Don Cruickshank

Don is currently Chairman of the US company, FormScape Inc. FormScape is dedicated to helping companies streamline business information processes across their customers, suppliers and employees. FormScape’s document process automation solutions enable companies to easily and rapidly create, manage and communicate critical business documents seamlessly at the convergence of print, electronic and multiple data systems.

Don is also currently an independent director of Qualcomm. Don was Chairman of the London Stock Exchange from May 2000 until July 2003. Under his leadership, the London Exchange – the most international of all Exchanges with more than 470 companies from over 60 countries – set itself the objective to be the clear “market of choice” in the European time zone.

After an early career in finance and marketing project work with Alcan and consultancy with McKinsey, Don became Commercial Director of Times Newspapers and then General Manager of the Sunday Times. From there he became Managing Director (Finance, Administration and Planning) of the Information and Entertainment division of Pearson plc (which included the Financial Times, Goldcrest, Longman, Penguin and Westminster Press in its portfolio). In 1984 he moved to Virgin Group as Managing Director and in 1989 he became Chief Executive of the NHS in Scotland. In 1993 he returned to London as Director General of OFTEL until 1998. From late 1997 Don became Chairman of Action 2000, the UK Government’s Millennium Bug campaign and from 1998 Chairman of the Government’s UK Banking Review. In June 1999 he became Chairman of Scottish Media Group plc continuing until June 2004.

Born in 1942, he graduated MA from Aberdeen University and MBA from Manchester Business School. He chaired the UK Banking Review from 1998 to 2000 and for five years before that was Director General of the Office of Telecommunications.

Affiliations

• Scottish Development International