Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE

Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE, Executive Chairman, Linn Products Ltd Glasgow-born Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE founded Linn Products Limited in 1973 and was awarded an MBE in 1992.
Scotland’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001, Ivor is a founder member of The Entrepreneurial Exchange (now Entrepreneurial Scotland), an Honorary Fellow of The Glasgow School of Art, a past Chairman of the Federation of British Audio, and served on the Design Council.
Ivor is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University and a founder member of its Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs.
In 2006 he established the charity Cure Crohn’s Colitis to fund IBD research which led to him being appointed a member of The William Robertson Society at The University of Edinburgh.
An occasional columnist, his interests include engineering, manufacturing, boating, history, current affairs and economics, music, the arts, lecturing and consultancy.