Directors
Mr. Peter Drummond-Hay, Chair
Peter Drummond-Hay has 35 years of leadership consulting experience. He recently retired from Russell Reynolds Associates in New York, where he conducted senior management and board of director searches and assisted clients in succession management and in the assessment of their boards and leadership teams. He previously led the firm’s business in Asia Pacific and earlier, at different times, was responsible for New York, Europe, Canada and Latin America. Mr. Drummond-Hay was the 2017 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. He spent the early part of his career in merchant banking in London and New York and has a BA and an MA from Cambridge University. He is a former trustee of the University of St. Andrews American Foundation and a former board member of British American Business Inc., Restless Development USA, Inc., and the New Canaan Country School.
Mr. James Fraser, Treasurer and Secretary
James Fraser was born in Glasgow but left Scotland in 1967 to pursue a career in international financial services. After living in six countries, he settled in the USA, and was head of credit risk for a major investment management company before retiring in 2010. Despite a life spent mainly outside of Scotland, Mr. Fraser retains a keen interest both in the history and current events of his native land.
Sir Drummond Bone
Educated at Ayr Academy, University of Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford, Sir Drummond Bone began his career as a professor of English, noted particularly for his work on Byron.
His first appointment was at the University of Warwick but in 1980 he returned to Glasgow. After 20 years at the University of Glasgow, where latterly he was Senior Vice-Principal, he became Principal at Royal Holloway University of London, Vice-Chancellor at Liverpool and Master of Balliol College from which he retired in 2018.
Sir Drummond Bone was President of Universities UK and Chair of the UK Libraries Research Reserve Project. He was Chair of the Liverpool Capital of Culture Company, Vice-Chair of the Northern Way and Chair of its Science and Innovation Committee, sat on the CBI’s Technology and Innovation Committee, and has been a consultant to many organisations involved in international Higher Education. He chaired the Arts and Humanities Research Council, retiring in 2021.
He is currently Chair of the National Library of Scotland and Chair of the Wordsworth Trust. He has MA degrees from Glasgow and Oxford Universities, a D.Univ from Glasgow and a D.Ed from Edinburgh, as well as a number of honorary degrees in literature. He is an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College.
Ms. Charlotte Lyeth Burton
Charlotte Lyeth Burton is a fundraising professional who has worked in varied fields including politics, education, and culture. At The New York Botanical Garden she held the positions of Capital Campaign Officer and Director of Development. Currently, she serves on the boards of The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA and Shakespeare on the Sound. She also is Chair of J.M. Longyear, LLC, a privately held company. Previously she held board positions with The Michigan Historical Society and the Washington Performing Arts Society, among others. She studied at The New York School of Interior Design and holds a degree in history from Principia College.
Professor Martha W. Driver
Martha Driver, PhD, FSA, is Distinguished Professor of English at Pace University in New York City. A co-founder of the Early Book Society for the study of manuscripts and printing history, she writes about illustration from manuscript to print as well as manuscript and book production. In addition to publishing some 80 articles in these areas, she has edited twenty-nine journals, including the Journal of the Early Book Society. Her books include The Image in Print: Book Illustration in Late Medieval England and recent essays include “Chaucer the Mage: A Brief Exploration of Magic in The Squire’s Tale, The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale, and The Franklin’s Tale.
Ms. Jenny Young du Pont
Jenny Young du Pont is a lawyer and a nonprofit executive leader, with more than 25 years of experience working with a variety of philanthropic organizations as a trustee, director, and volunteer. For the past 11 years she has worked as a nonprofit executive leader in New York, holding positions as CEO & President, Executive Director, and Vice President of Corporate Relations, and has a particular focus on change management, relationship building, fundraising, and program growth. Prior to moving into the nonprofit field she practiced law for more than 10 years, both at large firms and in-house in the U.S. and in London, with a primary focus on corporate law and general business law. She is currently a Class Officer for Princeton University, a board member of the American Friends of the British Museum and the Conservation Law Foundation, and is the pro bono general counsel for the Citizens Science Association.
Ms. Olivia Fussell
Olivia Fussell is the Founder and Managing Director of Carbon Credit Capital and an energy and environmental leader with a 15-year history of dedication and insight on global environmental policy and finance, as well as expertise in carbon finance, carbon offsets, and corporate sustainability. She also has an established entrepreneurial track record as Founder of Climate.IQ, a research, analysis, and technology development firm focused on climate risks; Co-founder of the Council of Alumni for Social Enterprise; and Manager of Pro-Natura, U.S, an NGO tackling social, economic and environmental problems that face rural communities in the Developing World with headquarters in Paris. Olivia has a BSc. from Greenwich University and Masters degrees from Harvard and Columbia.
Mr. Martin Glynn
Martin Glynn serves in Canada as Chair of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Senior Advisor to Balfour Pacific IV and V, real estate investment funds. In Scotland Mr Glynn serves as a director of StAAR Limited, a University of St Andrews company. Previously Mr Glynn held progressively senior positions at HSBC Bank in Canada and the US.
Mr. Benny Higgins
Benny Higgins is Chairman of the National Galleries of Scotland. He was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco Bank in 2008 and also Group Strategy Director of Tesco Plc in 2014. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a member of the Treasury Task force on Financial Inclusion and the Scottish Government’s Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB). In addition, he is a board member of Glasgow Life, the Edinburgh International Culture Summit, a non-executive director of Buccleuch Group, and a Princes Trust Ambassador.
Mr. Douglas Pringle
Douglas Pringle practices law in Wichita, Kansas, focusing primarily in the areas of oil and gas law and estate planning. He has served on a number of charitable boards including serving as a member of the Wichita advisory committee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; as a trustee of the Samuel M. and Laura H. Brown Charitable Trust; as a member of the board of directors of the Wichita Community Foundation, Inc.; and as a member of the board of directors of Catholic Charities, Inc. in Wichita. He presently serves as a Fellow of the Abbotsford Trust and as the President and Managing Trustee of the K. T. Wiedemann Foundation, Inc.
Dr. William Zachs
William Zachs is the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum, a registered Scottish charity with a mission to bring Scottish culture to a wider audience through events, publications, exhibitions and collaborative projects. Dr. Zachs has lived in Edinburgh for over 30 years, where he lectures on book history, writes about Scotland in the “long 18th century” and curates exhibitions. He is the author of The First John Murray and the Late Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade, Without Regard to Good Manners: A Biography of Gilbert Stuart, 1743-1786 and numerous other shorter works. In 2013, the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters for his contributions to book historical studies and book curation. He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.
Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott at No. 50 Albemarle Street, 1815.