Dominic McKay

Dominic joined the SEC (Scottish Event Campus) in May 2025 after serving as Executive Chairman since 2021 with European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), the tournament organiser of the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, where he will continue in his role as Independent Non-Executive Chairman.

Dominic was also a strategic advisor to the UCI World Cycling Championships 2023, CEO at Celtic Football Club and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Scottish Rugby Union for 13 years, leading the development of the organisation into a modern, consumer-focused sporting and entertainment business delivering world-class major sporting events. He also attracted major live entertainment promoters and performers and oversaw a doubling of Scottish Rugby’s commercial revenues and regularly ensured major events and international sporting fixtures took place in front of sell-out crowds at Murrayfield National Stadium.

He has also served as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the PRO14, now the United Rugby Championship, and a board member of Rugby Europe and various international rugby organisations.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominic chaired Scottish Rugby’s COVID-19 Response Group. He supported cross-sector industry groups, including the Scottish Government Event Industry Advisory Group (EIAG), which provided representation for the events sector in the national response and recovery planning effort required to address the devastating impact of the pandemic on the sector in Scotland. Dominic was instrumental in bringing back the live events industry, with Murrayfield Stadium being the first large-scale venue to open in the U.K.

Dominic went to the University of Glasgow and is a keen offshore sailor, previously chairing the Ocean Youth Trust (Scotland) board of directors.