Biography
Callum is Head of Technology and Commercial at leading law firm Burness Paull. He has worked in the field of information and communications technology law for almost 25 years and has a life-long passion for technology. He specialises in a broad range of technology and sourcing projects for clients on both customer and supplier side, acting for some of the world’s largest technology businesses, principally in the regulated utilities, financial services and fintech, and public sectors.
Callum chairs the IT Contracting and Advisory Special Interest Group of the Lex Mundi international alliance of “best of breed” independent law firms. He is part of the Scottish AI Alliance Leadership Group, is a Board Director of ScotlandIS, and is on the Scottish Government’s Digital Assets Expert Reference Group.
Callum is a recognised thought-leader in technology. He has been named in the UK Lawyer magazine’s “Hot 100” as a “Disruptor” and in The Times’ Digital List of 100 people from Scotland’s digital technologies industry who are “changing the world”. Callum is also a past winner of the Leadership Award at the ScotlandIS Digital Tech Awards.
Consistently championing progress and innovation, Callum has long made it his mission to help promote and develop Scotland’s burgeoning tech ecosystem.