The Most Revd David Chillingworth - President of Council

DavidChillingworthBishop David was born in Dublin and was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and Royal Belfast Academical Institution.He read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, and Theology at Oriel College, Oxford. He trained for ministry at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, and was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1976. As well as parish experience in Belfast and Bangor, he served as Church of Ireland Youth Officer. He was Rector of Seagoe Parish Portadown, Dean of Dromore and Archdeacon of Dromore. Elected Bishop of St Andrews in 2004, he                                 moved to Scotland in 2005 and was elected Primus of the Scottish                                 Episcopal Church in 2009. David has been a member of Council since                             2006 and also sits on the Committee of Council. David is a regular                               writer and broadcaster.  He is married to Alison and they have three                                 grown-up children.

Frank Gerstenberg – Chairman of Council

FrankGerstenbergFrank was educated at Glenalmond College (1954-59) and was a pupil in Patchell's House. He read Modern History at Clare College, Cambridge graduating in 1962. The following year he gained his teaching qualification (PGCE). Frank has taught in schools in England and Scotland, and has held headships at Oswestry School, Shropshire, and at George Watson's College, Edinburgh from 1985 – 2001. Frank writes regularly on educational topics. He has been a member of Council since 2000, Chairman since 2005 and sits on the Education Committee. He is married with a grown up son and twin                                  daughters and lives in Gullane, East Lothian.

Harry Morgan – Chairman of Committee of Council

HarryMorganEducated at Glenalmond College (1973-78) Harry was a boarder in Matheson's House. He read history at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating in 1982. Harry is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and is currently Head of Investment Management at Adam & Company. He has been a Council Member since 2001 and has been Chairman of Committee of Council since mid-2007. Married and with two grown up daughters, the younger of whom is an OG, Harry lives in Edinburgh.

 The Earl of Home CVO CBE

LordDavidHomeDavid Douglas-Home was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He inherited the title of the Earl of Home in 1995.Lord Home was appointed Chairman of Coutts & Co on 1 June 1999. His directorships include:RBS Coutts Bank Ltd, Grosvenor Group Ltd (Chairman), Grosvenor Estate Holdings, Wheatsheaf Investments Ltd, British Malaysian Society (President), RBS Asset Management Ltd, Ditchley                            Foundation (Governor), Douglas & Angus Estates, Dubai Financial                                 Services Authority, and the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Lord                            Home is an active member in the House of Lords. He is married with                            two daughters and one son. He has been a Member of Council since                              1995.

Ian Wilson CBE

IWilsonIan spent 37 years as an international officer with Standard Chartered Bank, retiring in 1998, when he was awarded a CBE for services to banking and the community in Hong Kong. During the period 1994 to 1998 he was General Manager responsible for Hong Kong, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. He was General Manager for the regions Middle East and South Asia from 1992 to 1994 and was Chief Executive of the Hong Kong branches 1990 to 1992. Ian is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bank of Communications,                             Shanghai China and a member of Court of the University of                            Abertay, Dundee. Ian joined Council in 1998 and sits on Committee of                             Council. Ian is married and had two sons at Coll, Ramsay was a pupil                             in Cairnies House in (1982-87), and Mark also in Cairnies (1984-89).

Andrew Primrose

APrimroseAndrew was educated at Glenalmond College (1952-57) in Matheson's House. He read Classics at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1961. He qualified as a solicitor in 1964, having gained an LLB at Glasgow University. From 1966 to 2002 he was a partner in the legal firm of Maclay Murray & Spens, specialising in property law and latterly in environmental law. In 1989 he helped to establish the firm's London office and was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1994. Andrew was Chairman of the OG Club from 1997 to 2000 and has                            been an elected member of Council since 2000. He is Chairman of                               several Scottish charitable trusts, including The University of Glasgow                             Trust. Andrew is married, with a son, David (Matheson's House 1978-                            1983) and a daughter and lives in Bearsden, Glasgow.

Alastair Dunlop

ADunlopAlastair Dunlop was educated at Glenalmond College (1964-69), where he was a boarder in Patchell's House,and the University of Dundee (LLB). He was admitted as a solicitor in 1976 and to the Faculty of Advocates in 1978. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990 and Sheriff Principal of Tayside, Central & Fife in 2000, Alastair is vice chairman of the Northern Lighthouse Board. He has been a member of Council since 2001. Alastair is married and lives in Midlothian.

 

Hilary Menzies (Lady Menzies)

HMenziesHilary was educated at St Leonards and is married to Duncan Menzies Goodacre's (1966-1970). She trained as an Occupational Therapist and graduated in 1974 working principally in the neurology department of Edinburgh Sick Children's Hospital, but also for short spells at the Centre for Spastic Children both in London and Dublin. Since 1980 Hilary has run her own textiles business, Pride of Lammermuir, designing and producing bespoke fabrics. Hilary breeds Wensleydale sheep and has served both on the Breeder's Council, and as a                             Wensleydale representative on the National Sheep Breeder's                             Association. Hilary and Duncan have two sons Jamie (Patchell's 1999–                           2004) and Ruaraidh (Patchell's 2000-2006) and has been a member of                            Council since 2002.

David MacRobert

DMacRobertDavid was educated at Glenalmond College (1967-72) and was a pupil in Goodacre's House. He read law at Dundee University graduating in 1975. He joined the family firm in 1977 becoming a partner in 1980, when he became the fourth generation of lawyers in the family firm. David was Treasurer of the OG Club for over twenty years. Living in Paisley, he is married with a young son who he hopes will be educated at Glenalmond. David has been on Council since 1989 and sits on the Committee of Council.

 Rt Hon Lord Kingarth (Derek Emslie)

DEmslieDerek was educated at Glenalmond (1962-66) and was a boarder in Patchell's House. He read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and law at Edinburgh University. He was called to the Bar in 1974 and took silk in 1987. Derek was appointed to the High Court Bench in 1996, and to the Inner House and Privy Council in 2005. He is married with two daughters and one son, all of whom were educated at Glenalmond. He has been a member of Council since 2004.             

Alastair Campbell

ACampbellAlastair was educated at Ampleforth College. He joined the Army and served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1972-1996. On leaving the Army he went briefly into the hotel trade but quickly decided that it was not for him or his young family. He joined the Civil Service and worked for the MOD in Glasgow and Stirling. On the formation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in March 2006 he became Regimental Secretary of the new enlarged Regiment working in Edinburgh Castle. His step son was in Skrine's 2002-2006 and his son is now in Goodacre's. He has been on Council since 2004 and sits                            on the Health & Safety Committee. He lives in Stirlingshire with his                            wife, Rosie, three sons and a host of varied animals.

Sandy Bushby

SBushbySandy attended school and university in the United States. Upon returning to the UK she worked in insurance and banking. In 1975 she joined the Industrial Society and became the Adviser for Leadership. In 1980, Sandy started her own management development company, LPT Productions which has been running successfully for nearly 30 years. In 1999 Sandy fought and won the Rosemount seat in the Local Government election and was a councillor for 8 years. She was appointed Deputy Leader of Perth and Kinross Council in 2000. Sandy has been a board member of Scottish Enterprise Tayside, Perth                            College, Chair of The Perthshire Independent Schools Partnership and                            has been a member of Glenalmond Council since 2004. She sits on                                the Committee of Council and the Education Committee. Sandy lives                             in Perthshire and is married with two daughters and one son who all                             attended Glenalmond College.

David Sibbald

DSibbaldDavid was educated at Glenalmond College (1961-66) a pupil in Skrine's House. He studied Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot Watt University graduating in 1973 joining Robert Hurd & Partners in Edinburgh and founding his own Architectural Practice in 1977 in Edinburgh before joining with the London practice of Carl Fisher and Partners 1979. He continues to work in the commercial sector for Private Developers and Public Companies, and was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. He has been a member of the Council since 2005 and sits on the                            Committee of Council. He is married with a grown up son, also                              educated at Glenalmond and lives in Edinburgh.

Graeme Houston

GHoustonGraeme was educated at Kelvinside Academy Glasgow, and Glenalmond College (1974-79), a pupil in Matheson's House. He read Natural Sciences at Magdalene College, Cambridge and then Medicine at St Thomas's Hospital London, graduating in 1987. Returning to Scotland he pursued medical and then radiology training in Glasgow and Vancouver, Canada, before taking up a consultant radiologist post in Dundee in 1995. He has been committed to developing new patient services as well as research and teaching. He was appointed as Professor of Clinical Imaging, University of Dundee in 2009. Graeme is                            married with three children. All have been, or are currently at                            Glenalmond as day or boarding pupils. He has been a member of                             Council since 2005 and sits on the Health & Safety Committee.

Clare Lorenz

CLorenzClare was educated at school in Cambridge after which she trained as an architect at the Architectural Association School in London. She worked in Frankfurt and London before becoming a journalist and writer on architecture, education and business ethics. She started the charity Children of High Intelligence to support the academically very able child and helped initiate the current nationwide Gifted and Talented pupils' scheme in England. She worked for ten years as an Ofsted inspector from a lay background running, or being part of, school inspection teams throughout England. She has been a                            member of Council since 2007 and sits on the Education Committee.                            She has two grown up children and lives in Edinburgh.

John Squire

JSquireA geology graduate who underwent his secondary education at Charterhouse School, John obtained his Masters degree in Engineering Geology in 1977. He then went on to work for more than 17 years in the upstream oil industry, initially in the engineering services field and then for BP. He obtained an MBA in 1993 and, since 1995, has worked as a Senior Manager in the energy trading and risk management function of Scottish and Southern Energy plc in Perth. John is a director of a number of SSE subsidiary companies, and is authorised as an Approved Person by the FSA (Financial                            Services Authority) to carry out a number of Controlled Functions                            associated with his employer's commodity trading activities. He is a                            Trustee of the Scottish Hydro-Electric Pension Scheme. He joined                            Council in 2007 and sits on Committee of Council. John's wife, Helen                            is a Medical Consultant. Their 2 daughters entered Glenalmond                            College in 2007.The family live in the countryside near Perth.

Claire Walker

CWalkerDr Claire Walker was brought up in the Borders and was educated at St Leonards, St Andrews (1970-79). She studied medicine at Newnham College, Cambridge and then at Edinburgh Medical School where she gained her MBChB in 1986. Claire has worked in Edinburgh and the Lothians since qualifying, except for a three year spell in Hong Kong. She has worked in general practice since 1990. Since 2003 Claire has been working part-time in Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh and as a GP to multiply-handicapped children at the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh. She was on the Princes Trust Action Committee (Lothian                            and Borders), 1990-93 and 1996-98. She is a Trustee on the                            Foundation for Skin Research and of the Children's Hospice                             Association Scotland. Claire has been a member of Council since                            early 2008 and lives in Gullane.

Tom Walker

TWalkerEducated at Lathallan and then boarding at Glenalmond (1973-78) in Matheson's House, Tom went on to read Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He completed his CA at Thomson Mclintock (now KPMG) in Edinburgh and since 1987 has been an asset manager focussing first on equities in Asia ex Japan and more recently, in North America. As well as managing funds, he advises a number of charities and institutions on investment allocation. He has three children, one student son who is an OG and two daughters still at Coll. His wife, Claire is also a member of Council. He is chairman of the OG Club                            Scholarship Fund and sits on the school Council during his three year                            tenure as chairman of the OG Club, which commenced in 2009.

Right Rev Mark J Strange

MStrangeBishop Mark was brought up and educated in Aberdeen; he read Divinity at Aberdeen University before completing his studies at Lincoln Theological College. Bishop Mark served his Title at St Barnabas Church in Worcester before becoming Vicar of St Wulstan's, Worcester. Bishop Mark returned to Scotland and served as Rector of Elgin, Lossiemouth, Aberlour and Dufftown as well as Synod Clerk of Moray. He was elected Bishop of the diocese in 2007 and appointed as a member of Council of Glenalmond College in                            2009. Bishop Mark has responsibility for the Youth Programme of the                            Scottish Episcopal Church and organises the annual summer camps                            Glenalmond. Bishop Mark is married to Jane and has three children;                            Bishops House is on the Black Isle at Arpafeelie.