During his time at EY he acted as Head of UK Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquisitions and became Managing Partner of its Aberdeen office. Alec has previously served as an independent non-executive director of Ithaca Energy Inc., and is currently a non-executive director of CUL Holdings Limited and a director of Cela Consulting Limited. Alec also has a number of charitable interests and is currently a Director of Vine Trust and Techfest and was formerly President of the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce.