Directors

Chairman

JPHS Scott 


JPHS Scott

 

John Scott, the Chairman, is a former international investment banker who maintains a number of interests in the investment trust sector.  John was appointed a Director in 2001 and became Chairman on 31 December 2009.  He is a former executive director of Lazard Brothers & Co., Limited. During his twenty years with Lazard, he was involved with the merchant bank's corporate advisory activities and its Asian businesses. He is currently a director of various companies, including Martin Currie Pacific Trust plc, JP Morgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc, Miller Insurance Services, Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc and Alternative Asset Opportunities PCC Limited. In addition, he is chairman of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC and deputy chairman of Endace Limited.

 

Directors

MM Gray
MM Gray

Michael Gray, the Senior Independent Director, joined the Board in 2004 after a successful career in printing and technology industries where he gained valuable global business experience. As chairman and chief executive he led the growth of McQueen International over a 17 year period as it evolved from being a printing company into a global enterprise providing a range of support services to technology companies. On McQueen’s acquisition, he became senior vice president of Sykes Enterprises Inc., a global NASDAQ quoted outsourcing services company. He retired from Sykes in 1999 and currently has many business, community, charity and sporting interests and responsibilities including being a member of the Advisory Board of The Winning Scotland Foundation and of The Scottish Government’s Rural Development Council.
 
John Kay


Professor John Kay

John Kay has a distinguished record as an economist, academic, author and commentator on business, government and economic issues. John was appointed a Director in 2008, he is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, a director of Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c., Value and Income Trust PLC and a member of the Scottish Government’s Council of Economic Advisers. 

 
Fiona McBain


FC McBain

Fiona McBain is chief executive of Scottish Friendly Assurance, a Glasgow based and mutually owned financial services group with over 500,000 policyholders. Fiona was appointed a Director in 2009. Before joining Scottish Friendly in 1998, Fiona, a chartered accountant, was employed by Prudential plc and Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young) where she spent some time working across a number of industry sectors, both in the UK and in the United States. She is also a director of the Association of Friendly Societies and a director of the Association of Mutual Insurers. 

 
WG McQueen
WG McQueen

Gordon McQueen, the Chairman of the Audit Committee, brings to the Board first class financial and banking expertise, he is a former finance director of the Bank of Scotland. Gordon was appointed a Director in 2001. Until 2003 he was an executive director of HBOS plc, Bank of Scotland and Halifax plc, where his main role was chief executive, Treasury. He is a director of JP Morgan Mid Cap Investment Trust plc and Shaftesbury PLC.