Biography:

Serial Scottish Entrepreneur and Investor: Full list of roles and accolades:

• Founder and Chair Scottish Business Network, which represents some 25,000 individuals with an affinity for Scotland based across 72 countries.

• Managing partner Exolta capital partners • Holds multiple non-exec and board advisory roles with fast growing, innovative businesses.

• Member of Board of Trade for Scotland chaired by Richard Lochhead, Minister for Trade, Investment & Innovation and sits on the Board of Prosper a leading think tank and policy agency.

• Founder and driving force behind Scotland’s GovTech Cluster including responsibility for Smart Cities

• Entrepreneur-in-Residence for both Glasgow University and the Open University

• Chair of the advisory board for Civtech, the global leading Govtech innovation hub which sits as part of the Scottish governments Digital Directorate.

• Regularly named in the list off “100 most influential British Entrepreneurs” and one of the most influential figures in technology today.

• Founding Director of the Net Zero Nation focused on reducing SME’s carbon footprint.

• Founding Chair of NEXUS which looks to bring together later career execs with StartUps.

• Addressing the gender imbalance in business through his support of the Association of Scottish Business Women and Changing the Chemistry organisations.

• Advisor to a range of disruptive led companies in UK and US.

• Investor/Advisor Par Equity, Scotland’s leading angel investor fund.

• Award winning film producer, with independent feature Cold Kill due for release in 2022.

• Regular press contributor in print, radio and TV speaking about accelerating business growth.