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
- Director International Business
- Murdo Beaton
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
Derek McCulloch, Senior Partner, Gillespie Macandrew WS
Douglas Logan, Managing Director, Speciality Scotland Travel
Alastair Davis, President, Edinburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dave Anderson, Managing Director, SE Edinburgh & Lothian
Tom Halpin, Assistant Chief Constable, Lothian & Borders Police
Jim Hunter, Facilities Director, Standard Life Assurance Co
Robert Carr, Chairman, Anderson Strathern
Peter Taylor OBE, Chairman, The Town House Company
Alan Lees, Partner Director, Scotland and North East, BT Local
Peter Bell, Director, FreshStart Software Ltd
Iain Burnside, Head of Relationship Banking, RBoS
Andrew Edwards, Regional Manager Scotland East, HBOS
Andrew Walker, Partner, HBJ Gateley Wareing
Ben Reed, Director, Jones Lang Lasalle
Dr Sanjoy Das, Chairman, Freeworld Trading Ltd
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
