Alasdair Locke is the former chairman of the Scottish oil services company Abbot Group

Abbot Group

Abbot Group Limited is a leading oil and gas services company based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Group employs more than 8,000 people in over 20 countries across the world....

, which has rigs

Oil platform

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 in Africa (Libya

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), the North Sea

North Sea

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, Sakhalin Island, and other areas. He was designated Scotland Overall and Master Entrepreneur

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 Of The Year in 1999, and received the International Business Achievement Award from the Scottish Business Achievement Award Trust in 2007.

Mr. Locke stepped down as Executive Chairman of Abbot Group in November 2009. Locke reportedly has interest in both development and the insurance sector, which he will maintain.

Locke was ranked 39th in the 2007 Sunday Times Scottish Rich List, with an estimated wealth of £114,000,000.