Residence Perthshire Occupation Businessman Predecessor Mark Selway Alma mater Glasgow University Education University of Glasgow | Ethnicity Scottish Name Keith Cochrane Nationality Scottish Years active 1986–present | |
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Full Name Keith Robertson Cochrane Born 11 February 1965 (age 59) ( 1965-02-11 ) Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
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Keith Robertson Cochrane CBE FRSE (born 11 February 1965) is a Scottish businessman, chief executive of Weir Group, a British engineering company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland.
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- Career
- Honours
- Personal life
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Early life
Born in Edinburgh, Cochrane was educated in Dunblane, Perthshire, and studied accountancy at Glasgow University. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Career
Cochrane was Group Finance Director of Stagecoach Group plc from 1996, becoming Group Chief Executive in 2000. Then from 2003 becoming Group Director of Finance of ScottishPower plc, having joined the power utility in 2003 as Director of Group Financial Reporting.
Then on 2 November 2009 Cochrane became Group Chief Executive of Weir Group plc, having joined Weir as Group Finance Director in July 2006. Cochrane became Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in September 2008. On 10 July 2017 he became Interim Chief Executive of Carillion plc, the contractor.
Honours
In March 2016, Cochrane was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy for science and letters.
Cochrane was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to business in Scotland.
Personal life
Cochrane lives in Perthshire with his wife and two children. His interests include golf, gardening and watching Scotland play rugby.