Scottish Conservative candidate for Angus and Perthshire Glens

• Jun 2023 - Present

Member of the Scottish Parliament

• May 2021 - Present

Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education & Skills

• Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

Chief Whip, Scottish Conservatives

• May 2021 - Oct 2022

Convenor; Education, Children and Young People Committee

• Jun 2021 - May 2022

Vice-chair of the APPG for Fairer Business Banking

• Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

Vice-chair of the APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief

• Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Leader of the House of Lords

• Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing

• May 2018 - Dec 2019

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Wood Panel Industry

• Apr 2018 - Dec 2019

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Professional Sales

• Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

Member of the Business, Energy, Industrial Strategy Select Committee

• Sep 2017 - Dec 2019

Member of Parliament

• Jun 2017 - Dec 2019

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict

• Sep 2017 - Oct 2018

EMEA Sales Operations Leader

• Jan 2016 - Jun 2017

Regional Sales Leader - UK, Ireland and France

• Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

Regional Sales Leader - UK, Ireland, Nordic & Benelux

• Aug 2010 - Mar 2015

European Distributor Account Manager

• Apr 2008 - Aug 2010

District Manager

• Mar 2006 - Apr 2008

Managing Director

• Jun 2004 - Mar 2006

Sales Director

• Apr 2000 - May 2004

Sales Director

• May 1997 - May 2004

Regional Sales Manager

• Jun 1991 - Apr 1997

Distributor Account Manager

• Jun 1989 - Jun 1991

Business Development Manager

• Sep 1988 - Jun 1989

Product Manager

• May 1988 - Sep 1988

Territory Sales Representative

• May 1986 - May 1988

Commission-only Sales Representative

• Jun 1981 - Sep 1983

Full-time Missionary

• Mar 1979 - Mar 1981

This was one of the most meaningful things I did as a young man - perhaps in my life! I worked as an unpaid volunteer representative of my faith, teaching lessons and making presentations to individuals, families and larger groups. I was also served as a leader. I started off as a district leader (a district being between 6 and 8 other peers) before being a zone leader (a zone was a group of between 20 and 30 at most). Eventually, I was also an assistant to the mission president which involved supervising and leading the entire mission which at its height was about 260 in number. The majority of the missionaries belonging to my age bracket (18-21) were from 28 different countries and 28 different states of the United States. My role as a mission leader was to help train and inspire the other missionaries and to create a culture of accountability through goal setting, planning and reporting. Show less

Bank Officer

• May 1977 - Mar 1979

I joined the bank from school as a junior bank officer. I was a bank teller serving the public at a counter, balancing the cash and worked in account ledgers. I sat and passed my first year Scottish Institute of Bankers exams after a term of day-release to attend the then Dundee College of Commerce. I left the bank to serve my mission in London. I joined the bank from school as a junior bank officer. I was a bank teller serving the public at a counter, balancing the cash and worked in account ledgers. I sat and passed my first year Scottish Institute of Bankers exams after a term of day-release to attend the then Dundee College of Commerce. I left the bank to serve my mission in London.