The management team
Our senior management team, known as the Executive Board, is:
- Lena Wilson, Chief Executive
- Hugh Hall, Chief Financial Officer
- Paul Lewis, MD, Industries and Policy
Lena C Wilson: Chief Executive
Lena Wilson is Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise – Scotland’s main economic development agency.
Prior to this, Lena was Chief Operating Officer of Scottish Enterprise and the CEO of Scottish Development International, leading Scottish Enterprise in supporting companies to grow and Scottish Development International in helping to promote Scottish businesses overseas and attracting new high value investment to Scotland.
In a career spanning over 20 years, she has held a range of positions covering all aspects of economic development.
Seconded to World Bank in 1998 for 2 years, she worked in over 20 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia advising governments on private sector development
Lena is a Board member of the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust, Board of Management member of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland and Ambassador for the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. She has also held non executive roles in Arts and Leadership organisations.
Hugh Hall: Chief Financial Officer
Hugh Hall is Scottish Enterprise's Chief Financial Officer. Hugh has responsibility for all of Scottish Enterprise's finances and for ensuring that strategic financial management and value for money are at the heart of the business and its decision-making processes.
Hugh and his team work closely with the Scottish Government and other key stakeholders to ensure that public funding is invested to best effect to meet Scottish Enterprise's business objectives.
Hugh has lead responsibility for the following corporate functions:
- Finance,
- Innovative Funding,
- Investments,
- Audit,
- Legal Services,
- Procurement,
- Information Services (IS), and
- Corporate Services such as health and safety and facilities management.
Paul Lewis: MD, Industries and Policy
Paul Lewis is Scottish Enterprise’s Managing Director of Industries and Policy. Paul is responsible for setting clear measurable policy and priorities for Scottish Enterprise’s operational teams to deliver in response to the Scottish Government’s economic strategy and the demands of priority and growth industries. He has significant experience within Scottish Enterprise having undertaken roles in inward investment, urban regeneration and industries.