Lynda Shillaw

Divisional Chief Executive for Property
Manchester Airports Group

Lynda joined from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership where she held the role of Director of Real Estate. The role at MAG reports to Group CEO Charlie Cornish, and oversees the group’s £571m property division across its four airports. The existing portfolio also includes the £800m Airport City development at Manchester Airport.

Graduating in 1986 with a degree in Accountancy and Finance, Lynda has had a strong 20+ year career in the property industry, where she has headed Co-operative Estates plus roles at Lloyds Banking Group and BT where she worked for 18 years.

She has also held executive positions as a pension fund Trustee, an Environment Commissioner, a member of AGMA’s Business Leadership Council and a BT Regional Director. She is a Chartered Management Accountant with a degree in Accounting and Finance. 

Bill Duguid

Managing Director
Ryden

Stuart Heslop

Managing Director, Real Estate Finance, Scotland
RBS

Currently managing 

RBS’s Real Estate Finance Business in Scotland, Stuart covers the key offices 

in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. The business is responsible for all 

forms of Commercial Investment (Office, Retail, Industrial, Student, Hotel and 

other asset classes) as well as Commercial Development activity and 

Housebuilding across the country. Clients in the portfolio range from small 

local developers and investors to the country's largest institutional funds and 

national developers.

Stuart has worked with RBS for 29 years and prior to taking up his current role in 2009 was responsible for Major Corporate Banking and Financial Institutions in Scotland with previous roles including the management of the Commercial Banking business in the north of Scotland and Oil and Gas Structured Finance prior to that.

Ian McKenzie

Head of Venue Development and Integration
Glasgow 2014