What is Ann Gloag known for?

Dame Ann Heron Gloag born 10 December 1942, is a Scottish businesswoman, activist, and charity campaigner. She is a co-founder of the international transport company Stagecoach Group.

What is Ann Gloag known for?

Dame Ann Gloag is a former nurse and co-founder of the international transport company Stagecoach and served as an executive director until May 2000. She founded Freedom From Fistula in 2008 and has expanded the charity to help more than 20,000 women and children across Africa.

Gloag has owned Beaufort Castle near Inverness since 1995, and Kinfauns Castle, near Perth since 2004. She has attempted to block off private access at Kinfauns, on 12 June 2007, a court ruled that she was legally entitled to bar the public from an area of woodland on the grounds of Kinfauns Castle.

In November 2013, Gloag took ownership of Kent International Airport, also known as Manston Airport, for the sum of £1. Gloag’s co-director is Pauline Bradley, a corporate lawyer and former head of joint ventures at Bank of Scotland, described by The Herald as “one of Scotland’s most powerful women”.

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