Anne MacColl

Anne MacColl is the Chief Executive of Scottish Development International (SDI) and Scottish Enterprise's Managing Director of International Operations. SDI is the international Trade and Investment arm of the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise Prior to this, Anne was Operations Director for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region of SDI. Anne was previously the Regional Head for Southern Europe for SDI. Prior to this, Anne lived and worked for two years in Madrid and for 3 years near Toulouse, France, as a management consultant to the French Chambers of Commerce network, and as part of a national private Spanish consultancy, Soluziona. Her first degree from Glasgow University was in French, Spanish and Portuguese and this then led her to apply her business skills to an international setting, through an MBA at Strathclyde Graduate Business School. Fully fluent in both French and Spanish, Anne has a track record of international business and is passionate about "selling" Scotland internationally. She has a strong interest in international education.