Speakers

Iain Stewart MP – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland

Ann Morrow Johnson

Executive Producer & Creative Director Walt Disney Imagineering

Judith Owens

CEO TBL International

Sandy Begbie CBE

Chief Executive - Scottish Financial Enterprise

John Davidson

Former Hostage Negotiator

Ivan McKee MSP

Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise

Kate Nicholls

CEO - UKHospitality

Bob Downie

Chief Executive - The Royal Yacht Britannia & Fingal Hotel

Aileen Lamb

Tourism & Creative Economy Manager, Scottish Enterprise

Barbara Smith

Managing Director - Johnnie Walker Princes Street

Chris Greenwood

Senior Tourism Insight Manager

Adrian Gillespie

CEO - Scottish Enterprise

Charlie McAlpine

CEO - Bonnie & Wild

James Bulmer

Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Wonderland Restaurants

Gavin Oattes

Author, Comedian and International Keynote Speaker

Jane Rennie

Founder, The Extraordinary Training Company

Jon Young

Director – BVA BDRC

Lucy Cascot

Chief Executive of Museums Galleries Scotland

Tim Owen

Head Gardener - Abbotsford

ALVA

George McLean

Senior Account Manager - Complete Works

Bala McAlinn

Managing Director - Complete Works

Vicki Miller

Director of Marketing - VisitScotland

Mollie Hughes

Adventurer

Peter Martin

Director - CM&Co

Susan Dickie

Head of Insight - VisitScotland

Caroline Bremner

Head of Travel Research - Euromonitor International

The Wilderness Group

Hugh Lightbody

Chief Officer, Business Gateway National Unit - COSLA

Simon Calder

Travel Journalist & Broadcaster

Philip Bartlett

Economist, Natwest Group

Alison McRae

Senior Director, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce

Sally Beck

General Manager of Royal Lancaster London and Founder of the Hoteliers’ Charter

Jo Hendrickx

Founder of Travel Without Plastic and Co-Founder of Greener Guest

Craig Burn

Director of Strategy and Policy Impacts - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships