Alan Murray is a Lecturer in Business and Enterprise at the University of the West of Scotland Business School and specialises in Entrepreneurship and Business Start-Up and Development.

Prior to joining the Business School, he worked for 5 years as a Business Adviser for Scotland‟s largest independent enterprise agency, contracted to provide business start-up and growth support services for Scottish Enterprise and Local Authorities (under the Business Gateway contract).

From 2005 to 2007 he was a Regional Manager with the Prince‟s Scottish Youth Business Trust (now PTYBS), an established, high profile, national business support organisation which assists young people to start-up and develop their enterprises. For a number of years, Alan was Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of the West of Scotland Business School, where he supported students in the areas of Business and Enterprise.

He has extensive experience of working on a broad range of specialist consultancy projects, servicing a wide range of public, private and social sector clients for Lanarkshire Enterprise Services. He is also an entrepreneur (since 1999) who runs his own successful business.