Ian Dickson BEM DL

Ian is Chair of The Willow Tea Rooms Trust. A corporate lawyer for 37 years, Ian retired as Chairman of MacRoberts in 2010. He was a Governor of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research from 2004 until 2014, a Director, then Chair of the Scottish Ensemble from 2004 to 2015 and a member of the University of Strathclyde Audit Committee from 2010 until 2015. He served as The Lord Dean of Guild of the Merchants House of Glasgow from May 2017 until May 2019.

He is a Founding Director of the Beatson Cancer Charity, a Director of the Scottish International Piano Competition, a Trustee of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland Endowment Trust, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Dunbartonshire.

Ian was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2013 New Year Honours List for services to the welfare of people with cancer in the West of Scotland, and the Strathclyde University Medal in 2019 for services to the University.