Scotland’s Global Investment Summit
6 - 7 October 2025 – Edinburgh
Today’s attendee list
Thank you for attending Scotland’s Global Investment Summit. This page gives you some insight into the guests attending today — including leaders and innovators from across Government, Financial & Professional Services, Renewables and Life Sciences.
Explore the guest list below to see who is in attendance today — with attendees joining us from across Scotland, the UK, and around the world.
Today’s Guestlist
John Swinney – First Minister, Scottish Government
Kate Forbes – Deputy First Minister, Scottish Government
Kathryn Porter – U.S. Consul General for Scotland, U.S. Consulate General Edinburgh
Paul Lawrence – Chief Executive, Edinburgh City Council
The Rt Hon. The Lord Mayor Alastair King, Lord Mayor, City of London Corporation
Alanoud Al Thani – Counselor for Economic Affairs, Embassy Of The State Of Qatar In London
Richard Lochhead – Minister for Business and Employment, Scottish Government
Chris Tait – Inward Investment Lead - Scotland, Department For Business And Trade
Chris Barton – Local & International Growth Director, Department For Business And Trade
Stuart Black – Chief Executive, Highland And Islands Enterprise
Jason Mccay – Head of Australia & New Zealand, Office For Investment
Doug Young – Development Officer, Dundee City Council
Gregor Irwin – Director-General Economy, Scottish Government
Michael Li – Advisor to the Minister, Ministry Of Investment Saudi Arabia
Steve Kerr – Head of Healthcare Life Sciences and Bio-economy, UK Government Department Of Business And Trade
His Excellency Ibrahim Al-Mubarak – Assistant Minister of Investment, MISA
Emily Smart – Chief Product Officer, Aberdeen
Jason Windsor – Chief Executive, Aberdeen
Hannah Gurga – Director General, Association of British Insurers
Alastair Ross – Head of Public Policy, Association of British Insurers
Ashish Anand – Managing Director, Co-Head of Infrastructure Finance, Assured Guaranty
Mike Tumilty – Global Chief Operating Officer, Aegon Asset Management
Ross Anderson – Associate Director - UK & Europe, Bahrain Economic Development Board
Andrew Bailey – Governor, Bank Of England
Rhys Phillips – Principal Private Secretary to the Governor, Bank Of England
Will Dowson – Agent for Scotland, Bank Of England
Stephen Flaherty – Chief Technology Officer Barclays, Barclays
Katherine Braddick – Group Head of Strategic Policy and Advisor to the Group Chief Executive, Barclays
David Martin – UK Government Relations, Barclays
Scott Walker – Co-Head BlackRock Edinburgh, BlackRock
Sandy Boss – Chair, BlackRock Uk, BlackRock
Michael Moore – Chief Executive, British Private Equity And Venture Capital Association
Bob Hair – Head of Scotland, Cazenove Capital (Schroders)
Daniel Grosvenor – UK Energy, Resources and Industrials Leader, Deloitte
Sue Dawe – Head of FS Scotland, EY
Dan Cooper – Partner, EY
Nikhil Rathi – Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority
Nicola Anderson – Chief Executive, Fintech Scotland
Roman Regelman – Group President, FNZ
Jack Knight – Deputy Chief Executive, The Investment Association
Jonathan Lipkin – Director, Policy, Strategy & Innovation, The Investment Association
Marc Murray – Vice President, Investcorp
Kalle Salminen – Founder, Kes Group Ltd
Katie Clinton – Partner, KPMG LLP
Vishal Chopra – Scotland Managing Partner, KPMG
Chira Barua – Chief Executive, Scottish Widows and Group Director, Insurance, Pensions & Investments, Lloyds Banking Group
Kevin Doran – MD, Investments, Lloyds Banking Group
Niranjan Sirdeshpande – Global Head of Investment - Catalyst Fund, M&G Investments
Dexter Maitland – MD Power Energy Transition, Mizuho Bank, Ltd
Eddie McAvinchey – Director - Scotland, National Wealth Fund
Paul Thwaite – Chief Executive, NatWest Group
Veronica Humble – Chief Investment Officer, NatWest Group
Angus Macpherson – Chairman, Noble & Co
Fraser McPhail – Senior Director, Debt Finance, Oaknorth Bank
Anthony Rafferty – Chief Executive Officer, Origo
John Maciver – Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP
Andrew Wilson – Executive Director - Communications, Marketing & Responsible Banking, Santander UK Plc
Andrew Hogg – Deputy Director, Investment & Financial Services, Scottish Government
Al Denholm – Chief Executive, Scottish National Investment Bank
Mark Munro – Chief Investment Officer, Scottish National Investment Bank
David Ritchie – Chief Strategy Officer, Scottish National Investment Bank
David Semaya – Executive Chairman & Representative Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co Ltd.
John Godfrey – Managing Director, Public Affairs, Policy and Research, TheCityUk
Roy Leckie – Executive Director, Walter Scott
Kerstin Mathias – Director, International Affairs, UK Finance
Sarah Hardy – Director and Head of New Investments, Archangels
Kirsty Rutter – Fintech Investment Director, Lloyds Banking Group
Mikael Down – Head of EMEA Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley
Adam Ross – Principal, Morgan Stanley
Ewen Fleming – Heads Financial Services, Malted Ai
Sara Thiam – Chief Executive, Prosper
Michelle Ferguson – Scotland Director, CBI
Rahul Ahluwalia – Director, Office For Investment: Financial Services
Charles Heenan – Investment Director, Kennox
Alan Strang – Director, HSBC Bank PLC
Benjamin Gould – Commercial Director, Encompass
Kenichiro Tanaka – Director, SMBC
Adrian Pilz – Head, European Equities, Kuwait Investment Office
David Lindsay – Chief Investment Officer, Stafford Capital Partners Limited
Nick McGruer – Head (Devolved Nations Offices), Financial Conduct Authority
Wayne Johnson – Chief Executive, Encompass Corporation
Catherine Duncan – Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Hamish Patrick – Partner, Shepherd And Wedderburn
Bob Crozier – Managing Director, Senior Tech Lead M&A, HSBC Global Services (UK) Ltd
Carolyn Jameson – Senior Independent Director, Scottish National Investment Bank
Judith Cruickshank – MD, Commercial Mid Market, Royal Bank of Scotland
Mary Gunn – Ned, Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust
Jonathan Peake – Chief Investment Officer, Hampden Bank
Rachel Hopcroft – Chief Corporate Affair Officer, NatWest Group Group
Philip Milne – Partner - Strategy & Transactions, EY
Kevin Johnson – Partner, Deloitte
Takahiro Nakayama – Chief Investment Officer, Nomura Asset Management
Barry Kenneth – Chief Investment Officer, Pension Protection Fund
Gillian Murray – Exec Director - Scotland Private Bank Lead, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Jonathan Thompson – Chief Executive, Alba Bank
Vicky Gorman – Chief Operations Officer, Fintech Scotland
Jimmy Williamson – Executive Investment Director, Scottish National Investment Bank
Danielle McKinlay – Invest Aberdeen Team Leader, Invest Aberdeen Office
Graham Hatton – Partner, Office For Investment
Richard Bogie – Journalist, The Times
Tim Campbell – Chief Executive, Baillie Gifford
Joseph Twigg – Chief Executive, Aveni
Iain Mackie – Co-Founder & Chief Executive, Malted.Ai
David Scalley – Managing Director, AJT Engineering Limited
Kristof Van Loon – General Manager, Deme Concessions Wind
Lenny Collins – Group Managing Director, Dron & Dickson
Maggie McGinlay – Chief Executive, Energy Transition Zone Ltd
Juergen Maier – Chair, Great British Energy
Martin Roughead – Chief Financial Officer, Haventus
Adam Morrison – UK Country Manager, Ocean Winds
Sarah Moore – Chief Executive, Peterson Energy Logistics
Keith Anderson – Chief Executive, Scottish Power
Claire Mack – Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables
Martin Pibworth – Chief Executive, SSE
Tim Stedman – Chief Executive, Storegga
Alexander Lambert – Growth & Strategy Director, Strabag
Ian Mackenzie – Chief Executive, Trojan Energy
Steven Gray – Managing Partner, Ventex
Ian Taylor – Project Director, Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm, Thistle Wind Partners
Murray Whittaker – Director of Projects, Whittaker
Dan Rigby – Vice President, Wood Plc
Steve Nicol – Executive President, Wood Plc
Lorna Petrie – Finance Manager, Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners
Calum MacPherson – Chief Executive, Inverness & Cromarty Green Freeport
Jacqui Watt – Development Manager, Energy Transition Zone Ltd
Andrew Rose – Chief Financial Officer, Flotation Energy
Holly Garland – Senior Private Secretary, Great British Energy
Gareth Thomas – Co-Founder & Chief Executive, Graphite Earth
David Ross – Partner, Agrifood Investment Advisory LLP
Allan Stevenson – Chairman, Agrifood Investment Advisory LLP
Patricia Barclay – Director, Algisys
Thomas Farrugia – Chief Executive, Beta Bugs Limited
Professor David Argyle – Vice Principal and Head of College, University of Edinburgh
Matthew Baker – Founder, President and Chief Executive, Dxcover
David Rigterink – Chief Executive, Cytomos Ltd
Dr Deborah O’Neil OBE – Chief Executive Officer, Novabiotics Ltd
Ioannis Stasinopoulos – Chief Executive, Prozymi Biolabs
Peter Coleman – Chief Executive, Roslin Ct
Ian McCubbin – Chairman, Roslin Ct
Val Hughes-White – Ric & Agritech Innovation Director, Roslin Innovation Centre (Ric) - University Of Edinburgh
John Clinkenbeard – Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Roslin Technologies
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak – Regius Chair of Medicine/chief Scientist (health), University Of Glasgow/Scottish Government
Dr Glenn Corr – Chief Operating Officer, Taurx Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Mark Hanna – Director & Country Lead Asset Managemanet, Kadans Science Partner
John Duncan – Chief Financial Officer, Dxcover
Bruce Pritchard – Chief Executive, Liminal Bio Sciences
Natasha Nicholson – Chief Executive, Space Scotland
Mark Cook – Chair, Life Sciences Scotland
Sarah Anderson – Public Affairs and Government Relations Manager, UK Agri-Tech Centre
Chris Wardhaugh – Chief Executive, Phaser Biomedical
Carolyn porter – Chief Executive, Outrun Therapeutics
Aine Mishra – Head of Strategic Development, Taurx
Andy Bamford – Chief Executive, National Security Strategic Investment Fund
Allan Murley – Head of Distribution, UK, Sompo
Abdulla Almheiri – Principal Sovereign Partnerships, Mubadala Investment Company
Arleen Arnott – Partner, KPMG LLP
Cecile Retaureau – Head of Private Markets, Phoenix Group
Connar McBain – Head of Group Public Affairs, Phoenix Group
Melissa Lockett – Investment Director, Investment & Place Partnerships, Legal & General
Dr John Tang – Growth Partner, Intrepid Growth Partners
Emma Griffin – Chair, UK Financial Institutions Group, Rothschild
Grant Macrae – Master, Royal Company Of Merchants
Indranil Nath – Chair IoD Japan Business Group, Institute Of Directors
Kalle Juhani – Owner, Kes Group
Kieran Borrett – Director, UK, Plug and Play Tech Centre
Lolita Jackson MBE – Executive Director of Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Development Capital LLP
Patrik Jakas – Chief Financial Officer, Tramigo
Peter Branner – Chief Investment Officer, Aberdeen
Peter Shen – Managing Director, Global Head of Private Debt & Loan, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (Aimco)
Lida Sun – Business Director, Private Credit, Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Ross Liston – Chief Executive, M&G
Sara Palmer – Head of Investment, Innovate UK Business Connect
Scott Irvine – Managing Director, Rabobank
Shailendra Shah – Head of Long-Dated Origination, Royal London Asset Management
Sherry Coutu CBE – Serial Entrepreneur, Ned, Interactive Investor, Phoenix, Pearson, Raspberry Pi
Stephen Moir – Head of Corporate Affains, Macquarie Group
Wenjian Fang – Chief Executive, Bank of China UK
Anthony Marlowe – Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Rothesay
Tim Reid – Chief Executive, UK Export Finance
Lara McGrath – Export Finance Manager, UK Export Finance
Carol Anne Harvey – Export Finance Manager, UK Export Finance
Takahiro Yamaoku – Chief Investment Officer (Active Global Investments), SBI International Limited
Campbell Martin - Market Advisor, City of London Corporation
Matthew Hurn OBE – Chief Financial Officer, Mubadala Investment
Masatoshi Tsubo – Chief Representative, Sumitomo Life Insurance
Lin Wu – General - Secretary of Cccuk, China Chamber Of Commerce In The UK (Cccuk)
Katherine Rowlingson – Assistant Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of London, City of London Corporation
Kay Abdilahi - Assistant Director of Media (Financial Services), City of London Corporation
Lisa Dimon - Assistant Director - Global Trade Promotion, City of London Corporation
Anastatia Nishnianidze, Trade & Investment Director, City of London Corporation
Dame Susan Rice – Chair, Forth Green Freeport
Tom Morris – Trade & Investment Manager, Forth Green Freeport
Daniel Cannizzaro – Founding Partner, Global Growth Partners
Tomoo (Tomo) Asaka – Manager, International Business Development Dept., Tokio Marine
Xinna Wang – Director of Accounting Services, Yingke Law Firm
Jing Liu – Head of Power & Renewables, SMBC Bank International Plc
Hayden Smith – Head of Debt, Mountside Ventures
Vidur Bahree – Group Investment Director, Royal London
Andrew Myhill – Director of Public Affairs UK & EMEA, Aon
Mishal Alrammah – Associated Companies Director, GOSI
Tomo Asaka – Manager, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc
Sarah Alhudaithi – Senior Investment Lead, General Organization for Social Insurance- KSA
Haoyu Wang – UK Chief Executive, Ming Yang Uk Renewable Energy Company Limited
Ying Sun – Head of Corporate Strategy, Huatai Securities
Madeleine Ryan - Operations Manager, City of London Corporation
Jing Li – Deputy Head of Risk Department, China Construction Bank London Branch
Aimin Yang – General Manager, China Construction Bank London Branch
jianhao xu – Renewables, China Construction Bank London Branch
Zhongqi Cai – Head of Structured Finance, China Construction Bank London Branch
Abdulla Al Zamil – Chairman, Gulf International Bank
James Atkinson – Director, UK Institutional, Aberdeen Investments
Martin Valenti – Director of Investment and Sustainable Enterprise, South Of Scotland Enterprise
Ewan Hunter – Chief Executive, The Hunter Foundation
Dag Lee – Chief Executive, NileHQ
Ana Stewart – Investment Partner, Eos
Neil Kindness – Senior Funding Partner, Altruistic Commercial Finance
Lauren Pascu – Investment Lead, Scottish Cities Alliance
Daniel Clark-Gibb – Project Officer, Scottish Cities Alliance
Suliman Aujan – Chief Executive, Urbium Capital
Mikheil Nibladze – Managing Director, Cerberus Frontiers
Jessica Hill – Director, Future Planet Captial
Douglas Hansen-Luke – Executive Chairman, Future Planet Captial
Andrew Liddle – Senior Advisor, True North
Geoff Aberdein – Managing Partner, True North
Jackie Leiper – Chair Scottish Executive Committee, Lloyds Banking Group
Mike McCudden – Chief Executive, InfinitX
Neil McLellan – Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Engine Associates Limited
Roland Inglis – Partner/Head of Scotland & North England, Capco
Fraser Wilson – Partner - Head of FS Regions, PwC
Vineet Jain – Director, Synechron
Bruce Stephen – Partner, Brodies LLP
David Anderson – Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Carl Sizer – Chief Markets Officer, PwC
Adrian Gillespie – Chief Executve, Scottish Enterprise
Martin Roughead – Chief Financial Officer, Haventus
Sandy Begbie – Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Ben Rose – Director of Public Policy and Communications, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Jayne Currie – Director of Membership Services, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Sara Votta – Programme Manager, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Peter Horne – PR & Communications Manager, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Harry Meighan – Marketing Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Christy Francis – Marketing & Events Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Tom Langdale-Hunt – Administrator, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Alasdair Campbell – Director, Infrared Capital Partners
Dr Liz Cameron – Chief Executive, Scottish Chambers Of Commerce
Richard Rollison – Director of International Trade & Investment, Scottish Government
Sinclair Dunlop – Managing Partner, Epidarex
Louisa Knox – Solicitor and Partner, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Samantha Hunter – Senior Manager - Deals, PwC LLP
Scott Lawson – Partner, PwC
Jason Morris – PwC Scotland Market Senior Partner, PwC
Max McGowan – Chief Financial Officer, Nebu-Flow
Lorna Kelly – Strategic Development Director, Maven Capital
Patrick Mallon – Senior Manager - Banking Risk, PwC
Samuel Jellard – Founder, Mycovolt Technologies
Dr. Naji Alshammasi – General Manager of Assets and Liabilities Management, Gosi
Liz Roper – Senior Partner, Epidarex
Syed Ahmad Muslim – Assistant Investment Manager, Strathclyde Pension Fund
Pasi Vana Vanttinen – Chief Financial Officer, Valo Hotel & Work Group
Amanda Young – Sustainability Executive, Independent Consultant
Sarah Murray – Chief Executive, Forth Green Freeport
Abdulaziz Alghifaili – Invest Saudi UK Office Director, Saudi Investment Promotion Authority Sipa
Fiona Mettam – Director, Scotland Office
Paul Funnel – Head of Investment, Scottish Enterprise
Mark Hamilton – Head of Infrastructure Investment, Scottish Enterprise
Victoria Carmichael – Director, Growth, Property, Infrastructure, Scottish Enterprise
Anne Marie Rowland – Chief Executive, Capco
Jin Li – Chairman and Chief Executive, HitGen
John Howland-Jackson – Senior Advisor and Non-Executive Director, Amova Asset Management
Gerry McGarvey – Councillor Leader, Stirling Council
Allan Maguire – Head of Economy and Development, Highland Council
Max Carcas – Strategic Advisor, Synchrostor Limited
Omar Shaikh – Managing Director, Global Ethical Finance Initiative
Faisal K. Abubotain – Banking Director, Mizuho Saudi Arabia Company
Calum Paterson – Chairman & Senior Partner, Scottish Equity Partners
Greig Cameron – Scottish Business Editor, The Times
John Hatflield – Second City Communications
Dani Hristova – Chief Executive, IIMI
Manek Marwaha – Enterprise Operations Transformation, PwC
Alex Jones – Managing Director, Ares Management
Patrick Graham – Regional Director, BGF
Martin Mclaren – Partner, Maven Capital
Dr Paul Davies – Dean of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Dr Morag Martin – Innovation Cluster Manager, Life Sciences Innovation Hub Uod
Katherine Gunderson – Chief Executive, Grand Bequest
Anne Lanc – Co-Founder, Ionburst
Ranganath Nadella – Founder, Urcash Financial Platform Services UK Ltd
Anj Chadha – Co-Founder and Chief Executive, ESG360 Risk Management Limited
Maciej Zurawski – Co-Founder & Chief Executive, Redeem Technologies
Nadeem Shakoor – Chief Operating Officer, ESG Disclose Ltd
Robin Peters – Chief Executive and Co-Founder, Snugg
Thomas Gillan – Chief Executive, Br-Dge
Asha Sangray – Chief Operating Officer, Profylr
Yi Dong – Assistant President, China Citic Bank London Branch
Peter Cunningham – Managing Director, UK Head of Services, Citi, Citi
Sonia Schulenburg – Chief Executive, Level E Research
Paul Valente – Director, Venture Banking, NatWest GroupVenture Capital
Aidan MacMillan – Investment Director, Par Equity
Jamie Gray – Partner, Burness Paull LLP
Caroline Stevenson – Partner, Burness Paull LLP
Jon Shelley – Corporate Finance Partner, PwC
Chris Bush – Associate Director, PwC
Sam Hunter – Senior Manager, PwC
Neil Young – Investment and Development Director, Energy Transition Zone Ltd
Rob Innes
Dave Tudor – Chief Executive, Digital Technologies Group
Andrew McNeill – Managing Partner, Eos
Dr. Samran Alrashidi – First Secretary, Saudi Embassy Of The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia In London
Joe Ochei – Chief Executive, SeLoch Energy
Wilfred Emmanuel – Allied Energies Limited
Aleks Tomczyk – C-Suite Executive & Non-Executive Director, Estatesearch
Jack Merriman
Chris Shields – Executive Director, Capco
Walter Clark – Partner, Pinset Masons
Jules Salmond – Founder and Chief Executive, Ciendos