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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

First-degree level higher education

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 171

  1. Dale Jordan Thrupp 2024–2025 Director View profile
  2. Ulysse Tonnele-Verjus 2023–2025 Director View profile
  3. Scotty Scott 2022–2023 Director View profile
  4. Ken Haga Fairbrother 2021–2024 Director View profile
  5. Ruth Mcgowan 2021–2022 Director View profile
  6. Professor Mark O'Thomas 2021–2022 Director View profile
  7. Dr David John Paterson Hare 2021–2025 Director View profile
  8. John Anthony Craig 2020–2022 Director View profile
  9. Zweyla KaíMa Mitchell Dos Santos 2020–2022 Director View profile
  10. Philip Emanuel Rodney 2019–2025 Director View profile
  11. Susan Lee Kidd 2019–2021 Director View profile
  12. Jasmine Munns 2018–2020 Director View profile
  13. Nicholas Michael James Olsen 2018–2019 Director View profile
  14. Aidan Teplitzky 2017–2020 Director View profile
  15. Sir Jonathan Edward Harland Mills 2017–2020 Director View profile
  16. Colleen Mary Toomey 2017–2020 Director View profile
  17. Dr Anne Lorne Gillies 2017–2018 Director View profile
  18. Victoria Chen Wei 2017–2017 Director View profile
  19. William Stringer 2016–2018 Director View profile
  20. Tibetari Lang 2016–2020 Director View profile
  21. Professor Nicholas Christopher Dwelly Kuenssberg 2016–2022 Director View profile
  22. Mark Paris 2016–2019 Director View profile
  23. Jean Sangster 2016–2025 Director View profile
  24. Maria Alice Theresa Taylor 2015–2021 Director View profile
  25. Edmund Joseph Monaghan 2015–2025 Director View profile
  26. Fiona Catherine Ballantyne 2015–2018 Director View profile
  27. Agnes Lawrie Addie Shonaig Macpherson 2015–2017 Director View profile
  28. Ankna Arockiam 2015–2016 Director View profile
  29. Mohammad Amin Keshmiri 2015–2016 Director View profile
  30. Dr Laura Claire Bissell 2015–2018 Director View profile
  31. Catherine Elizabeth Marshall Williams Jackson 2014–2017 Director View profile
  32. Ian Andrew Mcbain 2014–2015 Director View profile
  33. Carol Betsy Lees Dickson Main 2014–2023 Director View profile
  34. Mark Murray Leishman 2013–2020 Director View profile
  35. Agnes Robson 2013–2022 Director View profile
  36. Iain Peter Jennison 2013–2014 Director View profile
  37. Dr Cindy Sughrue 2012–2016 Director View profile
  38. Luke Harris 2012–2013 Director View profile
  39. Donald James Renwick Macrae 2012–2021 Director View profile
  40. Gavin Donald Reid 2012–2018 Director View profile
  41. Stephen John Inch 2012–2015 Director View profile
  42. Mark Saunders 2012–2015 Director View profile
  43. John Francis Hylands 2011–2020 Director View profile
  44. Rachel Brimley 2011–2012 Director View profile
  45. Matthew John Chinn 2011–2014 Director View profile
  46. Paul Arthur Jourdan 2010–2016 Director View profile
  47. Parr, Christopher Alick, George 2010–2013 Director View profile
  48. Steven Brian Philips 2010–2011 Director View profile
  49. Professor Norman Neil Nicolson Gillies 2010–2019 Director View profile
  50. Rsamd 2010–2012 Corporate-director View profile
  51. Dr Donald Runnicles 2010–2012 Director View profile
  52. Gordon James Munro 2009–2012 Director View profile
  53. Norman Leonard Sharp 2009–2019 Director View profile
  54. Rose-Ann Healy 2008–2011 Director View profile
  55. Vicky Featherstone 2008–2013 Director View profile
  56. Berry Dean Mcaleer 2007–2009 Director View profile
  57. Jean Urquhart MBE 2007–2011 Director View profile
  58. Eileen Alison Mackay 2007–2016 Director View profile
  59. Joyce Elizabeth Goodwin 2007–2016 Director View profile
  60. Professor Niall Lothian 2007–2011 Director View profile
  61. Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie 2007–2016 Director View profile
  62. Sir Brian John Mcmaster 2006–2014 Director View profile
  63. Vallance of Tummel, Iain David Thomas, the Lord Vallance of Tummel 2006–2016 Director View profile
  64. James Gourlay 2006–2008 Director View profile
  65. James Young Miller 2006–2013 Director View profile
  66. Professor Maggie Kinloch 2006–2016 Director View profile
  67. Dr Peter Henderson Inness 2005–2006 Director View profile
  68. Kirstin Marie Cameron Sharpin 2005–2007 Director View profile
  69. Ronald Gurr 2005–2006 Director View profile
  70. Caroline Cochrane 2005–2008 Director View profile
  71. Christopher Simon Gorman OBE 2005–2010 Director View profile
  72. Michael Owers 2004–2005 Director View profile
  73. Russell Gilbert Colley Boyce 2004–2005 Director View profile
  74. John Bullard Gray 2004–2007 Director View profile
  75. Thomas Gilchrist 2004–2013 Director View profile
  76. Hugh Matthew Hodgart 2004–2009 Director View profile
  77. Margaret Anne Friday 2003–2004 Director View profile
  78. John Mccormick 2003–2008 Director View profile
  79. Alan Scott 2003–2008 Director View profile
  80. George Lowden Edwards 2002–2008 Director View profile
  81. Professor Joseph Thomson 2002–2008 Director View profile
  82. Louise Catherine Mitchell 2002–2011 Director View profile
  83. Naheed Cruickshank 2002–2006 Director View profile
  84. Pauline Elizabeth Sim 2002–2003 Director View profile
  85. Alan William Ward 2002–2005 Director View profile
  86. Ian Duncan Charles Smith 2002–2005 Director View profile
  87. Professor John Bain 2002–2006 Director View profile
  88. Peter Frank Ogilvie Cross 2002–2005 Director View profile
  89. John Williamson Wallace 2002–2014 Director View profile
  90. Dr Donna Soto-Morettini 2001–2004 Director View profile
  91. Kate Jane Williams 2001–2002 Director View profile
  92. Dr Bridget Mary Mcconnell 2001–2013 Director View profile
  93. Sarah Jane Kershaw Franchi 2001–2004 Director View profile
  94. Philip Anthony Oppenheim 2001–2013 Director View profile
  95. Professor Celia Patricia Duffy 2001–2003 Director View profile
  96. Sir Robert Russell Hillhouse 2000–2008 Director View profile
  97. Michaela Dunne 2000–2001 Director View profile
  98. Richard Findlay 2000–2004 Director View profile
  99. Neil Herriot 1999–2000 Director View profile
  100. Lisa Jane Davidson 1998–1999 Director View profile
  101. Douglas Turner Boyd 1998–2007 Director View profile
  102. William Francis Magee 1998–2007 Director View profile
  103. Dr James Rowland Mitchell 1998–2007 Director View profile
  104. Alexandra Mary Rutherford 1997–1998 Director View profile
  105. Vladimir Mirodan 1996–2001 Director View profile
  106. Right Honourable Lord Brian Gill 1996–2006 Director View profile
  107. Robert Hugh Gallagher 1995–1997 Director View profile
  108. William John English 1994–2000 Director View profile
  109. Paul Michael Hughes 1994–1996 Director View profile
  110. Robert Malcolm Love 1994–2002 Director View profile
  111. Ellin, Duncan John, Captain 1994–2002 Director View profile
  112. Lorna Willene Jackson 1994–2002 Director View profile
  113. Leslie James Brand 1994–1995 Director View profile
  114. James Archibald Scott 1994–1994 Director View profile
  115. Dr Bartholomew John Mcgettrick 1994–2002 Director View profile
  116. John Bradley Shaw 1994–2002 Director View profile
  117. Lorenzo Mele 1993–1994 Director View profile
  118. Michael Mcgovern 1993–1993 Director View profile
  119. Robert Keith Simpson 1993–1994 Director View profile
  120. William John Garrett 1993–1993 Director View profile
  121. Jean Moore 1993–1996 Director View profile
  122. Mark Denis Stevenson 1992–1993 Director View profile
  123. Ian Matthew Wilson 1992–2000 Director View profile
  124. Alan Nicol Duncan 1991–2003 Director View profile
  125. William Joseph Wright 1991–1992 Director View profile
  126. Malcolm Mciver O.B.E 1991–1998 Director View profile
  127. Professor Graham Barry Hair 1991–1999 Director View profile
  128. Irvine Allan 1990–1991 Director View profile
  129. Robert Thomson 1990–1998 Director View profile
  130. Stewart William Mccreath 1990–2002 Director View profile
  131. Craig Robert Jackson 1989–1990 Director View profile
  132. Gilmore, Stan, Justice of the Peace 1989–1988 Director View profile
  133. Jan Brown Inglis Mcdonald 1989–1994 Director View profile
  134. Andros Stakis 1989–1991 Director View profile
  135. Thomas Renfrew Bone 1989–1988 Director View profile
  136. Robert Mann Innes 1989–1994 Director View profile
  137. Anne Cunningham 1989–1992 Director View profile
  138. Lady Oona Mairi Macfie Ivory D.L. 1989–2000 Director View profile
  139. Paul Hugh Alexander Stenhouse 1989–1990 Director View profile
  140. Robert Mackenzie Downie 1989–2000 Director View profile
  141. John Alister Davidson 1989–1989 Director View profile
  142. Robin Noel Barr 1992 Director View profile
  143. Anthony Harold Brown 1991 Director View profile
  144. Raymond Macleod Williamson 2002 Director View profile
  145. Harley Loudon 1988 Director View profile
  146. Raymond Monelle 1988 Director View profile
  147. Kenneth Newis 1988 Director View profile
  148. Ian Wooldridge 1990 Director View profile
  149. William Mcintosh Millar 1991 Director View profile
  150. Mcallister, Rita, Doctor 2005 Director View profile
  151. Sir Alexander Drummond Gibson 1991 Director View profile
  152. Elizabeth Ann Field 1988 Director View profile
  153. Charles Mccafferty 1988 Director View profile
  154. John Neill Anderson 1992 Director View profile
  155. Jack Keaney 1988 Director View profile
  156. Ronald Vincent Singleton 2002 Director View profile
  157. Sally Simpson 1989 Director View profile
  158. Martin Fuller Vernon Heller 1994 Director View profile
  159. Albert Edward Argent 1996 Director View profile
  160. Dr Marjorie Elizabeth Rycroft 1988 Director View profile
  161. Sir Philip Stevens Ledger 2001 Director View profile
  162. Morrison Alexander Rankin Dunbar 1991 Director View profile
  163. Walter Wolfe 1994 Director View profile
  164. Richard Allan Milloy Blackburn 1988 Director View profile
  165. Dr Thomas Renfrew Bone 1988 Director View profile
  166. Peter Nicholas D'Souza 1988 Director View profile
  167. Eric Herbert Webster 1991 Director View profile
  168. Lindsey Shields 2018–2021 Secretary View profile
  169. William Mcewan Hainey 2013–2018 Secretary View profile
  170. Alan John Robertson Smith 2005–2013 Secretary View profile
  171. Agnes Isobel Fowler 2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
First-degree level higher education; Post-graduate level higher education; Other education n.e.c.
Incorporated
13/12/1900
Previous names
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (until 01/09/2011)
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

23 directors on the board

4.5y median 5.1y
average tenure
11.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (12)

Portfolio (11)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 5Arts and leisure 4Business services 3Finance 2Hospitality 1Professional services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
SC004703
Status
Active
Type
PRIV LTD SECT. 30 (Private limited company, section 30 of the Companies Act)
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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