George MacKenzie, Esq

Career: teacher of history Larbert HS 1974-75, research asst Scottish Record Office 1975-82, departmental records offr Gen Register Office for Scotland 1983-85, head Liaison Branch and Preservation Servs Branch Scottish Record Office 1986-94, dep sec-gen Int Cncl on Archives Paris 1995-96, head of external rels Nat Archives of Scotland 1997-2000, Keeper of the Records of Scotland (ceo Nat Archives of Scotland) 2001-; consultancy work on archives and records (particularly on preservation issues and the protection of archives in armed conflict) for UNESCO, World Bank and ICA; author of articles on archives and records in specialist pubns, numerous invited lectures and talks internationally