Background
Coutts, Alister William was born on December 21, 1950 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Son of Alexander Taylor and Charlotte Willamena (Knowles) Coutts.
Coutts, Alister William was born on December 21, 1950 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Son of Alexander Taylor and Charlotte Willamena (Knowles) Coutts.
DQS Abertay Dundee, University Scotland, 1975. Bachelor with honors, Open University, England, 1979. Master of Business Administration with distinction, Hong Kong University, 1989.
Master of Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, 1997.
Assistant quantity surveyor Armour & Partners, Aberdeen, 1969-1971, quantity surveyor, 1975-1976. Senior quantity surveyor Anderson Morgan Associates, 1976-1978. Professional officer Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1978-1981.
Project coordinator Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation, 1981-1989. Director project management and development DCI (Holdings) Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, 1989-1993. Director operations Fife Healthcare National Health Service Trust, Leven, Scotland, 1993-1998.
Director property & architecture Highland Council, Inverness, Scotland, since 1998. Lecturer University Hong Kong, 1978-1979, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 1984-1989. Tutor Open University, since 1993, Dundee University, 1991-1992.
Member Children's Panel, Aberdeen, 1976-1978. Fellow Royal Institution Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Institute of Building, Institute Management. Member Scottish Football Association Referees (president 1994-1996), Hong Kong Football Referees Association.
Married Sheelagh Anne Smith, September 25, 1975. Children: Callum, Fionagh, Moyra.