Elected: 2013
Discipline: Private Sector Leadership
Mr John Waddell
RSE Entrepreneurs' Club
After a career in legal practice in Edinburgh, as a corporate general counsel working internationally, then in banking and subsequently merchant banking John stood down as CEO of Archangels, the leading Scottish angel group in September 2015, having held that role for ten years. Since then he has advised on transactions in a private capacity and is presently chairman of three privately held companies, a non executive director of two more and of a VCT.
In addition he is a Visiting Professor at the Hunter Centre and sits on the Enterprise Investment Committee at Strathclyde University, is a trustee of the Abbotsford Trust and is on the International Advisory Board of Edinburgh University Business School.
In addition he is a Visiting Professor at the Hunter Centre and sits on the Enterprise Investment Committee at Strathclyde University, is a trustee of the Abbotsford Trust and is on the International Advisory Board of Edinburgh University Business School.