Angus MacDonald

Angus is a LibDem Cllr for Fort William and Ardnamurchan and has a particular interest in the economic viability of the Highlands, the care sector, the armed forces, coping with over tourism and the potential impact of renewables in the Highlands.

Brought up in the Clachaig Inn in Glencoe, he served three years as a lieutenant in the Queens Own Highlanders with three years as an Investment Manager at Martin Currie in Edinburgh before founding Edinburgh Financial Publishing in 1990. He sold EFP in 1997 and bought a majority stake in Financial News. This business grew rapidly before being sold in two parts to The Wall Street Journal and two private equity firms in 2006/7. ICS was sold to private equity in May 2018 and SWR was sold to Biffa in March 2019. He chairs Renewable Parts which supplies spare parts for wind turbines.

Angus was awarded The Spears Entrepreneur of the Year and Entrepreneurial Scotlands ‘Scale up Entrepreneur’ in 2017 for a combination of his serial and social entrepreneurship endeavours.

He was Vice President of The National Trust for Scotland. He founded the Moidart Trust to help small companies grow and flourish. He founded the Caledonian Challenge which raised approximately £15m for charity over 20 years. He was awarded an OBE for services to the Highlands.

He has had published a successful series of historical novels about the highlands and is the owner of the Highland Bookshop in Fort William. His recent big project has been the construction of the Highland Cinema in the town centre (his gift to the town), voted UK cinema of the year in 2023, and is Chairman of The Highland Soap Co.

He lives near Arisaig with his wife of 37 years, Michie and has 4 sons, Archie, Jack, Jamie and Donald.