Roy McEwan OBE

Roy McEwan OBE was born in Dumfries and studied at the London School of Economics. He was House Manager at the St George’s Theatre in London and Manager of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1978. In 1979, he was appointed Administrator of the MacRobert Arts Centre at the University of Stirling and, from 1982 to 1991, was the Centre’s Director. He became Director of Arts Development for North West Arts Board, Manchester in 1991 and, in 1993, was appointed Managing Director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Chairman of the Federation of Scottish Theatres from 1988 to 1991, he also served on the Scottish Arts Council Drama Committee in 1991 and from 1993-99 on the Combined Arts Committee. From 2003 to 2007 he was a Council member of the Scottish Arts Council.

From 1993 to 1998 he was also a member of the Board of the Scottish Music Information Centre, a member of the Board of the Association of British Orchestras from 1993 to 2003 and Chairman of the ABO’s Scottish forum until 2007. Since 2004 he has been Chairman of Glasgow Grows Audiences.

A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he is a member of Convocation at Heriot Watt University and has also been a member of the validation panel for the BMus (Hons) course at Napier University.