 From 1990, Gordon was a member of the Scottish Advisory Board of British Petroleum, and since 1996 a director of Johnston Press plc as well as Chairman of AIM Trust plc (now Active Capital Trust).He also served as Chairman of Radio Audience Research (RAJAR) from 2003.Gordon was a member of the Scottish Development Agency between 1981 and 1990 and Chairman of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre between 1983 and 1989.