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Brendan Dick]] Director [[BT Scotland]]
* Mr [[Alastair Dickson]] Senior Partner [[Dickson Minto]]
* Mr [[Tom Divers]] Chief Executive [[NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde]]
* Mr [[Richard Dixon]] Founder [[Vets Now]]
* Mr [[Paul Dollman]] Group Finance Director [[John Menzies Plc]]
* Mr [[Bryan Donaghey]] Managing Director [[Diageo Scotland Ltd]]
* Mr [[Derek Douglas]] Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [[Adam Smith Ltd]]
* Mr [[Cahal Dowds]] Managing Partner Regions, UK Head of Corporate Finance Advisory [[Deloitte]]
* Mr [[Bob Downes]] Director [[Scotland Openreach]]
* Mr [[Bill Drummond]] Managing Partner [[Brodies LLP]]
* Mr [[Norman Drummond]] Chairman/Founder & Chairman/Chairman/Chairman [[Drummond International]]/[[Columba 1400]]/[[Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland]]/[[Inspiring Scotland]]
* Mr [[Graham Duffy]] [[Grantly Developments]]
* Mr [[Fred Duncan]] Chairman [[Grampian Country Food Group Ltd]]
===E===
* Mr [[Bob Edwards]] Managing Director [[Scotframe Timber Engineering Ltd]]
* Mr [[Gerry Edwards OBE]] Vice-President and Managing Director [[National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Derek Ellery]] Managing Partner [[Biggart Baillie]]
* Mr [[Geoff Ellis]] Chief Executive Officer [[DF Concerts]]
* Sir [[John Elvidge]] KCB Permanent Secretary Scottish Executive
* Mr [[Richard Emanuel]] Chairman [[Interactive Telecom Solutions Ltd]]
* Mr [[Vic Emery]] Managing Director [[BAE Syste]]
===F===
* Mr [[Jim Fairbairn OBE]] Chief Executive [[OfficerClyde Materials Handling]]
* Sir [[Tom Farmer]] Chairman [[Maidencraig Ventures]]
* Mr [[Stuart Feather]] Managing Director [[Feather Brooksbank Ltd]]
* Mr [[Mel Fitzgerald]] Chief Executive Officer [[Subsea 7]]
* Mr [[Alan Fraser]] Managing Director, Regional Aircraft [[BAE Systems]]
* Mr [[Manus Fullerton]] Corporate and Commercial Director [[Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc]]

===G===
* Mr [[David Gaffney]] Group Chief Executive [[Gladedale Holdings Plc]]
* Mr [[John Gallagher]] Vice President Technical - Europe [[Shell UK Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian Galloway]] Chairman [[JW Galloway Ltd]]
* Sir [[Bill Gammell]] Chief Executive [[Cairn Energy PLC]]
* Mr [[Martin Gilbert]] Chief Executive [[Aberdeen Asset Management Plc]]
* Mr [[Chris Giles]] Chief Executive Officer [[Giles Insurance Brokers Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian D Gilham]] Chief Executive Officer [[Axis-Shield Plc]]
*Mr [[Charan Gill]] Director [[Harlequin Estates Ltd]]
* Mr [[Andrew Godfrey]] Senior Partner - Scotland (from July 1 2008) [[Grant Thornton]]
* Sir [[Fred Goodwin]] Group Chief Executive [[Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc]]
* Mr [[David Gordon]] Entrepreneur/Founder/Chief Executive [[Windsave Ltd]]
* Mr [[Charles Gordon]] Vice President [[William Grant & Sons Ltd]]
* Mr [[Robert Gordon]] Director-General Justice and Communities [[Scottish Government]]
* Mr [[Chris Gorman]] Serial Entrepreneur/Non-Executive Chairman [[Quintessentially/LucidPr/Obsidian/Blue Sky Designs/Purple Lounge/Sim4Travel Holdings PLC/Get Fit Wellness]]
*Mr [[Andrew Goudie]] Director-General Economy and Chief Economic Advisor [[Scottish Government]]
* Mr [[James Gourlay]] Technical Director and company founder [[Design LED Products]]
* Mr [[Adrian Grace]] Managing Director Commercial Banking [[Bank of Scotland]]
* Mr [[Robert Graham]] Managing Director [[Grahams Dairies Ltd]]
* Mr [[Stewart Graham]] Founder and Managing Director [[Gael Force Group (consisting of Gael Force Aqua Ltd, Gael Force Rentals Ltd Gael Force Properties Ltd, Gael Force Marine Equipment Ltd and GaelForce Marine Technology (Norway)]]
* Mr [[Hamish Grant]] Chief Executive Officer [[Axeon Holdings Plc]]
* Mr [[Gordon Grant]] General Manager [[Ineos Manufacturing Scotland Ltd]]
* Mr [[Lewis B Gray]] Managing Director [[Gray & Ada]]
* Mr [[Paul Gregory]] Deputy Chairman [[Wood Mackenzie Ltd]]
* Mr [[Scott Grier]] Chairman [[Loganair Ltd]]
* Mr [[Gerry Grimstone]] Chairman [[Standard Life]]
* Sir [[Angus Grossart]] Chairman [[Noble Grossart Ltd]]
* Mr [[Jonathan Guthrie]] Chief Executive [[MGt Plc]]
===H===
* Mr [[John Hailstones]] Managing Director [[First People Solutions Group]]
* Mr [[Trevor Haines]] General Manager, Dundee [[Michelin UK]]
* Mr [[Ron Hamilton]] Executive Chairman [[daysoft Ltd]]
* Mr [[Charles Hammond]] Group Chief Executive [[Forth Ports PLC]]
* Professor [[Andrew Hamnett]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Strathclyde]]
* Mr [[Alan Harden]] Chief Executive [[Alliance Trust (moving to ING Investment Management Asia/Pacific in autumn)]]
* Mr [[Kevin Hart]] Chief Executive [[Bowleven]]
* Mr [[Mike Hartley]] Executive Chairman [[Dawson International Plc]]
* Mr [[Willie Haughey OBE]] Executive Chairman [[City Refrigeration Holdings (UK) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Eddie Hawthorne]] Managing Director [[Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ken Hay]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Screen]]
* Mr [[Munawar Hayat]] Managing Director [[Sher Brothers (Glasgow) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Hugh Hayes]] Chairman [[Motherwell Bridge Ltd]]
* Mr [[Eric Herd]] Chairman and Managing Director [[Farmfoods Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ron Hewitt]] Chief Executive [[Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce]]
* Mr [[Michael Higgins]] Group Vice President [[Jacobs UK Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ken Hills]] Chief Executive Officer [[Telecom Service Centres Ltd]]
* Mr [[Richard Holloway]] Chairman [[Scottish Arts Council]]
* Mr [[John Hollowell]] Vice President Production - Europe [[Shell UK Ltd]]
* Mr [[Nick Horler]] Chief Executive [[ScottishPower]]
* Mr [[Andy Hornby]] Chief Executive [[HBOS Plc]]
* Mr [[Malcolm Howat]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[Eryngium Plc]]
* Mr [[Simon Howie]] Founder [[Simon Howie Ltd/Shore Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Howie]] Managing Director [[Babcock Naval Services Ltd]]
* Sir [[Tom Hunter]] Chairman [[West Coast Capital]]
* Mr [[Brendan Hyland]] Chairman [[WFS/Scottish Optoelectronics Association]]
===I===
* Mr [[Azeem Ibrahim]] Investment Manager and Chief Executive [[Officer [[ECM Investment Management Ltd]]
* Mr [[Pete Irvine]] Director [[Unique Events (UZ Events)]]
===J===
* Mr [[Bob Jamieson]] Chief Executive [[Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society Ltd]]
* Mr [[David Jones]] Office and Creative Director [[Realtime Worlds]]
*Mr [[Huw Jones]] Chief Executive [[Officer [[Ardana Plc]]
===K===
* Mr [[Archie Kane]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Widows Plc]]
* Mr [[Bob Keiller]] Chief Executive Officer [[Production Services Network]]
* Mr [[Thomas Kelly]] Director of Operations, Scotland [[McDonalds Restaurants Ltd]]
* Mr [[Owen Kelly]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Financial Enterprise]]
* Mr [[Archie Kennedy]] UK Managing Director [[ConocoPhillips (UK) Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Kennedy]] Chairman [[Kenmore Property Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Imran Khand]] Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder [[Picsel Technologies Ltd]]
* Mr [[Akmal Khushi]] Director [[Jacobs & Turner Ltd]]
* Mr [[Afzal Khushi]] Director [[Jacobs & Turner Ltd]]
* Professor [[Bernard King]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Abertay Dundee]]
* Mr [[Stefan King]] Managing Director [[G1 Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Nick Kuenssberg]] Chairman [[Canmore Partnership Ltd]], [[The Glasgow School of Art]] [[eTourism Ltd]] and [[Vegasstream Ltd]]
===L===
* Mr [[David Laing]] Chairman [[Ledingham Chalmers LLP]]
* Mr [[Ian Laird]] Managing Director [[NiTech Solutions]]
* Professor [[David Lane]] Chief Scientist for Cancer Research UK and Director of the Cancer Research UK Transformation Research Group [[University of Dundee]]
* Mr [[Brian Lang]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of St Andrews]]
* Mr [[Allister Langlands]] Chief Executive [[John Wood Group PLC]]
* Sir [[Alan Langlands]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Dundee]]
* Mr [[Peter Lawwell]] Chief Executive [[Celtic Plc]]
* Mr [[Steve Leach]] Chief Executive Officer [[bigmouthmedia]]
* Mr [[Peter Lederer]] Chairman [[VisitScotland]]
* Mr [[David Leslie]] Head of Advisory and Corporate Finance, Scotland [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]
* Mr [[Martin Lightbody]] Group Strategic Development Director [[Finsbury Food Group]]
* Mr [[Stephen Lightley]] Chief Executive [[Invocas Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Alex Linkston]] Chief Executive [[West Lothian Council]]
* Mr [[Alasdair Locke]] Executive Chairman [[Abbot Group Plc]]
* Mr [[David Lockhart]] Executive Chairman [[Stockland Halladale UK Ltd]]
* Sir [[Moir Lockhead]] Chief Executive [[FirstGroup Plc]]
* Mr [[Billy Lowe]] Chairman & Chief Executive [[Saltire Taverns Ltd]]
* Mr [[Kenneth Lyall]] Chairman [[Walter Scott & Partners Ltd]]
===M===
* Mr [[Alan Macdonald]] Group Chairman [[Dawn Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Donald Macdonald]] Executive Chairman [[Macdonald Hotels & Resorts Ltd]]
* Mr [[Donald MacDonald]] Joint Managing Director/Vice-Chairman [[MacDonald Orr Ltd/City Inn Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ken MacKenzie]] Chairman [[Scottish Retail Consortium]]
* Professor [[Andrew MacKenzie]] Director of Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, [[University of St Andrews]]
* Mr [[Mac Mackie]] Managing Director [[Mackies of Scotland Ltd]]
* Mr [[John MacLean]] Chairman [[John Maclean & Son Electrical (Dingwall) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Alastair Macphie]] Chairman & Chief Executive Officer [[Macphie of Glenbervie Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ken MacQuarrie]] Controller [[BBC Scotland]]
* Mr [[Angus MacSween]] Chief Executive [[Iomart Group Plc]]
* Sir [[John Mactaggart]] Chairman [[Mactaggart Heritable Holdings/Bruichladdich Distillery Company Ltd]]
* Mr [[Sanjay Majhu]] Chief Executive [[Harlequin Restaurants Ltd]]
*Mr [[Graeme Malcolm]] Chief Executive [[M Squared Lasers]]
* Mr [[Andrew Malcolm]] Group Chief Executive [[Malcolm Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ashwin Malik]] Managing Director [[Whyte & Mackay Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Steve Mallon]] Managing Director [[Maclay Group Plc]]
*Mr [[Vijay Mallya]] Chairman [[Whyte & Mackay Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Sandy Manson]] Chief Executive [[Johnston Carmichael]]
* Mr [[Ian Marchant]] Chief Executive [[Scottish and Southern Energy Plc]]
* Mr [[Alan Marnie]] Group Chief Executive [[Reid Furniture]]
* Mr [[Ross Marshall]] Chief Executive [[Dunedin Capital Partners Ltd]]
* Mr [[Richard Marsham]] Managing Partner [[Leith Agency]]
* Mr [[Jamie Matheson]] Executive Chairman [[Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc]]
* Sir [[George Mathewson]] Non Executive Director/Chairman [[Stagecoach Group Plc]]/[[Old Oak Holdings/Toscafund Holdings Ltd]]/[[Cheviot Asset Management Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian McAteer]] Group Chairman [[The Union Advertising Agency]]
* Mr [[Michael McAuley]] Chairman [[Dundas & Wilson]]
* Mr [[Jim McColl]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[Clyde Blowers Ltd]]
* Professor [[Seamus McDaid]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of the West of Scotland]]
* Mr [[Jim McDonald]] Deputy Principal [[University of Strathclyde]]
* Mr [[Sandy McDougall]] Chief Financial Officer [[Craneware Plc]]
* Mr [[Phil McEwan]] Managing Director [[Ogilvie Construction Ltd]]
* Mr [[Jim McFarlane]] Managing Director Operations [[Scottish Enterprise]]
* Mr [[Iain McGeoch]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[Mackays/M&Co. Stores Ltd]]
* Mr [[Dougie McGilvray]] Managing Director [[Weldex (International) Offshore Ltd]]
* Mr [[James McGonigle]] Chief Executive [[USC Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Matt McGrath]] Chief Executive [[Aircraft Medical]]
* Mr [[John McGuire]] Managing Director [[Phoenix Car Company Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian Mckay]] Director of Scottish Affairs [[Royal Mail Group Plc]]
* Sir [[Tom McKillop]] Chairman [[The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Jim McLaren]] President [[National Farmers Union Scotland]]
* Mr [[Cameron McLatchie]] Chairman [[British Polythene Industries PLC]]
* Mr [[Colin McLean]] Managing Director [[SVM Asset Management Ltd]]
* Mr [[Iain McMillan CBE]] Director [[CBI Scotland]]
* Mr [[Alan McNiven]] Chairman [[Paull & Williamsons]]
* Mr [[Gordon Mearns]] Managing Director [[Sterling Furniture Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Phil Metcalf]] Chief Executive [[Pelamis Wave Power]]
* Mr [[Derek Mickel]] Chairman [[Mactaggart & Mickel Ltd]]
* Mr [[Bill Miller]] Chief Executive Officer [[MED Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Keith Miller CBE]] Group Chief Executive [[Miller Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Stewart Milne]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[Stewart Milne Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Bruce Minto]] Managing Partner [[Dickson Minto]]
* Mr [[Raymond Miquel]] Chairman and Managing Director [[Lees Foods Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Misselbrook]] Commercial Partner [[Tods Murray LLP]]
* Mr [[Gordon Mitchell]] Vice-President and General Manager [[UPM Caledonian & UPM-Kymmene (UK) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Colin S Morgan]] Managing Director [[Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd]]
* Mr [[George Morris]] Chairman [[Morris & Spottiswood Ltd]]
* Mr [[Karl Morris]] Managing Director [[Norbord Ltd]]
* Mr [[Robert Morris]] Joint Managing Director [[H Morris & Co Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Morrison]] Chief Executive [[RMJM Architects]]
* Mr [[David Moulsdale]] Chief Executive [[Optical Express Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Muir]] Chairman and Founder [[JW Muir Group]]
* Mr [[Donald Munro]] Chairman [[Strathclyde Pharmaceuticals Ltd]]
* Mr [[Kirk Murdoch]] Joint Senior Partner (Scotland)/Chairman/Member of Executive Committee/Chairman/Non Executive Director [[McGrigors LLP/McGrigors Horizons/SCDI/Managing Partners' Forum (Scotland)/Irvine Bay Developments Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian Murgitroyd]] Chairman [[Murgitroyd Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Andrew Murphy]] Managing Director Edinburgh & Aberdeen [[John Lewis]]
* Mr [[Michael Murphy]] Managing Partner [[MacRoberts]]
* Mr [[David Murray]] Chairman [[Murray International Holdings Ltd]]/[[Rangers Football Club Plc]]
* Mr [[Phil Murray]] Chief Executive Officer [[Petrotechnics]]
* Mr [[Norman Murray]] Chairman [[Cairn Energy PLC]]
* Professor [[Anton Muscatelli]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Heriot Watt University]]

===N===
* Mr [[Sandy Nairn]] Chief Executive and Investment Partner [[Edinburgh Partners Ltd]]
* Mr [[Keith Neilson]] CEO [[Craneware]]
* Mr [[Alan Newton]] Head of UK Business Services [[Tenon Ltd]]
* Mr [[Blair Nimmo]] Head of Restructuring - Scotland [[KPMG]]
* Mr [[David Nish]] Group Finance Director [[Standard Life]]
* Mr [[Oli Norman]] Founder & Managing Director [[DADA]]
* Mr [[Kurt Normann Nielson]] Managing Director [[Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Norris]] Chief Executive [[Quayle Munro Holdings Plc]]

===O===
* Mr [[Duncan Ogilvie]] Chief Executive [[Ogilvie Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Raymond O'Hare]] Regional Director [[Microsoft Scotland]]
* Mr [[Sandy Orr]] Joint Managing Director/ Executive Chairman [[MacDonald Orr Ltd/City Inn Ltd]]
* Professor Sir [[Timothy O'Shea]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Edinburgh]]

===P===
* Mr [[Brian Pack]] Chief Executive [[ANM Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Douglas Park]] Chairman and Managing Director [[Parks of Hamilton (Holdings) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Chris Parr]] Chief Executive [[Tullis Russell Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Calum Paterson]] Managing Partner [[Scottish Equity Partners]]
* Mr [[Douglas Paterson]] Chief Executive [[Aberdeen City Council]]
* Mr [[Andy Pearson]] Chief Executive [[Babcock Rail Ltd]]
* Mr [[Jack Perry]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Enterprise]]
* Professor [[Michael Pittilo]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Robert Gordon University]]
* Mr [[Christian Porta]] Chairman and CEO [[Chivas Brothers Ltd]]
* Professor [[Andy Porter]] Professor of Biotechnology and deputy Director [[Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen]]
* Mr [[Gordon Presly]] Group Chief Executive [[Letts Filofax Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Willie Printie]] Managing Director [[Lifescan Scotland Ltd]]

===R===

* Mr [[Shaf Rasul]] Managing Director [[E-net Distribution]]
* Mr [[Alan Revie]] Chairman [[Axle Group Holdings Ltd]]
* Professor [[C Duncan Rice]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Aberdeen]]
* Mr [[Philip Riddle]] Chief Executive [[VisitScotland]]
* Mr [[Ian Ritchie]] Serial Entrepreneur [[Coppertop]]
* Mr [[Charles Buchan Ritchie]] Chairman [[Score Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Bill Robertson]] Executive Chairman [[Robertson Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Colin Robertson]] Chief Executive [[Alexander Dennis Ltd]]
* Mr [[Nick Robinson]] Managing Director Real Estate [[Bank of Scotland]]
* Mr [[James Robinson]] Corporate Finance Partner for Scotland [[KPMG]]
* Mr [[Philip Rodney]] Chairman [[Burness]]
* Mr [[William Roe]] Non- Executive Chair [[Highlands & Islands Enterprise]]
* Mr [[Keith Rogers]] Managing Director [[Goals Soccer Centres Plc]]
* Mr [[Vladimir Romanov]] Majority shareholder [[Heart of Midlothian FC/Ukio Bank Investment Group]]
* Mr [[Spiro Rombotis]] President & Chief E Executive Officer [[Cyclacel Ltd]]
* Mr [[Stuart Ross]] Managing Director [[Belhaven Brewery Company Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Russell]] Chairman [[John G Russell (Transport) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Sam Russell]] Chairman [[Simclar Group Ltd]]
* Sir [[Muir Russell]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Glasgow]]
* Mr [[Colin Rutherford]] Chairman/Director [[Midas Capital Plc]] [[Smoothed Growth Investment Funds]] [[Renaissance Services SAOG]] [[Imagine Homes]] [[M & Co]] and [[James Donaldson & Sons.]]
* Mr [[Mike Rutterford]] Director and Co-Founder [[Archangel Informal Investments Ltd]]
* Mr [[Philip Rycroft]] Director General Education [[Scottish Executive]]

===S===
* Professor [[Ifor Samuel]] Professor [[Lumicure Ltd.]], [[Director and Founder of the Organic Semiconductor Centre at the University of St Andrews]]
* Mr [[Alan Savage]] Chairman [[Orion Group]]
* Mr [[Alan Scott]] Managing Director [[Aberdeen Journals Ltd]]
* Mr [[John Scott]] Managing Director [[Scott Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Malcolm Scott]] [[Dunalastair Estates]]
* Mr [[John Scrimgeour]] Regional Manager North West Europe [[Petro-Canada UK Ltd]]
* Mr [[Barry Sealey]] Director [[Archangel Informal Investments Ltd]]
* Mr [[Mark Selway]] Chief Executive [[The Weir Group Plc]]
* Mr [[John Sharkey]] CEO [[SECC]]
* Mr [[Donald Shaw]] Managing Partner [[Dundas & Wilson]]
* Mr [[Dave Shrigley]] Chief Executive Officer [[Wolfson Microelectronics Plc]]
* Mr [[David Sibbald]] Executive Chairman [[Sumerian Ltd]]
* Professor [[Wilson Sibbett]] Wardlaw Professor of Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, [[University of St Andrews]]
* Professor [[David Simpson]] Chairman [[Simpson Research Ltd]]; [[CardioDigital Ltd]]; [[Environcom Ltd]]; [[Conjunct Ltd]]; [[MIMIV Ltd]]
* Mr [[Lawrie Sinclair]] Managing Director [[Caledonian MacBrayne]] (CalMac Ferries Ltd)
* Mr [[Graham Singleton]] Managing Director [[Phoenix Life Division Pearl Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Paul Slater]] Managing Director [[Slater Menswear]]
* Mr [[John Smart]] Chairman & Managing Director [[J Smart & Co (Contractors) Plc]]
* Mr [[John Smellie]] Chief Executive [[Superglass HoldingsLord Robert Smith]] Chairman [[Weir Group Plc]]/[[Scottish & Southern Energy Plc]]
* Mr [[Bert Smith]] Executive [[Chairman and Managing Director [[Merpro Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Craig Smyth]] President and Managing Director [[Menzies Aviation]]
* Mr [[Rupert Soames]] Chief Executive [[Aggreko Plc]]
* Mr [[Brian Souter]] Chief Executive [[Stagecoach Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Norman Springford]] Chairman [[Apex Hotels Ltd]]
* Mr [[Alex Stephen]] Chief Executive [[Dundee City Council]]
* Mr [[Gavin Stewart]] Chief Executive [[Resolution Asset Management Ltd]] ([[Pearl Group)]]
* Sir [[William Stewart]] Chairman [[Health Protection Agency]]
* Mr [[Anthony Strachan]] Agent for Scotland [[Bank of England]]
* Mr [[Mark Strudwick]] Chief Executive [[PSYBT]]
* Mr [[Gordon Stuart]] Director/Chairman/Non- Executive Director [[Preparo]]/[[Scaler Technologies]]/[[Hydrosense]]/[[Spiro Gateway]]
* Mr [[James E Sugden]] Group Managing Director [[James Johnston & Co of Elgin Ltd]]
* Mr [[David Sutherland]] Executive Chairman [[Tulloch Homes Group Ltd]]
* Mr [[Alan Sutherland]] Managing Director [[Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ian Suttie]] Chairman [[First Oil]]/[[Suttie Holdings]]
* Mr [[Magnus Swanson]] Chief Executive [[Maclay Murray & Spens LLP]]
* Mr [[Tasos Symeonides]] Managing Director [[Axios Systems]] Ltd

===T===
* Mr [[George Taylor]] Chief Executive/Managing Director/Director [[Taypack Potatoes Ltd]]/[[Taylors Regional Foods Ltd]]/[[KRMG (Ukraine) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Maurice Taylor]] Chief Executive [[Chardon Management Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Taylor OBE]] Chairman [[The Town House Company Ltd]]
* Mr [[Patrick Teague]] Director [[Teague Homes (UK) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Holger Temmen]] Chief Executive [[Abbot Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Colin Temple]] Managing Director [[Schuh Ltd]]
* Mr [[Eddie Thompson]] Chairman [[Dundee United FC]]
* Mr [[Geoffrey Thomson]] Chief Executive [[Braveheart Investment Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Alan Thomson]] Chairman [[McClure Naismith]]
* Mr [[Jim Thomson]] Chief Executive [[Hawick Cashmere Company Ltd]]
* Mr [[Andrew Thomson]] Chairman [[DC Thomson & Co Ltd]]
* Mr [[William Thomson]] Chairman [[John Menzies Plc]]
* Mr [[David Thorburn]] Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director [[Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks]]
* Mr [[Otto Thoresen]] Chief Executive [[AEGON UK Plc]]
* Mr [[Fraser Thornton]] Managing Director [[Burn Stewart Distillers Ltd]]
* Mr [[Ivor Tiefenbrun]] Executive [[ChairmanLinn Products Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Tierney]] Chief Executive [[Loganair Ltd]]
* Mr [[Chris Tiso]] Chief Executive [[Tiso Group Ltd]]
*Mr [[Wilson Totten]] Chief Executive Officer [[ProStrakan Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Sean Tracey]] Chief Executive [[Powerleague Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Raj Tuli]] Chairman [[Tuli Holdings (runs Jean Scene) operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee under license for Ireland]]
* Mr [[Sunny Tuli]] Managing Director [[Tuli Holdings (runs Jean Scene) operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee under license for Ireland]]
* Mr [[Boyd Tunnock]] Chairman and Managing Director [[Thomas Tunnock Ltd]]
* Mr [[Gordon Turner]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[Turner & Co (Glasgow) Ltd]]
* Sir [[David Tweedie]] Chairman [[International Accounting Standards Board]]

===U===
* Professor [[Ian Underwood]] Chief Scientific Advisor [[MicroEmissive Displays]]
===V===
* Mr [[Roland van Bommel]] Chief Executive [[William Grant & Sons Ltd]]
* Mr [[Chris Van der Kuyl]] Chief Executive [[Brightsolid (formerly Scotland Online)]]
*Mr [[Oliver Vellacott]] Chief Executive Officer [[IndigoVision Group Plc]]W]]
===W===
* Mr [[Graeme Waddell]] Business Director East Kilbride [[Rolls Royce Plc]]
* Mr [[Michael J Wagstaff]] Chief Executive [[Venture Production Plc]]
* Mr [[Richard Wakeford]] Director-General Environment [[Scottish Government]]
* Mr [[David Walker]] Chief Executive [[CJ Lang & Son Ltd]]
* Mr [[Michael Walker]] Executive Chairman [[James Walker (Leith) Ltd]]
* Mr [[James Walker]] Joint Managing Director [[Walkers Shortbread Ltd]]
* Mr [[Joseph Walker]] Joint Managing Director [[Walkers Shortbread Ltd]]
* Mr [[Nick Walker]] Vice-President [[Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd]]
* Mr [[Leon Walker]] President [[PGS Multi-Transient EM]]
* Sir [[John Ward CBE]] Chairman [[Scottish Enterprise]]
* Mr [[Ellis Watson]] Chief Executive Officer - Distribution [[John Menzies Plc]]
* Mr [[Willie Watt]] Chief Executive Officer [[Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd]]
* Mr [[Malcolm Webb]] Chief Executive [[Oil & Gas UK]]
* Mr [[Derek Weir]] Managing Director Commercial Scotland & Ireland [[Barclays Bank]]
* Mr [[Mike Welch]] Founder & Managing Director [[Black Circles Ltd]]
* Mr [[Colin Welsh]] Chief Executive Officer [[Simmons & Company International Ltd]]
* Mr [[Roger White]] Chief Executive [[AG Barr Plc]]
* Mr [[Alan Wiseman]] Chairman [[Robert Wiseman Dairies Plc]]
* Mr [[Robert Wiseman]] Chief Executive [[Robert Wiseman Dairies Plc]]
* Professor [[Roland Wolf]] Co-founder [[CXR Biosciences]]
* Sir [[Ian Wood]] Chairman [[John Wood Group Plc]]
* Mr [[Kevin Woods]] Head/Chief Executive Scottish Executive Health Department [[NHS Scotland]]
* Mr [[Rob Woodward]] Chief Executive [[SMG Plc]]
*Mr [[Peter Wormald]] Site Manager [[Ciba Specialty Chemicals Paisley]]
* Mr [[Iain Wotherspoon]] Executive Chairman [[Kilmartin Property Group, Annfield Group, Caledon Green]]

===Y===
* Mr [[Damien Yates]] Chief Executive [[Skills Development Scotland]]
* Mr [[Keith Young]] Chief Executive and Finance Director [[Murgitroyd Group PLC]]

==Businesswoman==
===A===
Rt Hon [[Eilish Angiolini]] Lord Advocate [[Scottish Government]]
===B===
* Ms [[Audrey Baxter]] Chairman and Chief Executive [[OfficerWA Baxter & Sons Ltd]]
* Ms [[Janet Brown]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Qualifications Authority]]
* Ms [[Jann Brown]] Financial Director [[Cairn Energy PLC]]
* Ms [[Ann Budge]] Chief Executive [[Sopra Group]]
* Dr [[Rabinder Butter]] President and CEO [[ClinTec International]]

===C===
* Ms [[Julie Calder]] Managing Director [[Abbey Business Centres]]
* Mrs [[Mary Campbell]] Managing Director [[Blas Ltd]]
* Ms [[April Chamberlain]] Managing Director [[The Comedy Unit]]
* Ms [[Lizette Craig]] Managing Director [[Botterill's Convenience Stores Ltd]]
* Mrs [[Joyce Cullen]] Chairman [[Brodies LLP]]
===D===
* Mrs [[Belinda Dickson OBE]] Chief Executive Officer [[Belinda Robertson Ltd]]
* Miss [[Jacqueline Doherty]] Managing Director [[2FluidCreative Ltd]]
===G===
* Ms [[Katherine Garrett-Cox]] Executive Director/Chief investment Officer [[Alliance Trust/Aberdeen Asset Managment]]
* Professor [[Pamela Gillies]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Glasgow Caledonian University]]
* Mrs [[Ann Gloag]] Non- Executive Director [[Stagecoach Group Plc]]
* Mrs [[Mary Grant]] Managing Director [[First ScotRail Ltd]]
* Ms [[Anne Gunther]] Chief Executive Officer [[Standard Life Bank]]
===H===
* Professor [[Christine Hallett]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Stirling]]
* Ms [[Sue Holloway]] Managing Director/Special Project Director [[Mediavision]]/[[Entrepreneurial Exchange]]
===L===
* Mrs [[Susan Lambert]] Vice President European Sales [[Invitrogen Ltd]]
* Ms [[Margaret Lang]] Chief Executive [[Intelligent Office UK Ltd]]
* Ms [[Margaret Lawson]] Co-founder and Investment Director [[SVM Asset Management Ltd]]
* Ms [[Clare Logie]] Director HBOS Women and Head of Corporate Sponsorship & Events/Chair [[Bank of Scotland]]/[[Global Banking Alliance for Women]]

===M===
* Ms [[Yvonne Mackie]] Managing Director UK And Ireland [[Agilent Technologies UK Ltd]]
* Ms [[Marie Macklin]] Chief Executive [[The Klin Group]]
* Ms [[Shonaig Macpherson]] Chairman [[National Trust for Scotland]]/[[Braveheart Ventures]]/[[BT Scotland]]/[[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]/[[ITI Scotland]]/[[Prince's Trust Scotland]]/[[PSYBT]]
* Ms [[Margaret Matheson]] UK Director [[Zoom Airlines Ltd]]
* Ms [[Fiona McBain]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Friendly Assurance Society Ltd]]
* Mrs [[Bridget McConnell]] Chief Executive [[Culture & Sport Glasgow]]
* Ms [[Lyndsay Menzies]] Managing Director [[bigmouthmedia]]
* Ms [[Janey Milligan]] Managing Director/Chairman [[Immediate Past/Construction Dispute Resolution/Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland]]
* Ms [[Michelle Mone]] Founder & co-owner [[MJM International Ltd]]
* Mrs [[Fiona Morton]] Managing Partner [[Ryden]]
===N===
* Ms [[Freda Newton]] Managing Director [[Jacobite Cruises Ltd]]
===P===
* Mrs [[Lynne Peacock]] Chief Executive [[Clydesdale Bank]]
===R===
* Ms [[Susan Rice]] Chief Executive [[Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc]]
* Ms [[Deirdre Romanes]] Chief Executive [[Dunfermline Press Ltd]]
* Ms [[Ann Rushforth MBE]] Chief Executive [[ScotNursing Ltd]]
* Ms [[Jane Ryder]] Chief Executive [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]]
===S===
* Mrs [[Lesley Sawers]] Chief Executive [[The Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
* Ms [[Fiona Scott Thomson]] Managing Director [[Scottoiler (Scotland) Ltd]]
* Ms [[Nora Senior]] Managing Director [[ScotlandWeber Shandwick]]
* Mrs [[Lisa Stephenson]] Director [[Customer Wealth Management]] [[Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc]]
* Ms [[Ana Stewart]] Chief Executive [[I-design]]
* Professor [[Joan K Stringer CBE]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Napier University]]
* Mrs [[Ailsa Symeonides]] Director [[Axios Systems Ltd]]
===U===
* Ms [[Linda Urquhart]] Chief Executive/Vice Chairman [[Morton Fraser/CBI Scotland]]
===W===
* Ms [[Judy Wagner]] Co-Founder and Director [[FWB Group Ltd]]
* Ms [[Lena Wilson]] Chief Operating Officer/Chief Executive [[Scottish Enterprise/Scottish Development International]]
* Mrs [[Jane Wylie-Roberts]] Managing Director [[Stafffinders Ltd]]

==Young Business Leader==
===A===
* Mr [[George Adams]] Operations Executive [[Rolls Royce Plc]]
* Mr [[Craig Anderson]] Chief Executive [[Nallatech Ltd]]
===B===
* Mr [[Alex Barr]] Director [[The BIG Partnership]]
* Mr [[Matthew Betts]] Director - Scotland [[Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd]]
* Mr [[Jamie Byng]] Publisher [[Canongate Books Ltd]]
===C===
* Ms [[Julie Calder]] Managing Director [[Abbey Business Centres]]
* Mr [[Iain Chirnside]] Co-founder [[Brinker Technology]]
* Mr [[Simon Coyle]] CEO [[Kshocolat/Brand 1602]]
* Ms [[Lizette Craig]] Managing Director [[Botterill's Convenience Stores Ltd]]
===D===
* Mr [[Richard Dixon]] Founder [[Vets Now]]
* Miss [[Jacqueline Doherty]] Managing Director [[2FluidCreative Ltd]]
===F===
* Mr [[Jim Fairbairn OBE]] Chief Executive Officer [[Clyde Materials Handling]]
===G===
* Ms [[Katherine Garrett-Cox]] Executive Director/Chief investment officer [[Alliance Trust/[[Aberdeen Asset Managment]]
* Mr [[James Gourlay]] Technical Director and company founder [[Design LED Products]]
* Mr [[Robert Graham]] Managing Director [[Grahams Dairies Ltd]]
* Mrs [[Mary Grant]] Managing Director [[First ScotRail Ltd]]

===H===
* Mr [[John Hailstones]] Managing Director [[First People Solutions Group]]
* Mr [[Kevin Hart]] Chief Executive [[Bowleven]]
* Mr [[Azeem Ibrahim]] Investment Manager and Chief Executive Officer [[ECM Investment Management Ltd]]
===K===
* Mr [[Thomas Kelly]] Director [[of Operations]] ScotlandMcDonalds Restaurants Ltd]]L]]
* Mr [[Ian Laird]] Managing Director [[NiTech Solutions]]
* Mr [[Steve Leach]] Chief Executive [[Officerbigmouthmedia]]
* Ms [[Clare Logie]] Director HBOS Women and Head of Corporate Sponsorship & Events/Chair [[Bank of Scotland/Global Banking Alliance for Women]]
===M===
* Mr [[Sanjay Majhu]] Chief Executive [[Harlequin Restaurants Ltd]]
* Mr [[Graeme Malcolm]] Chief Executive [[M Squared Lasers]]
* Mr [[Alan Marnie]] Group Chief Executive [[Reid Furniture]]
* Mr [[Richard Marsham]] Managing Partner [[Leith Agency]]
* Mr [[Matt McGrath]] Chief Executive [[Aircraft Medical]]
* Ms [[Lyndsay Menzies]] Managing Director [[bigmouthmedia]]
* Ms [[Michelle Mone]] Founder & co-owner [[MJM International Ltd]]
* Mr [[Peter Morrison]] Chief Executive [[RMJM Architects]]
* Mr [[David Moulsdale]] Chief Executive [[Optical Express Ltd]]
* Mr [[Andrew Murphy]] Managing Director Edinburgh & Aberdeen [[John Lewis]]
===N===
* Mr [[Keith Neilson]] CEO [[Craneware]]
* Mr [[Oli Norman]] Founder & Managing Director [[DADA]]
===R===
* Mr [[Shaf Rasul]] Managing Director [[E-net Distribution]]
* Mr [[Nick Robinson]] Managing Director Real Estate [[Bank of Scotland]]
* Mr [[James Robinson]] Corporate Finance Partner for Scotland [[KPMG]]
===S===
* Mr [[John Scott]] Managing Director [[Scott Group Ltd]]
* Mrs [[Lisa Stephenson]] Director [[Customer Wealth Management & Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc]]
* Ms [[Ana Stewart]] Chief Executive [[I-design]]
===T===
* Mr [[Fraser Thornton]] Managing Director [[Burn Stewart Distillers Ltd]]
* Mr [[Chris Tiso]] Chief Executive [[Tiso Group Ltd]]
===V===
* Mr [[Chris Van der Kuyl]] Chief Executive [[Brightsolid (formerly Scotland Online)]]

===W===
* Mr [[Ellis Watson]] Chief Executive Officer - Distribution [[John Menzies Plc]]
* Mr [[Mike Welch]] Founder [[& Managing Director [[Black Circles Ltd]]
* Mrs [[Jane Wylie-Roberts]] Managing Director [[Stafffinders Ltd]]

==Public Sector Leader==
===A===
* Mr [[Tom Aitchison CBE]] Chief Executive [[City of Edinburgh Council]]
* Mr [[Glenn Allison]] President [[The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland/Stewart Milne]]
* Mr [[John Anderson]] Chief Executive Officer [[Entrepreneurial Exchange]]
===B===
* Professor [[Steve Beaumont]] Vice-principal for Research and Enterprise [[University of Glasgow]]
* Mr [[George Black]] Chief Executive [[Glasgow City Council]]
* Professor [[Robert Black]] Auditor General [[Audit Scotland]]
*Mr [[Janet Brown]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Qualifications Authority]]
===C===
* Professor [[Muffy Calder]] Professor [[University of Glasgow]]
* Professor [[Anthony Cohen]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Queen Margaret University]]
* Mr [[Sandy Cumming]] Chief Executive [[Highlands & Islands Enterprise]]
===D===
* Mr [[Tom Divers]] Chief Executive [[NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde]]
* Sir [[John Elvidge KCB]] Permanent Secretary [[Scottish Executive]]
===G===
* Professor [[Pamela Gillies]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Glasgow Caledonian University]]
* Mr [[Robert Gordon]] Director-General Justice and Communities [[Scottish Government]]
* Mr [[Andrew Goudie]] Director-General Economy and Chief Economic Advisor [[Scottish Government]]
===H===
* Professor [[Christine Hallett]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Stirling]]
* Professor [[Andrew Hamnett]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Strathclyde]]
* Mr [[Ken Hay]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Screen]]
* Mr [[Ron Hewitt]] Chief Executive [[Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce]]
* Mr [[Richard Holloway]] Chairman [[Scottish Arts Council]]
===K===
* Mr [[Owen Kelly]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Financial Enterprise]]
* Professor [[Bernard King]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Abertay DundeeL]]
* Professor [[David Lane]] Chief Scientist for Cancer Research UK and Director of the Cancer Research UK Transformation Research Group [[University of Dundee]]
* Mr [[Brian Lang]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of St Andrews]]
* Sir [[Alan Langlands]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Dundee]]
* Mr [[Alex Linkston]] Chief Executive [[West Lothian Council]]
===M===
* Mr [[Ken MacKenzie]] ChairmanScottish Retail Consortium]]
* Professor [[Andrew MacKenzie]] Director of Research School of Physics and Astronomy [[University of St Andrews]]
* Ms [[Shonaig Macpherson]] Chairman [[National Trust for Scotland/Braveheart Ventures/BT Scotland/Scottish Council for Development and Industry/ITI Scotland/Prince's Trust Scotland/PSYBT]]
* Mr [[Ken MacQuarrie]] Controller [[BBC Scotland]]
* Mrs [[Bridget McConnell]] Chief Executive [[Culture & Sport Glasgow]]
* Professor [[Seamus McDaid]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of the West of Scotland]]
* Mr [[Jim McDonald]] Deputy principal [[University of Strathclyde]]
* Mr [[Jim McFarlane]] Managing Director Operations [[Scottish Enterprise]]
* Mr [[Jim McLaren]] President [[National Farmers Union Scotland]]
* Mr [[Iain McMillan CBE]] Director [[CBI Scotland]]
* Professor [[Anton Muscatelli]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Heriot Watt University]]
===O===
* Professor Sir [[Timothy O'Shea]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Edinburgh]]
===P===
* Mr [[Douglas Paterson]] Chief Executive [[Aberdeen City Council]]
* Mr [[Jack Perry]] Chief Executive [[Scottish Enterprise]]
* Professor [[Michael Pittilo]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Robert Gordon University]]
* Professor [[Andy Porter]] Professor of Biotechnology and deputy Director [[Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen]]
===R===
* Professor [[C Duncan Rice]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Aberdeen]]
* Mr [[Philip Riddle]] Chief Executive [[VisitScotland]]
* Mr [[William Roe]] Non- Executive Chair [[Highlands & Islands Enterprise]]
* Sir [[Muir Russell]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[University of Glasgow]]
* Mr [[Philip Rycroft]] Director General Education [[Scottish Executive]]
* Ms [[Jane Ryder]] Chief Executive [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]]

===S===
* Professor [[Ifor Samuel]] Professor [[Lumicure Ltd/University of St Andrews]]
*Mr [[Lesley Sawers]] Chief Executive [[The Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
* Professor [[Wilson Sibbett]] Wardlaw Professor of Physics, [[School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews]]
* Mr [[Alex Stephen]] Chief Executive [[Dundee City Council]]
* Sir [[William Stewart]] Chairman [[Health Protection Agency]]
* Professor [[Joan K Stringer CBE]] Principal and Vice-Chancellor [[Napier University]]
* Mr [[Mark Strudwick]] Chief Executive [[PSYBTT]]
===T===
* Sir [[David Tweedie]] Chairman [[International Accounting Standards Board]]
===W===
* Mr [[Richard Wakeford]] Director-General Environment [[Scottish Government]]
* Sir [[John Ward CBE]] Chairman [[Scottish Enterprise]]
* Ms [[Lena Wilson]] Chief Operating Officer/Chief Executive [[Scottish Enterprise/Scottish Development International]]
* Professor [[Roland Wolf]] Co-founder [[CXR Biosciences]]
*Mr [[Kevin Woods]] Head/Chief Executive [[Scottish Executive, Health Department]] The [[NHS Scotland]]

===Y===
* Mr [[Damien Yates]] Chief Executive [[Skills Development Scotland]]

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category:Scotland]][[Category:Scottish Elite Networking Groups]]

2008-11-24T23:17:42Z

Peter:

The [[Scottish Council Foundation]] (SCF) is a neoliberal [[Sourcewatch:Think tanks|think tank]] that proclaims that: "Politically independent, our work bridges thinking and practice to provide innovative and practical solutions to many of the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges facing Scotland" <ref>[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/ Scottish Council Foundation Website, Home Page], accessed Nov. 2008</ref>. It was established by the [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]] (SCDI) in 1999, which seeks to "strengthen Scotland's economic competitiveness and sustainable prosperity by influencing Government policy at all levels". The SCDI remains strongly involved, as three of the SCF's five trustees are high-ranking members of the SCDI executive and its board and all of them are important members of Scotland's business community. In 2004, the SCF employs five full-time research staff. Its present director, James McCormick, was appointed in 2002. Previously had worked for the Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) Social Justice Commission Report (1994), which was important for the Labour Party's Third Way concepts of the welfare state. The SCF is the only Scottish-based and Scotland-focussed think-tanks that carries out original research and only occasionally draws from external expertise. Unlike the [[David Hume Institute]] and [[Policy Institute]], the SCF has also cooperates with various organisatiosn, including the Washington D.C [[Centre for Excellence in Government]], the [[IPPR]], the [[Public Health Institute of Scotland]] and the [[Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health]]. The SCF emphasises that it "brings the experience of its international networks ... to bear in everything it does." <ref>[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=9 Scottish Council Foundation Website, About Us], accessed Nov. 2008</ref>.
Non-aligned to any political party, the SCF's language resembles (New) Labour-speech: the institute's calls for action to "tackle inequalities in the marketplace as well as to redistribute income to poor households". It demands action led by the Scottish Executive to "promote cost-cutting partnerships between local shops and major retailers, and offer incentives for new businesses to set up in low-income neighbourhoods" in order to allow poor households to get more value for their money. In order to "enjoy the benefits of competition" more commitment from government to functioning markets and a clearer challenge to private service providers is demanded <ref>[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/news.php?id=4 Scottish Council Foundation Website, Press Release, 20 February 2004], accessed Nov. 2008</ref>. In the SCF's policy research work, equality does not feature very highly on the agenda as an aim in itself; at best marked disparities are seen as economically undesirable for all members of society: "a pronounced set of inequalities is bad for everyone, for the economy, for the people in the middle, for the people at the bottom", said its director James McCormick in January 2004. <ref>[http://www.psa.ac.uk/journals/pdf/5/2005/Pautz.pdf H. Pautz pdf] Think-Tanks in Scotland, 55th Political Studies Association Annual Conference 4-7 April 2005 - University of Leeds]</ref> In January 2006 it published a report with the [[Fraser of Allander Institute]] proposing that Scottish Water be privatised.<ref>[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/pubs_more.php?p=53 SCF]</ref> In the same month it organised a conference with pharma giant [[Pfizer]], one of the most active pharma lobbyists in Scotland on binge drinking. [[Andrew Harris]], from the Foundation, said: "Education, improved housing, employment and environmental changes can all address problems such as binge-drinking far more effectively than trying to tackle the problem in isolation" [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=144382006].
The SCF, though its director says he sees it in a "social-democratic" epistemic community, pushes market friendly policies. It rejects what its director called the alleged 'Scottish consensus'. What this means is the following: "to say that you're a left think-tank would not really say anything, it would say you're part of the consensus, because Scotland is so heavily centre-left, and you want to challenge the consensus [...] so we're not really interested in being aligned in a partisan sense". Challenging the consensus here means introducing pro-market ideas into the public sphere and advising decision-makers into that direction.

==Funding==
The SCF is funded by big business .
The SCF states that its "principal supporters" include
*[[Associated Newspapers]]
*[[Boots]]
*[[BP]]
*[[BT]]
*[[Communities Scotland]]
*[[Diageo]]
*[[Liddell Thomson]]
*[[Pfizer]]
*[[Scottich Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Scottish Adult Learning Partnership]]
*[[Scottish Enterprise]]
*[[Shell]]
*[[Volunteer Development Scotland]]

==Personnel==
===Trustees===
SCF's Trustees are:
====2001====
Source: [http://www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk/scf/about/content2.shtml]
*[[Shonaig Macpherson]], Chairperson
*[[Mike Hambly]] CEO Digital Animations Group plc
*[[Donald I Turner]] Chairman, [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Alan Wilson]], CEO [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Crawford Gillies]]

*[[Donal Dowds]] BAA Scottish Airports - Past Chairman of [[SCDI]]

==2006==
Source: [http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=2]
*[[Shonaig Macpherson]], Chairperson
*[[Alan Wilson]], CEO [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Crawford Gillies]]
*[[Mike Hambly]] CEO Digital Animations Group plc, Executive of [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[David Wilson]]
*[[Jim Martin]] [[LogicaCMG]] and Executive of [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
All serve in a personal capacity.

===Advisors===
All members serve in a personal capacity.

*[[Andrew Adonis]] No 10 Policy Unit
*[[Jonathan Cape]] [[East of Scotland Water]]
Johnston Clark Blackadders Solicitors
[[Brendan Dick]] BT Scotland
[[Roland Diggens]] [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
[[Andrew Gibb]] Glasgow 1999
[[Robina Goodlad]] Glasgow University
Jon Harris COSLA
Alison Hook
Jill Kent British Energy plc
[[Thomas Lange]] Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
[[Carolyn McAdam]] [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] plc
[[Joyce McMillan]] journalist and critic
Anne Meikle Fair Play Scotland
[[Jeremy Peat]] The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
[[Seona Reid]] Glasgow School of Art
[[Nicholas Rengger]] St Andrews University
Tracey White Scottish Trades Union Congress

Source [http://www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk/scf/about/content2.shtml]
===Staff 2001===
source[http://www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk/scf/about/content2.shtml]
*[[Graham Leicester]] Director
*[[James McCormick]] Research Director
*[[Richard Maconachie]] Development Director
*[[Linda Boyes]] Policy Manager
*[[Mike Davies]] Policy Manager
*[[Deirdre Elrick]] Policy Manager
*[[Andrew Lyon]] [[International Futures Forum]]
*[[Gillian Menzies]] Administration
*[[Sandra Robertson]] Administration

===Staff 2006===
Source: [http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=4]
*[[Linda Boyes]] Policy Manager
*[[Deirdre Elrick]] Policy Manager
*[[James McCormick]] Director
*[[Gillian Menzies]] Finance Officer
*[[Sandra Robertson]] Events Co-ordinator
*[[Janet Smith]] Office Manager
*[[Mark Langan]] Research Fellow
*[[Andrew Harris]] Programme Director

==Contact details==
Scottish Council Foundation, <br>
23 Chester Street,<br>
Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 7ET<br>
Phone: 0131 225 4709<br>
Fax: 0131 220 2116 <br>
Email: scf AT @scottishcouncilfoundation.org <br>
Web: http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/index.php

==External links==
*Richard Gray [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=144382006 Message in a bottle] Scotland on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
*Alf Young [http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/54799.html The horse is at the water, but who's nagging it to drink?] the Herald, 24 January 2006.

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category: Think Tanks]]
[[Category:Food Industry lobby groups]][[Category:Water: Advocates for Privatisation of Scottish water]]
[[Category: Water]][[Category: Scotland]][[Category:Scottish Think Tanks]]

Scottish Council Foundation

2008-11-24T22:32:21Z

Peter:

The [[Scottish Council Foundation]] (SCF) is a neoliberal [[Sourcewatch:Think tanks|think tank]] that proclaims that: "Politically independent, our work bridges thinking and practice to provide innovative and practical solutions to many of the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges facing Scotland" <ref>[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/ Scottish Council Foundation Website, Home Page], accessed Nov. 2008</ref>. It was established by the [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]] (SCDI) in 1999, which seeks to "strengthen Scotland's economic competitiveness and sustainable prosperity by influencing Government policy at all levels". The SCDI remains strongly involved, as three of the SCF's five trustees are high-ranking members of the SCDI executive and its board and all of them are important members of Scotland's business community. In 2004, the SCF employs five full-time research staff. Its present director, James McCormick, was appointed in 2002. Previously had worked for the Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) Social Justice Commission Report (1994), which was important for the Labour Party's Third Way concepts of the welfare state. The SCF is the only Scottish-based and Scotland-focussed think-tanks that carries out original research and only occasionally draws from external expertise. Unlike the [[David Hume Institute]] and [[Policy Institute]], the SCF has also cooperates with various organisatiosn, including the Washington D.C [[Centre for Excellence in Government]], the [[IPPR]], the [[Public Health Institute of Scotland]] and the [[Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health]]. The SCF emphasises that it "brings the experience of its international networks ... to bear in everything it does." <ref>[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=9 Scottish Council Foundation Website, About Us], accessed Nov. 2008</ref>.
Non-aligned to any political party, the SCF's language resembles (New) Labour-speech: the institute's core aims are "tackle[ing] inequalities in the marketplace", in public health and in the distribution of wealth [http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/news.php?id=4]. It demands action led by the Scottish Executive to "promote cost-cutting partnerships between local shops and major retailers, and offer incentives for new businesses to set up in low-income neighbourhoods" in order to allow poor households to get more value for their money. In order to "enjoy the benefits of competition" more commitment from government to functioning markets and a clearer challenge to private service providers is demanded[http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/news2.php#inscf]. In the SCF's policy research work, equality does not feature very highly on the agenda as an aim in itself; at best marked disparities are seen as economically undesirable for all members of society: "a pronounced set of inequalities is bad for everyone, for the economy, for the people in the middle, for the people at the bottom", said its director James McCormick in January 2004. In January 2006 it published a report with the [[Fraser of Allander Institute]] proposing that Scottish Water be privatised.[http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/54799.html] In the same month it organised a conference with pharma giant [[Pfizer]], one of the most active pharma lobbyists in Scotland on binge drinking. [[Andrew Harris]], from the Foundation, said: "Education, improved housing, employment and environmental changes can all address problems such as binge-drinking far more effectively than trying to tackle the problem in isolation" [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=144382006].
The SCF, though its director says he sees it in a "social-democratic" epistemic community, pushes market friendly policies. It rejects what its director called the alleged 'Scottish consensus'. What this means is the following: "to say that you're a left think-tank would not really say anything, it would say you're part of the consensus, because Scotland is so heavily centre-left, and you want to challenge the consensus [...] so we're not really interested in being aligned in a partisan sense". Challenging the consensus here means introducing pro-market ideas into the public sphere and advising decision-makers into that direction.

==Funding==
The SCF is funded by big business .
The SCF states that its "principal supporters" include
*[[Associated Newspapers]]
*[[Boots]]
*[[BP]]
*[[BT]]
*[[Communities Scotland]]
*[[Diageo]]
*[[Liddell Thomson]]
*[[Pfizer]]
*[[Scottich Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Scottish Adult Learning Partnership]]
*[[Scottish Enterprise]]
*[[Shell]]
*[[Volunteer Development Scotland]]

==Personnel==
===Trustees===
SCF's Trustees are:
====2001====
Source: [http://www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk/scf/about/content2.shtml]
*[[Shonaig Macpherson]], Chairperson
*[[Mike Hambly]] CEO Digital Animations Group plc
*[[Donald I Turner]] Chairman, [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Alan Wilson]], CEO [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Crawford Gillies]]

*[[Donal Dowds]] BAA Scottish Airports - Past Chairman of [[SCDI]]

==2006==
Source: [http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=2]
*[[Shonaig Macpherson]], Chairperson
*[[Alan Wilson]], CEO [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[Crawford Gillies]]
*[[Mike Hambly]] CEO Digital Animations Group plc, Executive of [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
*[[David Wilson]]
*[[Jim Martin]] [[LogicaCMG]] and Executive of [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
All serve in a personal capacity.

===Advisors===
All members serve in a personal capacity.

*[[Andrew Adonis]] No 10 Policy Unit
*[[Jonathan Cape]] [[East of Scotland Water]]
Johnston Clark Blackadders Solicitors
[[Brendan Dick]] BT Scotland
[[Roland Diggens]] [[Scottish Council for Development and Industry]]
[[Andrew Gibb]] Glasgow 1999
[[Robina Goodlad]] Glasgow University
Jon Harris COSLA
Alison Hook
Jill Kent British Energy plc
[[Thomas Lange]] Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
[[Carolyn McAdam]] [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] plc
[[Joyce McMillan]] journalist and critic
Anne Meikle Fair Play Scotland
[[Jeremy Peat]] The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
[[Seona Reid]] Glasgow School of Art
[[Nicholas Rengger]] St Andrews University
Tracey White Scottish Trades Union Congress

Source [http://www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk/scf/about/content2.shtml]
===Staff 2001===
source[http://www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk/scf/about/content2.shtml]
*[[Graham Leicester]] Director
*[[James McCormick]] Research Director
*[[Richard Maconachie]] Development Director
*[[Linda Boyes]] Policy Manager
*[[Mike Davies]] Policy Manager
*[[Deirdre Elrick]] Policy Manager
*[[Andrew Lyon]] [[International Futures Forum]]
*[[Gillian Menzies]] Administration
*[[Sandra Robertson]] Administration

===Staff 2006===
Source: [http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=4]
*[[Linda Boyes]] Policy Manager
*[[Deirdre Elrick]] Policy Manager
*[[James McCormick]] Director
*[[Gillian Menzies]] Finance Officer
*[[Sandra Robertson]] Events Co-ordinator
*[[Janet Smith]] Office Manager
*[[Mark Langan]] Research Fellow
*[[Andrew Harris]] Programme Director

==Contact details==
Scottish Council Foundation, <br>
23 Chester Street,<br>
Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 7ET<br>
Phone: 0131 225 4709<br>
Fax: 0131 220 2116 <br>
Email: scf AT @scottishcouncilfoundation.org <br>
Web: http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/index.php

==External links==
*Richard Gray [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=144382006 Message in a bottle] Scotland on Sunday, 29 January 2006.
*Alf Young [http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/54799.html The horse is at the water, but who's nagging it to drink?] the Herald, 24 January 2006.

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category: Think Tanks]]
[[Category:Food Industry lobby groups]][[Category:Water: Advocates for Privatisation of Scottish water]]
[[Category: Water]][[Category: Scotland]][[Category:Scottish Think Tanks]]