Charles Annand Fraser

Sir Charles Annand Fraser (born 16 October 1928) is a Scottish businessman and former Chairman, Lothian and Borders Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise network.

Early life

The son of the Very Revd John Fraser who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1958–59, Charles Annand Fraser was born on 16 October 1928 at Humbie in East Lothian, Scotland, and educated at the former Hamilton Academy. His father was at that time Minister at Hamilton Old Parish Church. Charles Fraser was to continue his studies at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MA and LLB.

Other appointments From 1966 to 1972 Fraser served as a member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland, and from 1969 to 1988, as Purse Bearer to the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, serving also, from 1972 to 1978, on the Court of Heriot-Watt University. and knighted, as KCVO in 1989. He was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Lothian in 1984 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1993.