Lena wilson scottish enterprise biography of william

Scottish businessperson

For the Blues singer, see Lena Wilson.

Lena Cooper Wilson CBE (born c. 1965) is a United Kingdom Scottish executive and bank employee.

She rose to be the CEO of Scottish Enterprise. She went on to directorships with a number of organisations.

Early life and career

Wilson was born in Yorkhill which is part of Glasgow near Partick in about 1965.^[2] At the age of two her parents moved to East Kilbride so that her father could work for Rolls-Royce plc.

Highlands and islands enterprise

He stepped down in role to become a labourer to give the family a more rural outlook. Wilson was keen at school but she wasn't attracted to science and engineering. When she went to university she studied Business Administration at Glasgow Caledonian University with a vague ambition of becoming a diplomat or working for the United Nations.

She realised that she needed to find the money to travel to London for work and her first job was advertised as a "Girl Friday" when