| Degree in Law from London University |
| worked in Local Government and as Senior Executive for the Law Society of England and Wales |
| was first Secretary of HIE and previously the Head of Secretariat of Highlands and Islands Development Board, and Secretary of the Highlands and Islands Development Consultative Council |
| Head of International Affairs within Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the UK Government's economic development and training agency for the whole of the North of Scotland |
| President of Euromontana |