Our Alumni… create jobs, solve problems, innovate, start and grow firms, care, achieve the impossible. You can find them in organisations across the globe.
Our Saltire Alumni, are an active network committed to giving back to the Saltire Foundation and to Scotland and to supporting one another to achieve success. You can connect with fellow Saltire Alumni using our online community.
Many of our Saltire Alumni are part of Entrepreneurial Scotland's member network. Find out more about how our network can support you to think, act, and lead in an entrepreneurial way.
1,750+ Saltire Scholars and 1,500+ Saltier Leaders have participated in our programmes.
The Alumni community has been forming for over 17 years and continues to grow each year.
Our Saltire Alumni have started 100+ new businesses and, of those who are 3+ years post-graduation, 287 (35%) are in C-level roles.
The programmes put you outside your comfort zone and enable you to learn from some of the best entrepreneurial leaders as well as the people on your cohort.
It is like a little shot of adrenaline and ambition because you can’t help but come here and leave inspired to go back and grow your business.
I will always take the time to touch base with my cohort and see how we can support each other and positively affect each other’s thinking. It’s almost like we can mentor one another – pulling on our skill sets and learning from each other, which is just amazing.
Following the conscious leader's programme, we made a commitment to making all of our bottles 100% recyclable. It has given us a lot to think about.
This scholarship has completely changed my perspective about the world of business, and it's made me rethink what I am doing in terms of my career. I’ve just applied for a position as a liaison officer at Think Tank and this is something I would have never dreamed of doing before I became a Saltire Scholar.
Claudia Cavalluzzo is Director of Converge, a unique programme and network that brings together academic entrepreneurs to equip them to start and grow their own businesses.
Simon Wrench is the Finance Director at Aquascot, one of the largest employee-owned businesses in Scotland and sole distributor of responsibly sourced fresh salmon and trout to Waitrose.
Jamie Douglas-Hamilton is the founder and Director of ACTiPH, the UK’s first alkaline ionised bottled water brand.
Assean Sheikh is Co-founder and CMO of Flavourly, an online craft beer supplier. The company’s mission is to help consumers discover their new favourite craft beer, by collaborating with leading breweries .
Lynne Jhangeer is Sales and Export Director for LINIAN, a family run business established in Scotland in 2006. LINIAN’s mission is to create innovative, UK manufactured, easy to install products that can save time, money & lives.
