The Right Honourable Lady Elish Frances Angiolini is a Scottish solicitor. She was the lord advocate of Scotland from 2006 until 2011,having previously been solicitor general since 2001. She was the first woman,the first procurator fiscal,and the first solicitor to hold either post. Since September 2012,Angiolini has been the principal of St Hugh's College,Oxford. She has been a pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2017 and is an Honorary Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She also served as Chancellor of University of the West of Scotland from 2013 to 2021. Since leaving office she has led several investigations and inquiries,including a review of deaths in police custody commissioned by the then-Home Secretary Theresa May. In June 2022,she was appointed a Lady of the Order of the Thistle by Queen Elizabeth II;she is currently the only non-royal woman appointed to the order. In June 2023,she was appointed to the office of Lord Clerk Register by King Charles III,the first woman to hold the role since its creation in the 13th century.
Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott,PPRSE,FRCPSG,FMedSci,FRCPath was a Scottish microbiologist who was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.
Susan Margaret Black,Baroness Black of Strome,is a Scottish forensic anthropologist,anatomist and academic. She was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University and is past President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. From 2003 to 2018 she was Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee. She is President of St John's College,Oxford.
Anthony Cohen,CBE,FRSE is a British social anthropologist and served as Principal of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University.
Dame Louise Mary Richardson is an Irish political scientist whose specialist field is the study of terrorism. In January 2023,she became president of the philanthropic foundation,Carnegie Corporation of New York. In January 2016,she became the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford,having formerly been the principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews,and as the executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Her leadership at the University of Oxford played an important role in the successful development of a vaccine to combat COVID-19.
Dame Barbara Mary Kelly,is a Scottish civic activist. She is chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival,and Convener of the Crichton Foundation. She is also chair of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust.
Dame Seona Elizabeth Reid is a Scottish arts administrator who was director of the Glasgow School of Art from 1999 to 2013,and former director of the Scottish Arts Council from 1990 to 1999.
Dame Anna Felicja Dominiczak DBE FRCP FRSE FAHA FMedSci is a Polish-born British medical researcher,Regius Professor of Medicine - the first woman to hold this position,and the Chief Scientist (Health) for the Scottish Government. From 2010 to 2020,Dominiczak was the Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medical,Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow,Scotland. She is an Honourary Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist for the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board,and Health Innovation Champion for the Medical Research Council. From 2013 to 2015,Dominiczak was president of the European Society of Hypertension. She is the current Editor-in-Chief of Precision Medicine,a new journal launched in July 2023.
Dame Victoria Geraldine Bruce,,known as Vicki Bruce,is an English psychologist,Professor of Psychology and former Head of the School of Psychology at Newcastle University. She is known for her work on human face perception and person memory,including face recognition and recall by eyewitnesses and gaze. and other aspects of social cognition. She is also interested in visual cognition more generally. She was made a Dame in the 2015 Birthday Honours list.
Andrea Nolan is Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology and Principal &Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University. In 1999,she was the first woman ever appointed to head a British veterinary school.
Dame Lesley Anne Glover is a Scottish biologist and academic. She was Professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe. She served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to 2014. In 2018 she joined the Principal's senior advisory team at the University of Strathclyde.
Dame Muffy Calder is a Canadian-born British computer scientist,Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering,and Professor of Formal Methods at the University of Glasgow. From 2012 to 2015 she was Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government.
Prof Kathleen Janette Anderson OBE FRSE FRCC (1927–2002) was a 20th century Scottish biochemist,highly involved in the transition of Napier College into Napier University.
Dame Anne Helen Richards is the chief executive officer of Fidelity International.
Dame Sally Mapstone is a British academic who has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews since 2016.
Dame Susan Ilene Rice,Lady Rice,is a British banker,company and charity director and Chair of Scottish Water,Business Stream,North American Income Trust,and non-executive director of the Office for Budget Responsibility. In 2000 she became the first women to lead a British clearing bank.
Alice Brown is a Scottish academic who is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Chancellor of the University of Abertay as of 2019. She was on the consultative steering group that advised on procedural aspects when the new Scottish Parliament was being set up. Her work included promoting the equal representation of women. She was the first Scottish Public Services Ombudsman,serving for two terms between 2002 and 2009,and was a member of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council 2008–2012. She was a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life 1998–2003 and was elected as the first female General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) 2011–2013. She was chair of the Scottish Funding Council since until her term of office ended on October 2,2017.
Dame Denise Assunta Coia,was a Scottish psychiatrist and mental health advocate. Having originally trained in obstetrics,she retrained in psychiatry and spent the rest of her career working with and advocating for people in some of the most deprived communities in Scotland. She served as Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 2005 to 2010,Principal Medical Officer to the Scottish Government from 2006 to 2011,Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland from 2010 to 2018,and Convener of Children in Scotland from 2017 to 2019.
Professor Petra Wend CBE,FRSA,FRSE was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University between 2009 and 2019.
