Sir Donald Mackay
Sir Donald MacKay, the Chairman, is an economist with an extensive record in advising governments, organisations and companies. Sir Donald was appointed a Director in 1999 and became Chairman in 2003. He is also Chairman of the Nomination Committee. He was Professor of Political Economy at Aberdeen University and Professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University. He is a former chairman of The Malcolm Group PLC and Scottish Enterprise and is currently a director of Edinburgh New Income Trust plc.
GA Ball
Geoffrey Ball, the senior independent director, is a long-standing director who also has considerable industrial experience in the house building sector. Geoffrey was appointed a Director in 1983. He is executive chairman of Cala Group Ltd, having led the management buy out in 1999. He was appointed Chairman of McCarthey and Stone on 2 February 2007. He was president of the House Builders Federation of England and Wales from 2001 to 2003 and he was a director of The Standard Life Assurance Company for 13 years until 2001.
MM Gray
Michael Gray joined the Board in 2004 after a successful career in printing and technology industries where he gained valuable global business experience. As chairman and chief executive he led the growth of McQueen International over a 17 year period as it evolved from being a printing company into a global enterprise providing a range of support services to technology companies. On McQueen's acquisition, he became senior vice president of Sykes Enterprises Inc., a global NASDAQ quoted outsourcing services company. He retired from Sykes in 1999 and currently has many business, community, charity and sporting interests and responsibilities including being a member of the Advisory Board of the Scottish Institute of Sport Foundation. He is a former director of Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Community Foundation.
WG McQueen
Gordon McQueen, the Chairman of the Audit Committee, brings to the Board first class financial and banking expertise. Gordon was appointed a Director in 2001. He was an executive director of HBOS plc, Bank of Scotland and Halifax plc, where his main role was chief executive, Treasury. He is a director of Alliance Trust PLC, JP Morgan Mid Cap Investment Trust plc and Shaftesbury PLC.
JPHS Scott
John Scott is a former international investment banker who maintains a number of interests in the investment trust sector. John was appointed a Director in 2001. He is a former executive director of Lazard Brothers & Co. Limited. During his twenty years with Lazard, he was involved with the merchant bank's corporate advisory activities and its Asians businesses. He is currently a director of various companies including Martin Currie Pacific Trust plc, JP Morgan Fleming Claverhouse Investment Trust plc, Xaar plc, Miller Insurance Services and Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc. In addition, he is chairman of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC and Endace Limited.
Lord Strathclyde
Thomas Strathclyde, currently Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, has considerable political experience. Tom was appointed a Director in 2004. His parliamentary career to date includes extensive ministerial experience at the Departments of Employment, the Environment, Trade and Industry and the Scottish Office. Prior to entering politics in 1988 as a Government Whip, Lord Strathclyde worked in the City for the insurance brokers, Bain Dawes. Lord Strathclyde is also chairman of London based hedge fund manager Trafalger Capital Management and a director of Galena Capital Management Limited and Marketform Limited. He is also the president of the Quoted Companies Alliance.
