Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson is the Head of Group Communications of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (since October 2010). He has held a variety of posts with the Group including Head of Group Corporate Affairs (2008-2010), Deputy Chief Economist (2005-2007), Head of Group Media Relations (2003-2005) and worked on the acquisition of ABN AMRO and the subsequent integration planning team in Amsterdam.
From 1999 to 2003 he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament and the Shadow Minister on Finance, Economy and Transport and finally Economy and Lifelong Learning. During this same period he wrote a weekly column in the Sunday Mail and contributed to a variety of other publications.
Prior to his election he worked as an economist with the Government Economic Service (1993-1995); the SNP (1995-1997) and the Royal Bank of Scotland (1997-1999). Educated at St Andrews and Strathclyde Universities, he is a Trustee of The John Smith Memorial Trust, a member of the Governing Board of the Scottish Crop Research Institute and a Director of Motherwell Football Club. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and Member of the Institute of Fiscal Studies.