US business ambassador building bridges

IAN HOUSTON, President of the Scottish Business Network US and Ambassador for SBN in Washington DC will visit Scotland this month. His visit is timed to tie in with COP26 and he will also come to Edinburgh where he will meet the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, speaking about trade and the broader US-Scottish relationship.

He will also talk to MSPs, their staff and civil servants, and while in

Edinburgh he will deliver a talk at the

Eric Liddell Centre about the importance of links between business and charities.

Ian said: "I am passionate about raising the profile of what I see is modern, creative, progressive, and entrepreneurial Scotland. Every day I am inspired. Scots and Scotland as a people and nation are loved and admired across the world, but still there is a lack of understanding of the modern and visionary Scotland beyond certain positive stereotypes. This is a key moment to be creative with international engagement, especially with the US.”