WWS_T - Who's Who in Scotland

506 WHO'S WHO IN SCOTLAND
Thomson, S. Kenneth, MHSM, DipHSM. Chief Executive,
Yorkhill NHS Trust, 1997-2000; Conductor, Glasgow
Gaelic Musical Association, since 1983; Board Member,
National Waiting Times Special Health Board, 2003-09;
Lay Member, Employment Tribunals; Lay Member, Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of GB Investigating Committee,
since 2007; Chair, Scottish Advisory Committee on
Distinction Awards, since 2010; b. 20.8.49, Campbeltown;
m., Valerie Ferguson (deceased 2009); 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Keil
School, Dumbarton. Administrative trainee, Scottish Health
Service; various administrative and management posts,
Glasgow and West of Scotland; Chief Executive, Law
Hospital NHS Trust, 1997-2000. National Mod Gold
Medallist, 1979. Publication: Slighe an Airgid - 20 Songs
for Gaelic Choirs. Recreations: opera; Gaelic language and
culture; theatre; The Archers; swimming; composing and
arranging music. Address: (h.) 14 Cleveden Drive,
Glasgow G12 0SE; T.-0141-334 7773.
Thomson, William P. L., OBE, MA, MUniv, DipEd; b.
9.5.33, Newmilns; m., Elizabeth Watson; 1 s.; 3 d. Educ.
Dundee High School; St. Andrews University. Teacher of
History and Geography/Deputy Head Teacher, Anderson
High School, Shetland, 1958-71; Rector, Kirkwall
Grammar School, Orkney, 1971-91; Historian. Honorary
Sheriff. Publications: The Little General and the Rousay
Crofters, 1981; Kelp-Making in Orkney, 1983; History of
Orkney, 1987; Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of
Orkney, 1996; New History of Orkney, 2001; Orkney: Land
and People, 2008. Address: (h.) South Manse, Burray,
Orkney KW17 2SS; T.-01856 731330.
Thorburn, David John, LLB, FCIBS. Chief Executive,
Clydesdale Bank PLC, since 2011; b. 9.1.58, Glasgow;
m., Maureen. Educ. Hamilton Academy; Glasgow
University; Harvard Business School. Clydesdale Bank
PLC, 1978-83; TSB Group PLC, 1984-93; Clydesdale
Bank PLC, since 1993. Address: (b.) Clydesdale Bank
Exchange, 20 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6DB.
Thornhill, Professor Christopher John, BA, MA
(Cantab), PhD. Professor of European Political Thought,
Head of Politics, University of Glasgow, since 2006; b.
08.06.66, Shipley, West Yorkshire; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ.
Oakbank Grammar School, Keighley; Bradford College;
Cambridge University. Lecturer: University of Sussex,
1993-95, King’s College London, 1995-2003; Reader,
King’s College London, 2003-04, Professor, 2004-05.
Publications include: Political Theory in Modern
Germany, 1999; Karl Jaspers: Politics and Metaphysics,
2002; Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Politics and Law
(Co-Author), 2003; German Political Philosophy: The
Metaphysics of Law, 2006; A Sociology of Constitutions
and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological
Perspective, 2011. Recreations: classical music; hillwalking;
travel; cricket. Address: (b.) Department of
Politics, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow
G12 8RT; T.-0141 330 5076.
E-mail: c.thornhill@lbss.gla.ac.uk
Thornton, Philip John Roger, WS, MA, DipALP, NP.
Consultant, Russel and Aitken, Solicitors, since 2012; b.
28.7.47, Prestbury; m., Alexandra Janet Taylor; 2 d. Educ.
Manchester Grammar School; Edinburgh University.
Assistant Solicitor, Cuthbertson, Riddle and Graham, WS,
1972-73, Russel and Aitken, WS, 1973-75; Partner, Russel
and Aitken, 1975-2012. Tutor, Edinburgh University;
Examiner, Society of Messengers at Arms and Sheriff
Officers; Secretary, Edinburgh Family Planning Trust.
Recreations: family holidays; art history; hill-walking;
cinema; football; tennis. Address: (b.) 27 Rutland Square,
Edinburgh EH1 2BU; T.-0131 228 5500.
Thurso, 3rd Viscount Sir (John Archibald Sinclair), BT.
MP (Liberal Democrat), Caithness, Sutherland and Easter
Ross, since 2001; Spokesman for Business, Innovation and
Skills, 2009-2010; b. 10.9.53; m.; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Eton.
Chairman, Scrabster Harbour, 1997-2001; Non-Executive
Director: Lochdhu Hotels, since 1975 (Chairman, since
1995), Sinclair Family Trust, since 1976 (Chairman, since
1995), Thurso Fisheries, since 1979 (Chairman, since
1995); Ulbster Holdings, since 1994 (Chairman, since
1994), Mossimans Ltd., 1998-2002; President, Academy of
Food and Wine Service, since 1998; President, British
International Spa Association; Member, House of
Commons Commission, since 2010. Address: Thurso East
Mains, Thurso.
Tiefenbrun, Ivor Sigmund, MBE. Executive Chairman,
Linn Products Ltd., Glasgow; Director, IST Marine Ltd; b.
18.3.46, Glasgow; m., Evelyn Stella Balarksy; 2 s.; 1 d.
Educ. Strathbungo Senior Secondary School; Strathclyde
University (Sixties dropout). Worked overseas, 1971-73;
founded Linn Products, 1973. Chairman, Federation of
British Audio, 1983-87; Council Member, Design Council,
1995-98; Founder Member, Entrepreneurial Exchange;
Honorary Fellow, Glasgow School of Art, since 1999;
Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001; established
registered charity Cure Crohn’s Colitis to raise funds for
patient centric research into Inflammatory Bowel Disease,
2006. Appointed Visiting Professor at Strathclyde
University by the Department of Design, Manufacture and
Engineering Management, 2004; inducted to
Entrepreneurial Exchange Hall of Fame, 2011; appointed
Member of the William Robertson Society, The University
of Edinburgh, 2011; appointed Founder Member,
Strathclyde University’s Academy of Distinguished
Entrepreneurs, 2011. Recreations: thinking; music; reading;
sailing. Address: (b.) Linn Products Ltd., Glasgow Road,
Waterfoot, Eaglesham, Glasgow G76 0EQ; T.-0141-307
7777; e-mail: ivor@linn.co.uk
Tierney, Professor Stephen (Joseph Anthony), LLM
(Toronto), LLM (Liverpool), LLB Hons (Glas), DipLP
(Edin). Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of
Edinburgh, since 2008; British Academy Senior Research
Fellow, 2008-09; Director, Edinburgh Centre for
Constitutional Law, since 2009; Constitutional Adviser to
the Scottish Parliament, 2011; Independent Adviser to the
Scottish Government on the referendum process, since
2012; b. 11.03.67, Glasgow; m., Ailsa Barbara Henderson;
3 s. Educ. Our Lady of Lourdes Primary, East Kilbride; St.
Bride’s Secondary, East Kilbride; Universities of Glasgow,
Liverpool, Toronto and Edinburgh. Solicitor in Scotland,
1992-95; Lecturer in Law: University of Hull, 1995-97,
Brunel University, 1997-99; University of Edinburgh:
Lecturer in Law, 1999-2005, Reader in Law, 2005-08.
Publications: Constitutional Referendums: The Theory and
Practice of Republican Deliberation, 2012; Europe's
Constitutional Mosaic (Co-Author), 2011; Public Law and
Politics: The Scope and Limits of Constitutionalism (Co-
Author), 2008; Multiculturalism and the Canadian
Constitution, 2007; Accommodating Cultural Diversity:
Contemporary Issues in Theory and Practice, 2007;
Towards an International Legal Community? The
Sovereignty of States and the Sovereignty of International
Law (Co-Author), 2006; Constitutional Law and National
Pluralism, 2004; Accommodating National Identity: New
Approaches in International and Domestic Law, 2000.
Adviser to the Scottish Parliament Scotland Bill Committee,
2011; Editorial Board, European Public Law; International
Law Association Committee on Theory and International
Law, since 1999 (Rapporteur, 2002-05); Society of Legal
Scholars; Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of
Scotland. Recreations: travelling; hill-walking; family
recreation; reading. Address: School of Law, University of
Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8
9YL; T.-0131 650 2070; e-mail: s.tierney@ed.ac.uk
Tilley, Catrin, BSc (Econ), FCMI, MInstF. Partner, More,
Fundraising Consultants, since 2012; b. 29.06.55, St. Neots;
m., Prof. Rick Maizels; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Hinchingbrooke