The Business Archives Council of Scotland is governed by an Executive Committee elected annually at our AGM.
The principal officers are:
Executive Committee
| President | Prof. Tony Slaven |
| Convenor | Amanda Noble (Lloyds Banking Group) |
| Depute Convenor | Prof. Sam McKinstry |
| Hon. Secretary | Cheryl Traversa (The Macallan) |
| Hon. Treasurer | Robin Sim |
| Hon. Editors SIH | Prof. Sam McKinstry (University of West of Scotland) |
| Hon. Editors SIH | Prof. Alisdair Dobie (Edgehill University) |
| Surveying Officer | Chris Cassells (Ballast Trust) |
| Communications | Dawn Sinclair (HarperCollins) |
| Events | Karyn Williamson (Standard Life Aberdeen) |
The Executive Committee consists of the above plus:
| Dr Alison Rosie | National Register of Archives for Scotland |
| Andrew MacGregor | University of Aberdeen |
| Kiara King | The Ballast Trust |
| Prof. Ray Stokes | Centre for Business History in Scotland, University of Glasgow |
The Council has no premises of its own but correspondence may be addressed to:
Business Archives Council of Scotland
c/o Archive Services
University of Glasgow
77-87 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow
G11 6PW
Professor Peter Payne
In 2017 the Business Archives Council of Scotland learned that our President, Professor Peter Payne, had passed away at the age of 87 on 10th January 2017. Prof. Payne was the Council’s vice president and then our president for many years and a key figure in the establishment of BACS in 1960. An obituary was prepared by Prof Tony Slaven and was published in the 2017 edition of Scottish Business and Industrial History.
The Business Archive Council also published an obituary which can be read here.