 He was also a member of the Council of the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice from 1997–2002, was President of St Andrew's Ambulance from 1995 to 2000 and has been its Vice-President since 2001.He was a Governor of the High School of Glasgow from 1990 to 2006, and Chairman of the Governors from 2001.He was a trustee of the charitable Lloyds TSB Foundation from 1999 to 2005.