Robert Crawford
Group Executive Director, Operations
Robert, who joined SEEDA as Chief Operating Officer in October 2008, has responsibility for the Development and Infrastructure Division of the Agency as well as the Resources Division including Finance, HR, IT and the Programme Office, ensuring that SEEDA makes the most efficient and effective use of all its assets and resources. Central to the success of this task is the need to influence and form productive relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders.
Robert has a long track record in economic development having been the Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise, then Europe's largest development agency, between 2000 and 2004. He was also formerly head of Scotland's inward agency, Locate in Scotland; a senior executive in the private sector development department of the World Bank in Washington DC; and Partner in charge of inward investment at Ernst and Young.
Before joining SEEDA Robert spent two years as Executive Director of Business Development and Commercialisation at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to this Robert was Chief Executive of the Mersey Partnership and Head of Strategy at a world's leading energy services company, John Wood Group plc
In 2004 Robert was awarded a C.B.E. for his services to economic development. He was educated at Strathclyde, Harvard and Glasgow universities."
