James Spowart

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Biographical Information

"Jim Spowart was the founder and Chief Executive of Direct Line Financial Services, Standard Life Bank and Intelligent Finance. Jim has considerable corporate experience and retired from Intelligent Finance in 2002.

"He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University for his contribution to banking and also to the economic development of the central belt of Scotland where he created over 5,000 banking jobs. Since he retired he has been involved in various consultancy projects and assisted many companies including providing consultancy advice to various banks located both abroad and in the UK.

"He is currently a Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (Special Economics Commission)."

Affiliations

• Director, Scottish Water