Lord Smith of Kelvin

Lord Smith of Kelvin is also chairman of the British Business Bank plc, of Forth Ports, the private ports owner operator and Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's national economic development agency.

He was previously chairman of Alliance Trust, Clyde Gateway, SSE plc, The Weir Group plc, Stakis plc and the UK Green Investment Bank plc and a non-executive director on the boards of 3i plc, Bank of Scotland plc and Network Rail.

He chaired Glasgow 2014 Limited, the organising committee of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Smith Commission to oversee the process of devolving more powers to the Scottish Parliament.

He was formerly chairman and chief executive of Morgan Grenfell Private Equity and was chief executive of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management from 1996 until 2000 before becoming vice chairman of Deutsche Asset Management between 2000 and 2002.

He is a chartered accountant and a past President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He was knighted in 1999 for services to the National Museums of Scotland, became a member of the House of Lords in 2008 as an Independent Crossbench Peer, and in 2013 was appointed to the Order of the Thistle.