Brian is the Honorary Consul for South Africa.
He organised Nelson Mandela’s visit to Glasgow in 1993 and was a guest at Nelson Mandela’s Inauguration as President. He was awarded the “National Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo” in 2012, the highest honour awarded to non-South Africans by the Republic of South Africa.
Brian was formerly Vice-Principal of Glasgow Metropolitan College, a constituent college of the City of Glasgow College.