Panel Members
ANTHONY TODD
Anthony Todd is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aspect. Before establishing Aspect, he worked for five years at AHL, initially as Director of Financial Engineering and Product Development, before moving to Switzerland as Director of Marketing and Institutional Sales. Prior to this role, he was a strategy consultant at Mars & Co., a Paris based consultancy.
He holds a B.A. in Physics from Oxford University and a M.B.A. from INSEAD in France.
CHARLES JAMIESON DA MFA PAI PPAI - Chairman
Born in 1952, Charles graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1974 with two scholarships that allowed him to study for a Master of Fine Arts degree at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. Returning to the UK in 1976, Charles started working in both the visual and performing arts and has continued to do so. His paintings are in collections around the world and he regularly exhibits in London at Duncan R Miller Fine Arts, Thompson's Galleries and The Richmond Hill Gallery. He also exhibits in many other galleries across the country. He is Past President of The Paisley Art Institute as well as Chairman of the Aspect Prize.
http://www.charlesjamieson.co.uk
MICHAEL ADAM
Michael Adam is an entrepreneur. He lives in Scotland with his family. He is an avid collector of paintings by contemporary Scottish artists, and he is always looking for more wall space and new artists. He believes that more people should buy more contemporary paintings. His vision of the Kennox Prize - now the Aspect Prize - reflects this enthusiasm.
WILLIAM SMITH
A banker by profession, Bill Smith was Keeper of Art at The Fleming Collection for 12 years and is now a trustee of The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation. He is the author of biographies of the painters, D Y Cameron and E A Hornel, as well as the Dundee-born financier, Robert Fleming.
PATRICIA CAIN
Trish, who won the Aspect Prize in 2010, formerly worked as a lawyer in both England and Scotland before completing her PhD through the practice of drawing at Glasgow School of Art in 2008. She now lives and works in Glasgow as an artist and writer. She has a special interest in drawing and exhibits in numerous galleries across the country. Her book Drawing: the Enactive Evolution of the Practitioner has just been published by Intellect books.