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