Kenny Baillie

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Kenny Baillie
Birth nameKenny Baillie
Place of birth Scotland
SchoolHutchesons' Grammar School
University University of Edinburgh
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow Academicals ()
– Glasgow Hawks ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-97 Glasgow 1 (0)
Correct as of 18 July 2015
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U21
Correct as of 17 July 2015

Kenny Baillie is a former CEO of the rugby clubs Glasgow Hawks, Glasgow Warriors and London Scottish; and a former player of Glasgow Hawks and Glasgow Warriors.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Starting his amateur career at Glasgow Academicals on the merger of Glasgow High Kelvinside with the club to form Glasgow Hawks, Baillie was to become a Hawks player.

Baillie captained Glasgow Hawks as a player.

Professional career

He was to be called up by Glasgow Rugby (now Glasgow Warriors) for their 1996 match against AS Montferrand (now Clermont) in the European Cup. [1]

International career

He was capped by Scotland at Under 21 level. [2]

Administration career

He was on the Board of Directors at Glasgow Hawks since 2005 and became their full-time CEO in 2008. [3]

Baillie was once again called up by the Warriors, this time as CEO in 2009. [4] He was to take over in October 2009 from Colin Thomson who held the position as caretaker when Ian Riddoch quit in July. [2] He held the post till the end of season 2011 and he tried again to quit rugby.

In March 2013 he moved back into rugby, becoming the CEO of London Scottish. [5] In the summer of 2015 he announced that he would quit the Exiles. [6]

Business career

After studying at the University of Edinburgh Baillie moved to the IT sector; first with software production then moving on to business development. He was the Business Development Director for the University of Strathclyde's spin-out Dynamic Knowledge Corporation and Vice President of business development for Graham America, Inc. (Graham Technology). [4] [3]

Relocating in London, he became an Account Director at Westfield Shoppingtowns Ltd. from 2011 to 2013; a company which owns shopping centres worldwide. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Match Centre - Amlin Challenge Cup - ERC - Official Website". ercrugby.com.
  2. 1 2 "BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - My Club - Glasgow - Baillie is new Glasgow chief exec". bbc.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 "Glasgow Warriors - Big changes at Hawks". glasgowwarriors.com.
  4. 1 2 "Kenny Baillie Confirmed As Warriors Chief Executive". scottishrugby.org.
  5. ↑ "Kenny Baillie To Begin New Role As London Scottish CEO". londonscottish.com.
  6. ↑ "Kenny Baillie to leave this summer". londonscottish.com.
  7. ↑ "Kenny Baillie". yorkhill.org.
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