Business and Economics
- John Allan, CFO of Deutsche Post AG
- William Denholm Barnetson, Baron Barnetson (1917-1981), Chairman United Newspapers, Reuters and Thames Television
- Donald Brydon, Chairman of Smiths Group and the London Metal Exchange; Chairman-designate of Royal Mail
- Crawford W. Beveridge, Executive Vice President Sun Microsystems
- John Boyd Dunlop, founder of Dunlop Rubber
- Nicholas Ferguson, Chairman of BskyB
- Edwin Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation
- John Ritchie Findlay, owner of The Scotsman newspaper
- Ian Godden, CEO of Society of British Aircraft Constructors(SBAC)
- John Grahl, economist
- Hugh Grant, Chairman, President & CEO of Monsanto Company
- Tony Hayward, former CEO of BP
- John Kay, economist
- Christopher Lovelock, business school professor and services marketing pioneer
- Chris Montgomery, former CEO of mp3.com Europe
- Madsen Pirie, founder and President of the Adam Smith Institute
- David E.I. Pyott, Chairman and CEO of Allergan
- Peter J. Robertson, vice chairman of the board of directors for Chevron Corporation
- John Rae, economist
- Mike Ramsay, co-founder and Chairman of TiVo
- Henning Schulte-Noelle, Chairman of the Board Allianz SE
- Nigel Stein, Chief Executive of GKN plc
- Sir Brian Stewart, Chairman of Standard Life and Scottish & Newcastle
- George Touche, co-founder of Deloitte
- Sir David Tweedie, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
- Lord Swann, Chairman BBC
- Jack Waters, Vice-President Pfizer Inc.
- Arthur Young, founder of Ernst & Young
- Jerzy Żyżyński, prominent Polish economist
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