Sir Tom Hunter founded West Coast Capital (West Coast), the private equity partnership, in March 2001 and the venture philanthropy, The Hunter Foundation in 1998. Prior to which he sold sports retailer, Sports Division, the business he developed from start-up for £290m. In 2005 he was Knighted for services to entrepreneurship and philanthropy.

Tom is a member of the Smith Group, advising the Scottish Executive in addressing the NEET Group (Not in Education, Employment or Training), a director of PSYBT (Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust), and a director of the Carnegie Universities Trust for Scotland. Tom endowed; with £5millon, the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship. He is also joint chairman of CHDI (Clinton Hunter Development Initiative), a joint foundation with the former president, Bill Clinton.