New Chairman for Scotland's leading entrepreneurial programme

Peter Lederer CBE has been appointed chairman of the SaltireFoundation, Scotland's leading entrepreneurial education programme created to enhance Scotland's commercial performance.

As chairman, Peter will call on his international business experience and contacts to fuel the ambitions of the SaltireFoundation's participants as they aim to become Scotland's next generation of business leaders.

Peter's career spans over 30 years in the global tourism and hospitality sectors. Following senior management positions in Canada, he joined Gleneagles in 1984, progressing to managing director three years later and chairman in 2007. In 2001, Peter was appointed chairman of VisitScotland and he is board member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Hamilton & Inches.

Irene Johnstone, executive director of SaltireFoundation, said: "Peter Lederer is one of Scotland's best respected business people and his appointment as chairman of the SaltireFoundation is a real coup. He brings great depth of experience to this role and will undoubtedly prove inspirational to our programme participants for many years to come.

"Our programmes are designed to give Scotland's most aspirational young people the knowledge and experience to take on high-level business challenges. With Peter on board, along with the expertise of our invaluable GlobalScot network, the SaltireFoundation is armed to take its programmes to the next level."

Peter Lederer said: "The SaltireFoundation has cemented Scotland's commercial ambitions by cultivating the nation's talent and business acumen. Its programmes are truly inspirational and expose participants to the world's best entrepreneurial education and global internships.

"It is a great honour to be chairman of an initiative which sets an impressive precedent for business education around the world."

In her 1994 Birthday Honours List, Her Majesty The Queen awarded Peter an OBE for his services to the hospitality industry and the honour of CBE followed in 2005.