Lesley Watt

Lesley joined the Law Society of Scotland's Council as a Lay Member in May 2022.

Lesley originally qualified as a solicitor with Gillespie Macandrew before re-training as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in Edinburgh in 1988. She has more than 25 years’ experience, mainly as a CFO, at Board and senior finance roles including Scottish & Newcastle plc, The National Trust for Scotland and latterly at Miller Developments. Lesley is an independent non-executive director with Tatton Asset Management plc and sits on both their Audit & Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee. She chairs the Finance & General Purposes Committee (ARMC) at the Scottish Baroque Ensemble of which she is also a non-executive director. She also sits on the Board of the Scottish Women in Property networking group.