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 – 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. Brian Lang CBE FRSE – former Principal of St Andrew’s University and Chairman, RSNO, Edinburgh |
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 – Aberdeen Standard Investments |
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 |
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 – Director, Confucious Institute |
Rana Mitter OBE FBA – British historian and political scientist |
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 |