Anne Burgess

MA Economics, 1969

Graduated MA (Hons) in 1969

Fellow of the Tourism Society Fellow of the Edinburgh Geological Society Tourist Officer, Wester Ross Tourist Organisation, 1971-75

District Tourist Officer, Perth and Kinross District Council 1975-83

Chief Tourist Officer/Head of Tourism/Director of Tourism, Moray District Council/Moray Tourist Board 1983-95

Having gone to work for Wiggins Teape because it was the only job offer I got, I moved into tourism in 1971. I very much enjoyed my jobs until the early 1990s, when political interference and management fads began to make it difficult to do the work properly, so I resigned in 1995 and took up a new career as a lady of leisure.

Being acutely conscious of the gaping holes in my education (my science career had come to a shuddering halt at the anatomy of the Bunsen burner when my science teacher disagreed with both me and Chambers Dictionary over spelling), I embarked on a science degree with the Open University, and graduated with first class honours in 2007.

In between times I am a volunteer with the British Executive Service Overseas, and have time and leisure to pursue numerous hobbies including genealogy, geology, gliding, sailing, canoeing, birdwatching, botany, Scottish country dancing, and photography.