Sir Brian Gammell Ivory,

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Education and Career

Ivory graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971, and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1975. He became a director of The Highland Distilleries Company in 1978, managing director ten years later, chief executive in 1994 and

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in 1997 (serving until 1999). He has also been executive chairman of Macallan-Glenlivet (1996–99) and Scottish American Investment Company (2001–16), and has been a director of several companies, including Rémy Cointreau, the Bank of Scotland and HBOS. He is a Trustee of the Royal Collection Trust.

Political career

Outside of business, Ivory has involved himself in the administration of a number of arts organisations; he was the vice-chairman of the Scottish Arts Council between 1988 and 1992, chairman of the trustees of the

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from 2001 to 2009, and is a former chairman of the trustees of Dumfries House Trust. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1993 and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001. He was also appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1999, a Knight Bachelor in 2006, and a

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of the Royal Victorian Order in the

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Financial Statement

For all companies where Sir Brian Gammel Ivory holds a current appointment, the aggregate cash at bank value is £103.9m, a cumulative gross capital assets valuation of £578.8m and a total existing liabilities of £237.5 m and an overall estimated net worth of £826 m.

References

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