Sir Neil William David Mcintosh FCIPD (born 30 January 1940) is a Scottish public administrator.

Career

Educated at King's Park Senior Secondary School in

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, Mcintosh worked for the sewing thread merchant J. & P. Coats (1957-59), then Honeywell Controls until 1962, when he joined the Berkshire, Oxford and Reading Joint Organisation and Methods Unit. After two years working at

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, in 1966 Mcintosh became Senior Organisation and Methods Officer for Lanark County Council and then became the O&M officer at

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three years later. In 1975, he joined

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, firstly as Personnel Officer, then, from 1981 as Director of Manpower Services. Between 1985 and 1992, he was Chief Executive of Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council, then, until 1996, he was the same for

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. From then until 2001, he was Convener of the

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. From 2002 to 2008, he was then a Member of the

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; from 2008 to 2013, he was a Civil Service Commissioner."Mcintosh, Sir Neil (William David)"
''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 1 January 2018. Mcintosh has also held a number of trusteeships and official positions, including his work as Chairman of the Commission on Local Government and the Scottish Parliament for the year 1998–99. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for

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in 1998, a Fellow of the

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in 1989 and a Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Management in 1987, and holds honorary degrees from

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and

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. In the

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, he was knighted for "service to the community", having been appointed a Commander of the

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ten years earlier.''Supplement to the London Gazette''
19 June 2000 (issue no. 55879), p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

References

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