International Advisory Council
The International Advisory Council are a collection of distinguished international business members and leaders who bring unique knowledge and outreach. Members of the Council offer invaluable advice, guidance and support to the Institute on our goals and activities.
Mark Tennant
Former Chairman of SFE and a Senior Advisor to JP Morgan, Edinburgh and London




Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea
Chairman, Cobra Beer, London


Lord Desai of St Clement Danes
Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics, London


Lady Olga Maitland
President, The Defence and Security Forum, London


Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT, GCMG, PC
Chairman of Governors, Ditchley Foundation


Alan Rosling CBE
Co-Founder Kiran Energy and former Executive Director of Tata Sons


Amir Dossal
Founder and Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum, New York


April Gow
Partner, Canongate Partners Ltd


Baroness Mobarik CBE
Founder and Convener of the Scotland Pakistan Network, Glasgow


Ben Thomson
Chairman of Inverleith LLP


Brigadier David Allfrey MBE
Former Chief Executive and Producer, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh


Dame Sue Bruce DBE
Former Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh


David Birrell
Former Director, Asia Scotland Institute


Doug Cook OBE
Former Director, Asia Scotland Institute


Dr. Chris Nonis
Chairman, Mackwoods Group of Companies


Dr. Eamonn Butler
Director and Co-Founder, Adam Smith Institute, London


Dr. Gerald Ross
Former Dean McGill Business School, Montreal


Gordon Dewar
Chief Executive, Edinburgh Airport


Govinda Finn
Economist


Haruko Fukuda OBE
Non-executive Director, Investec PLC, London


Malcolm Roughead OBE
Chief Executive, VisitScotland, Edinburgh


Marco Vicenzino
Director, Global Strategy Project and Geo-political Risk Advisor, Washington DC


Martin Barrow CBE
Former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and a Company Director of Jardine Matheson Limited


Mark Tennant
Former Chairman of SFE and a Senior Advisor to JP Morgan, Edinburgh and London


Narayana Murthy
Co-Founder, Infosys


Owen Kelly OBE
Former Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise, Edinburgh


Paul Little
Principal and Chief Executive, City of Glasgow College, Glasgow


Peter Budd CBE
Director, Arup and Partners Ltd, and Deputy Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council


Dr. Poonam Gupta OBE
CEO, PG Paper Company Ltd.


Professor Steve Hillier OBE
Former Vice Principal International, University of Edinburgh


Professor Ian Gow OBE
Former Director, Confucious Institute; Chairman, Japan Soc; Honorary Professor, The University of Edinburgh


Rana Mitter OBE FBA
British historian and political scientist


Sandy Flockhart CBE
Former CEO, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited


Shonaig Macpherson CBE
Chairman, The Robertson Trust


Stuart Leckie OBE
Chairman, Stirling Finance Limited, Hong Kong


Subramanian Ramadorai CBE
Former CEO of TCS & Adviser to the Prime Minister of India


Sunita Kohli
President, K2India, India


Vikram Singh Mehta
Former CEO of Shell India, current Chairman, Brookings India, New Delhi


William Dalrymple
Acclaimed Writer and Historian