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Tavish Scott
- Chief Executive Officer at Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, former Member of the Scottish Parliament and Minister for Transport and Telecommunications
About Tavish Scott
Tavish Scott is Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Association. He previously was Head of External Affairs for Scottish Rugby (2019-20) and MSP for Shetland (1999-2019).
He served as a government minister in various portfolios, held various parliamentary positions and is a former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
Tavish is non-executive director of Shetland Space Centre and is on the board of Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association, part of the UK Wide People for Places Group, and a visiting Professor for the Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University.
Tavish has an honours degree in Business Management from Napier Edinburgh University
