Chair of the Scottish Government’s Strategic Board for Enterprise and Skills, whose role is to drive greater alignment between Scotland’s public agencies to improve Scottish productivity and better support business and users of the skills system Executive role as Chair UK Regions/Ireland of global corporate communications consultancy, Weber Shandwick, which has 127 offices in 81 countries. Member of the EMEA operations leadership team heading up business and international affairs, advising blue-chip companies across the UK, North America, Middle East and Pan-Asia. A former Businesswoman of the Year, she was previously Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi (North.) Past President of British Chambers of Commerce and former Chair of Scottish Chambers of Commerce Board Member of the International Chambers of Commerce and a Regional Adviser to the London Stock Exchange. Honoured with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017 for services to UK businesses