Professor Sir Paul Grice

Sir Paul Grice, FRSE, FAcSS – Trustee since May 2024

Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen Margaret University Edinburgh since 2019.

Clerk and Chief Executive of the Scottish Parliament 1999 -2019.

Current non-executive roles: Board member, James Hutton Institute; Vice Convenor, Universities Scotland; Court member, The British University in Egypt; Council Member, Institute for Fiscal Studies;

Knighted in the New Year’s Honours List 2016.  Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2018. Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences 2020.

Previous roles: Trustee, Bank of Scotland Foundation, 2011-2020; Board Member, Edinburgh International Festival, 2013-2019; Board Member, Economic and Social Research Council, 2009-2015; Member of Court, University of Stirling, 2006-2013; Board Member, Policy Scotland (University of Glasgow) 2014-2019; Advisory Board Member, Scottish Centre for Social Research 2017-2020, Chair, Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland 2021-2023.

Graduated from the University of Stirling 1984. Joined Civil Service through “Fast Stream” programme 1985. Worked in various Civil Service roles in Whitehall – 1985 to 1992 and Scottish Office 1992 to 1999.