Draft:Mike Soutar

Mike Soutar is a British businessman.

Early life
Mike Soutar was born in 1967 in Dundee, Scotland. Soutar lived in Torphins, Aberdeenshire in the early 1970s. Soutar attended Glenrothes High School in Fife from 1978 to 1984.

Career
In 1987, Soutar moved to London and took up a position as press officer for Virgin Records. He did not enjoy working in public relations and described it as "like being a glorified double-glazing salesman".

Soutar was the chief executive officer of the Evening Standard from October 2019 to May 2020.

Personal life
Soutar is married to Bev Soutar (Hillier), a physical therapist and the former editor of Just Seventeen magazine.

He has been a non-executive director of the Scottish Rugby Union since July 2023.