GlobalScot: supporting Scotland’s businesses at home and abroad
The best business advice always comes from someone who’s been there before. If you’re looking to grow your business, you can connect with influential and experienced business professionals in markets all around the world for advice, coaching, contacts and more. Free to Scottish businesses. Get support for your business
Invaluable support for Scottish businesses
Interested in international markets but not sure if you’re ready? Trying to find the right exporting opportunities for your business? Struggling to find the contacts and connections you need to establish overseas?
Our GlobalScots have the market knowledge and business experience to help ambitious businesses like yours establish in international markets or grow and succeed at home. Get business coaching, attend events, access market insights, establish mentorships, access crucial contacts and more.
Many of our GlobalScots also:
Offer strategic insights to the wider Scottish ecosystem including Scottish Development International, the Scottish Government, accelerators, universities and more
Promote Scotland to international businesses as an attractive business location
Speak at events, on webinars or on podcasts
Publish market insights and reports
See who could be giving your business advice and support
From Dundee to Dubai, from Singapore to Sydney, our GlobalScots are based all over the world. Here’s a taste of the types of people you could be connected to.
No members available at this time.
I take great satisfaction in working with Scottish companies. These are exceptionally talented and professional people who work at the cutting edge of their industries. For me, it’s exciting and a privilege to be a member of their respective teams
Make connections using our digital platform
Search GlobalScots
Find who you need – search for GlobalScots by location, sector, expertise and more
Connect
Submit help requests directly to your choice of GlobalScot to ask for their support with your international ambitions
Inspiration and learning
Learn new skills, build your network and get inspired through our events, webinars, podcasts, spotlights and case studies.
Community feed
Connect with the wider community – ask a question, share a problem, get support or find opportunities
What's involved?
We know you’re busy and want to offer the most value with the time that you have. You can choose who to help, the level of support that you offer and how long you commit. Here are a few ways you could help Scottish companies.
Business coaching, organisational development and leadership advice
Real time insights into your sectors or geographic markets based on your experience
Arranging introductions to your contacts and networks, including potential suppliers, distributors and customers
Strategic development and applying strategic thinking to business problems
Our mission
By helping more Scottish businesses connect with GlobalScots, we hope to:
Help Scottish businesses grow
Support the Scottish economy
Secure our place on the global stage
Who are we looking for?
GlobalScots can come from all areas of the business world. You should be:
Based in International Markets
A senior or influential figure in your company, sector or market with significant experience and connections
Open to sharing your knowledge, expertise and insights free of charge
Able to demonstrate strong entrepreneurial, scaling, funding and investment expertise
Open to making introductions to your network where appropriate
Able to inspire and motivate Scotland's ambitious business leaders
We’re open-minded about the sectors our GlobalScots work in, but we're particularly interested in:
Fintech/ Pharma/ biotech
Medtech, healthtech, healthcare
Advanced manufacturing (AI, Big Data)
Automotive
Edtech and AI
Energy transition
Renewable technologies - hydrogen, heat, offshore wind
Food & drink
Lifestyle products
How does it work?
Step 1
Register
Tell us about yourself and your business. We’ll use this to create your profile on the network.
Step 2
Search for GlobalScots
Our handy search tool lets you find exactly the connections you need. Search by sector, location, expertise and more.
Step 3
Submit a request
Once you’ve found the right GlobalScot, submit a request. Tell them a bit about what you’re looking for and what you’re hoping to achieve.
Step 4
Work together
If the GlobalScot accepts your request, you’ll be able to message them and start working together. At the end, you can give feedback to let us know how it went.
What's expected of me?
Being a GlobalScot is an active role and you’ll be expected to participate where you can. We’ll review membership each year to make sure the network stays vibrant and responsive to the needs of the business ecosystem in Scotland.
Read our Code of Conduct for some guidance around what we expect.
Update: Online applications to become a GlobalScot currently paused
Exciting news: we are currently refreshing the GlobalScot website to ensure we can deliver the most effective service to Scottish companies looking to access business support.
As part of this work, we will be reviewing both the format of GlobalScot profiles and the application procedure, so we have temporarily paused our online GlobalScot applications.
We are reviewing the application process and it will be reopening in due course.
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GlobalScot support is free to access for Scottish businesses. Register with us to access new connections, insights, advice, events and more.
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