Day to day management of the Chamber is undertaken by an Executive team. The team is headed by a Chief Executive who in turn is responsible to the President.
The Chamber Council, a representation of the Chamber's members and partners across all types and sizes of industry, appoints the Office Bearers, consisting of a President, two Vice Presidents, and a Treasurer. The Office Bearers and other nominated Council Directors comprise an Operating Board to whom the Executive Team report.
THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
- Chief Executive
- Ron Hewitt
- Deputy Chief Executive
- Graham Birse
- Director Business Development & Enterprise
- Alasdair Kerr
- Director Finance & Administration
- Cheryl Symon
OFFICE BEARERS
- President
- Richard Jeffrey, Managing Director, BAA Edinburgh Airport Ltd
- Vice Presidents
- Douglas Wilkie, Managing Director, Wilkies Limited
- Isabella Miller, General Manager, John Lewis Partnership
- Treasurer
- Jeremy Chittleburgh, Partner, Chiene & Tait
- Directors
- Alex Callander, Senior Partner, Baillie Gifford
David Rutherford, Partner, Cowan & Partners - Charles Hammond
Alastair Davis, President, Edinburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tom Halpin, Assistant Chief Constable, Lothian & Borders Police
Jim Hunter, Facilities Director, Standard Life Assurance Co - Peter Taylor OBE, Chairman, The Town House Company
Robert Carr, Chairman, Anderson Strathern
Austin Flynn, Partner, Morton Fraser LLP - Mark McCluskey, Managing Director, Kall Kwik
Iain Burnside, Head of Relationship Banking, RBoS
Andrew Walker, Partner, HBJ Gateley Wareing
Ben Reed, Director, Jones Lang Lasalle - Walter Bourdelov, CEO, Spire Murrayfield Hospital
Roy Durie, Partner, Ryden
Nora (Farrell) Senior, Managing Director, Weber Shandwick
Laura Gordon, Director, Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration Project Scottish Enterprise
Michael Johnston, Managing Director, The Scotsman Publications
Manus Fullarton, Director of Corporate Business Banking, Lloyds TSB
Erick Davidson, Chairman, Tayburn Ltd
Julian Darwell-Stone, Managing Director, Tangram Furnishers Ltd
Richard Santandreu, Director, Edisc Ltd - Jane Wood, Head of Public Affairs, Scotland & Northern Ireland Alliance Boots
