Malcolm Kpedekpo

Malcolm Kpedekpo is an independent non-executive director to the Board of the Scottish FA.

Kpedekpo, whose appointment was ratified at last week’s Board meeting, is a Chartered Accountant with global experience in corporate finance and private equity across a range of sectors, including media and technology. Most recently, the 42-year old was also a board director of Scottish Golf.

Having joined Aberdeen as a schoolboy, he made his debut in 1995 at age 18 and made 11 first-team appearances while completing a university degree in Management and Accountancy. His studies took him to Aberdeen University and he subsequently spent time at Harvard Business School, where he focused on the international private equity and venture capital market.

He left Pittodrie - and gave up professional football - to take up a role with KPMG, firstly in Aberdeen and latterly in Australia, returning to Scotland to work in the venture capital arm of the Bank of Scotland before leaving to set up a private equity firm alongside two of his colleagues.