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