Key Personnel At Elite - Sam B Mackay

Position Held

Managing Director

Background

Married with two children, Sam Mackay holds the position of Managing Director with Elite Control Systems Limited.

Sam was born and bred locally, and developed an active interest in sport. Golf and squash have been a passion, but football was his main interest - not just as a player, but as a coach. He even took his under - 18's team to the final of the Scottish Cup.

Sam's other interest and driving ambition was to be an Electrician, this led him to an apprenticeship as a Maintenance Electrician, before he took it a step further and went to Teacher Training College. He was a well respected Lecturer at both Falkirk and West Lothian Colleges.

Even though he thoroughly enjoyed lecturing, Sam was looking for a further challenge, which led to his being appointed Area Sales Engineer selling PLC equipment for one of the market leading Manufacturers, AEG Modicon. Sam departed AEG with his sights firmly set on a management role to became Operations Manager, working with and selling PLC based solutions with Electrical Mechanical Instrument Services Limited.

And then came the further, and ultimate challenge: launching Elite Control Systems Limited in partnership with Ewan McAllister in June 1992.

Posts Held

• Elite Control Systems Limited (Managing Director)
• Electrical Mechanical Instrument Services (Operations Manager)
• AEG Modicon (Area Sales Engineer)
• West Lothian College Of Further Education (Lecturer In Elecrical & Electronic Engineering)
• Falkirk College Of Further Education (Lecturer In Elecrical & Electronic Engineering)
• British Leyland Limited (Electrical Maintenance Technician)