Alan Tomkins

Alan's first business venture, Lautrec's Wine Bar & Brasserie opened in Glasgow as far back as 1982, and since then he has expanded his interests to some of Glasgow's most notable establishments. Proprietor of Dining Room in Bath Street and Vroni's Wine Bar in West Nile Street. Alan is co-owner with Derek Marshall of Urban Grill in Shawlands and also co-owner of Ashton Lane's Vodka Wodka, Booly Mardy's in Vinicombe Street, and Blue Dog, a late night music/piano bar at 151 West George Street.

In 1999 Alan launched his own online wine company, Wineorama.com, which has proven to be one of the country's longest lasting dot com companies. Alan has been recently been appointed as a Board Director of the new Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB), effective from 1st April 2005, and is a committee member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Tourism, Retail and Leisure Policy Group. He is the former chairman (2001-2005) of the Glasgow Restaurateurs Association, an alliance of Glasgow's top restaurants, and a former Board Director of The Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Tourist Board. Alan is also a Board Director of The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow.