| Year | FD | Company | Chief Executive | Comments |
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| 2009 | Allan Watson | OPTOS Plc | Roy Davis | Young FD |
| | Hugh Hall | Scottish Enterprise | Jack Perry | Public / Not for Profit Sector |
| | Keith Cochrane | The Weir Group | Mark Selway | Corporate Sector |
|
| 2008 | Brian Aird | Wood Mackenzie | Stephen Halliday | Young FD |
| | Lynn Brown | Glasgow City Council | George Black | Public / Not for Profit Sector |
| | Duncan Skinner | Production Services Network | Bob Keiller | Corporate Sector |
|
| 2007 | Martin Darroch | Harper Macleod | Professor Lorne Crerar | Young FD |
| | Ron Sylvester | Scottish Qualifications Authority | Anton Calella | Public / Not for Profit Sector |
| | Dean Finch | FirstGroup | Moir Lockhead | Corporate Sector |
|
| 2006 | Peter Craigie | Dunfermline Building Society | Graeme Dalziel | Young FD |
| | Scott Haldane | NHS National Services Scotland | Stuart Bain | Public / Not for Profit Sector |
| | Richard Hunter | The Edrington Group | Ian Curle | Corporate Sector |
|
| 2005 | Brian Lawrie | Fife Council | Douglas Sinclair | Public / Not for Profit Sector |
| | Mark Cubitt | Babtie Group | Bill Mitchell | Corporate Sector |
|
| 2004 | Martin Griffiths | Stagecoach Group plc | Brian Souter | Young FD |
| | John Matheson | NHS Lothian | James Barbour | Public / Not for Profit |
| | Stuart Paterson | Johnston Press plc | Tim Bowdler | Corporate Sector |
|
| 2003 | Kevin Hart | Cairn Energy | Bill Gammell | Young FD |
| | Alex Stewart | Clyde Blowers | Jim McColl | Corporate Sector |
| | George Black | Glasgow City Council | James Andrews | Public / Not for Profit |
|
| 2002 | John Langlands | British Polythene Industries | Cameron McLatchie | Listed Company |
| | Iain Imray | Grampian Country Food Group | Alfred J Duncan | Unlisted Company |
| | Ron MacEachran | Kyndal International Ltd | Brian Megson | Special Award |
|
| 2001 | David Nish | Scottish Power | Ian Russell | Listed Company |
| | Donald McGougan | City of Edinburgh Council | Tom Aitchison | Public Sector |
| | Graeme Dalziel | Dunfermline Building Society | David Smith | Unlisted Company |
|
| 2000 | Derek Wilkinson | Scottish & Newcastle Plc | Brian Stewart | Listed Company |
| | Stephen Paterson | Heriot-Watt University | Prof John Archer | Public Sector |
| | Robert Dick | Cala Group Ltd | Geoff Ball | Unlisted Company |
|
| 1999 | Tony Osbaldiston | FirstGroup Plc | Moir Lockhead | Listed Company |
| | George Sutherland | University of Edinburgh | Stewart Sutherland | Public Sector |
| | Donald Wilson | Murray International | J MacDonald | Unlisted Company |
|
| 1998 | Keith Cochrane | Stagecoach Holdings | Brian Souter | Listed Company |
| | Jayne Scott | Fife Health Board | Pat Frost | Public Sector |
| | John Richards | Miller Group Ltd | Keith Miller | Unlisted Company |
|
| 1997 | Keith Howell | Morrison Construction | A Fraser Morrison | Listed Company |
|
| 1996 | Ian Russell | Scottish Power | Ian Robinson | Listed Company |
| | David Coyle | University of Strathclyde | John Arbuthnot | Public Sector |
| | Billy Keane | Robert Wiseman Dairies | Alan Wiseman | Special Award |
|
| 1995 | Marco Chiappelli |
Johnston Press | Frederick Johnston | Large Companies |
| | Archie Gillespie | Strathclyde Reg | Neil McIntosh | Public Sector |
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| 1994 | John Neilson | Devro Int | Graham Alexander | |
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| 1993 | Ian Boyd | Weir Group | R Garrick | Listed Company |
| | Gordon Neilly | Ivory & Syme | Alan Munro | Special Award |
|
| 1992 | Brian Fidler | Christian Salvesen | Chris Masters | Listed Company |
| | Robbie Duncan | Grampian Transport | Moir Lockhead | Special Award |
