Scottish Council for Development and Industry

The Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI), founded in 1931, is a non-governmental, membership organisation which aims to strengthen Scotland’s economic competitiveness through influencing government and key stakeholders to create sustainable economic prosperity for Scotland.

SCDI has circa 1,200 members across Scotland’s private, public & social economy sectors, including manufacturing and service sectors, universities and colleges, local government and enterprise networks, trade associations and professional bodies, arts organisations, churches and trade unions.

SCDI's lead officers are the President, Chairman and Chief Executive

SCDI is led by the following Committees:

SCDI also has three regional committees, and an International Business Committee:

SCDI policy is directed by its membership of leaders from across civic Scotland.

As a policy-focused organisation, SCDI's work revolves around the achievement of its policy objective – sustainable economic prosperity for Scotland.

SCDI's primary policy-making body is the Policy Committee which consists of representatives from across the private, public and social economy sectors which make up SCDI's membership.

The views of SCDI members are reflected in the development of SCDI's policy positions. Since its policy positions represent the consensus view of SCDI's diverse Scotland-wide membership, SCDI's policy output carries substantial weight. As a result, SCDI is well regarded contributor to political debate in Scotland and beyond.