Financial Services Advisory Board

The Financial Services Advisory Board is a body set up by the Scottish Executive

Role

Early actions set out by the Financial Services strategy which the Advisory Board will help to oversee include:

• examining new air routes from Scotland to key financial services locations
• working with mobile phone operators and transport bodies to eliminate 'gaps' in coverage between Edinburgh and Glasgow
• examining ways of improving rail links between Edinburgh and Glasgow
• feeding in the needs of the industry to the Executive's Fresh Talent initiative
• enhancing work underway on financial education
• building better labour market knowledge
• boosting capability within the supply network

Members

Membership of the new Financial Services Advisory Board in 2005 was:

• Jack McConnell First Minister
• Nicol Stephen Deputy First Minister
• John Campbell - State Street (Deputy Chair)
• Sandy Boyle - Amicus
• Graeme Dickson - Scottish Executive
• Ian Ferguson - Norwich Union
• Mike Jones - Lloyds TSB Scotland
• Jim McFarlane - Scottish Enterprise
• Ben Thomson - Noble Group
• Otto Thoresen - Aegon
• Martin Togneri, Scottish Development International
• David Wallace - formerly Abbey
• Margaret Wallace - Morgan Stanley
• Willie Watt - Martin Currie
• HM Treasury observer

Membership 2006

• The Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP, First Minister of Scotland – FiSAB Chair
• Nicol Stephen MSP, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• John Campbell – Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) and Managing Director, State Street Corporation – FiSAB Industry Deputy Chair
• Graeme Dickson – Head of Enterprise & Industrial Affairs Group, Scottish Executive
• Ian Ferguson – Director of Underwriting (Commercial), Norwich Union
• David Fleming – National Officer, Amicus
• Martin Gilbert – Chief Executive, Aberdeen Asset Management
• Trevor Matthews – Chief Executive Life and Pensions UK & Europe, Standard Life
• Jack Perry – Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise
• Lisa Stephenson – Director, Lloyds TSB Scotland
• Ben Thomson – Chief Executive, Noble Group
• Otto Thoresen – Chief Executive, Aegon UK
• Margaret Wallace – Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
• Willie Watt – Chief Executive, Martin Currie

Membership September 2007

First Minister | Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth | Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism | John Campbell, Deputy Industry Chair - Scottish Financial Enterprise Chairman and Senior Managing Director, State Street | Ian Ferguson - Director of Underwriting, Norwich Union | Martin Gilbert - Chief Executive, Aberdeen Asset Management | Colin Matthew - Chief Executive, Strategy and International Operations Division, HBOS plc | Trevor Matthews - Chief Executive, Standard Life Assurance Ltd | Lisa Stephenson - Lloyds TSB Scotland | Ben Thomson - Chairman, Noble Group limited | Otto Thoresen - Chief Executive, AEGON UK | Margaret Wallace - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley | Willie Watt - Chief Executive, Martin Currie Investment Ltd | David Fleming - Unite | Graeme Dickson - Director, Enterprise, Energy and Transport, Scottish Government | Jack Perry - Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise | HM Treasury observer