Ian Wood

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Wood Group, the Aberdeen-headquartered FTSE-250 energy and engineering services business, employs more than 35,000 people globally and is involved in a wide range of projects.

New Wood Group bid values historic Scottish firm at £242m, down from over £1.5bn

Nic Wood, managing director of Edinburgh-headquartered hospitality group Signature.

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Wood CEO Ken Gilmartin. Picture: contributed.

How 'market volatility' has stymied attempts to take over Aberdeen's Wood

Wood Group is making progress transitioning from oil and gas clients to those in renewables (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Gulf interest in Wood Group highlights renewables promise - Jeremy Grant

Mairi McAllan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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Erikka Askeland is a former senior business writer, founder of Mediacraft, and Associate at the Freer Consultancy

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Sunday Times Rich List 2023 - Scotland Top Five including Mohamed Al Fayed, Glenn Gordon, Anders Povlsen, Mahdi a-Tajir and Sir Ian Wood.

Rich List reveals five wealthiest people in Scotland in 2023

Aberdeen-headquartered Wood is led by chief executive Ken Gilmartin.

Aberdeen's Wood confident over future after US group drops £1.7bn takeover

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the plans on Monday.

Labour promise Scotland's first carbon capture and storage facility

Shetland has been judged as ideal for the development of wind farms and other green energy projects

Sturgeon declares Shetland wind power projects 'crucial' as agreements struck

Kate Forbes Cabinet Secretary for Finance on a visit to Biohub in Aberdeen

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Kate Forbes Cabinet Secretary for Finance on a visit to Biohub in Aberdeen

Ad Feature Life Sciences: Building forward momentum

Smallholder tea farmers working close to the Mulindi tea factory, which will now be totally run and controlled by those who grow the crop after Scots oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood handed over his shares in the plant. PIC: A Campsie.

Scots oil tycoon gives Rwandan tea factory to 5,000 local farmers

The report is based on Scottish Government data.

Scotland’s wealthiest are 200 times richer than nation’s poorest

KidsOR works directly with medics across Africa and South America to transform hospital spaces, creating child-friendly surroundings and providing specialist equipment. Picture: contributed.

Fund manager Artemis supporting charity providing surgery for children

St Fittick’s Park is the last public green space serving the community of Torry

Readers' Letters: Energy Transition Zone plan for parkland a mistake

St Fittick’s Park, home to award-winning wetland and reedbeds and myriad wildlife species, is the last public green space serving the community of Torry, on the outskirts of Aberdeen - the area is one of Scotland's most deprived, where residents have a life expectancy 13 years shorter than those living in the city's wealthier parts

Public fights loss of 'lifeline' park to green development in Aberdeen

ONE has committed up to £5.6m to realise BioHub’s objectives.

Ad Feature Accelerated ambition in Aberdeen

Picture: Grant Anderson

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Ian Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, claimed the UK government's decision not to include Scotland's Acorn carbon-capture project in the first phase was a 'betrayal' (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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The St Fergus carbon capture project

Readers' Letters: Tories betrayed Scotland over carbon capture

St Fergus Gas Terminal is at the centre of the Acorn carbon capture and storage project. (Photo: Shell)

Fury as Scotland misses out on UK Government backing for carbon capture facility

JK Rowling, Anders Povlsen and Sir Ian Wood are among the richest people in Scotland according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.

Full list of Scotland's richest people including Sir Brian Souter and JK Rowling

Dame Evelyn Glennie CH has been appointed as Robert Gordon University’s new Chancellor

I share Robert Gordon University’s ambition to eliminate barriers to higher educ...

Carol Colburn Grigor speaks onstage in Los Angeles

The under-the-radar benefactor who has gifted £80m to Edinburgh

Fancy following in the footsteps of celebrity entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson? Picture: Alex Wong/Getty Images.

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Sir Ian Wood, chair of Opportunity North East. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Sir Ian Wood's ONE group backing initiative to boost energy innovation

Bella Italia, Las Iguanas and Cafe Rouge restaurants deal saves 4,000 jobs

Sir James Dyson has been named as the UK's richest person for the first time.

Sir James Dyson named as UK's richest person as wealthiest Scots revealed

The Aberdonian has cited Dunfermline-born Carnegie as an inspiration for his own work for good causes. Picture: Filip Wolak.

Sir Ian Wood receives Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy at New York ceremony

'I quite enjoy what Im doing, and Im quite good at what Im doing,' the oil veteran says. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

The Big Interview: Oil tycoon and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood

From left: Maggie McGinlay, deputy chief executive at ONE; Steven Roberts, head of culture and transformation at Barclays UK; Sir Ian Wood, chairman of ONE and ONE Digital and Entrepreneurship; Stuart Brown, head of SME Scotland at Barclays UK; and Michael Boniface, head of ONE CodeBase. Picture: Abermedia / Michal Wachucik

Barclays launches Aberdeen Eagle Lab to support digital tech

Opportunity North East (ONE)s chairman Sir Ian Wood said a 'transformational mindset' is needed for the energy transition. Picture: Ross Johnston/Newsline Media

ONE pledges to step up North-east energy spend to boost transition

ONE Digital and Entrpreneurship host their first board at the ONE Tech Hub. Picture: Rory Raitt

£1.5m ONE Tech Hub opens its doors in Aberdeen

Gordon family claim top spot on Scotland’s Rich List for sixth year

Sir Ian Wood, chair of ONEs digital and entrepreneurship sector board. Picture: Ross Johnston

ONE drives tech agenda with ScotlandIS tie-up

Sir Ian Wood chairs private sector-led economic development body Opportunity North East. Picture: Jane Barlow

Sir Ian Wood: North-east to capitalise on wind energy

Hugh McIlvanney was widely considered to be one of the world's finest sports journalists. Picture: Francesco Guidicini/Sunday Times/PA

How a Scotsman editor pushed Hugh McIlvanney into sports writing

HomeStart Majik supports local families in our community.

STV appeal aids Bute families

David Mundell. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

David Mundell urges Nicola Sturgeon to listen to business on Brexit deal

Murdo Fraser MSP. Picture: TSPL

Scotch Whisky Association backs Theresa May's Brexit deal
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has given its support to Theresa May's Brexit deal and warned MPs that rejecting it will create 'considerable uncertainty'.

Sir Ian, who made his name developing the Wood Group into a global oilfield services company, said that dealing with Brexit had been an 'extraordinarily difficult task'. Picture: Jane Barlow

Sir Ian Wood backs Theresa May's Brexit deal

From left: EIC chief executive Stuart Broadley, head of Aberdeen Business School Elizabeth Gammie, and director of ONE Oil, Gas & Energy David Wilson. Picture: The Gatehouse - Design & Print Consultancy.

RGU launches programme to help energy firms and boost North-east

Aberdeen to get CodeBase hub

Smiles from the Queen during her visit to Edinburgh. Photo: Kris Miller/DCT Media

Hundreds line Royal Mile for glimpse of the Queen

Sir Ian Wood was head of oil services giant Wood Group at the time of the Piper Alpha disaster with the company losing 39 men in the tragedy. PIC: Jane Barlow.

Piper Alpha: Sir Ian Wood describes 'huge sense of shame'

Sir Ian Wood is a Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle. Picture: Jane Barlow

More than 100 '˜exceptional' Scots recognised in Queen's Honours List

Glenn Gordon and family run the William Grant & Sons distillery in Banffshire. Picture: Hemedia

Glenfiddich family tops Scottish rich list

Sir Ian Wood, chairman of ONE D&E, with Stephen Coleman of CodeBase. Picture: Firstpix Photography

Codebase charges up North-east tech

The sheltered waters of Cromarty Firth have long been used for refits or as an anchorage for oil rigs. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Decommissioning centre gets green light for Aberdeen

Leading industry figure Sir Ian Wood produced a report on maximising yield in the North Sea in 2014. Picture: TSPL

Oil and gas production forecast to be 2.8bn barrels higher

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson being given training on how to find, excavate and remove landmines by Halo charity staff (Picture: PA)

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'˜Some of it I find frustrating, some of it I find interesting. It's been a bit ...

Guest of honour Sir Ian Wood greets farmers with their livestock and officials. Ross Johnston/Newsline Media/TWFA

Rwanda's rock star welcome for oil tycoon, Sir Ian Wood

Sir Ian Wood is supporting a number of projects in Rwanda.

Aberdeen oil tycoon helps to build '˜a better Rwanda'

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