International Advisory Council
The International Advisory Council has distinguished members supporting our goals and activities.
Council Members
| 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 Riddle 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 |
| 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 |