Jim McDonald
Principal professor, Vice-Chancellor
University of Strathclyde
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Sir Jim Co-chairs, with the First Minister, the Scottish Government’s Energy Advisory Board. He is Chairman of the Independent Glasgow Economic Leadership Board and is a past-Chair of the Board of the Glasgow Science Centre.
He is delighted to act as the Chancellor of the Children's University, a charity raising education aspirations for children and their families. He is President of CESAER, the association of Universities of Science and Technology with 52 member institutions.
He currently holds several senior non-executive business appointments on the Boards of ScottishPower, the Weir Group, the UK Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Board and the UK National Physical Laboratory.
He chairs two of the pan-Scotland university research pools in Energy and Engineering.
Previously he has been a Board Member of: Scottish Enterprise; UKTI Energy Excellence Board; and, Scottish Science Advisory Committee. He has held other company positions with ASCADA (acquired by GE) and Axeda Systems, a NASDAQ quoted company.
