He is the cofounder of the business magazine Insider Publications, the former chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise, and the chairman of the James Hutton Institute—the first institute of its type in Europe dedicated to making new contributions to the understanding of key global issues such as food, energy, and environmental security. He is the author of The Man Who Gave Away His Island: A Life of John Lorne Campbell of Canna. Alistair Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a member of Parliament since 1987. He served as the chancellor of the exchequer from 2007 to 2010.