Helen Wright - Al-Maktoum Fellow

Board member.

Committee Chair 2024

8th March 2024: Helen Wright appointed as Chair of the External Relations and Community Engagement Committee.

1 December 2006 Press Release:
Fellows Honoured by Al-Maktoum Institute.

The Al-Maktoum Institute in Dundee has added two more names to its list of Honorary Fellowships.

At the graduation ceremony to be held later today (Friday December 1 2006) Bailie Helen Wright and Alan Harden, Chief Executive of the Alliance Trust, will be receiving their Honorary Fellowships from the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Al-Maktoum Institute, Professor Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi. Announcing the awards, Professor El-Awaisi said: These two individuals play a leading part in the life of the city of Dundee. Their contribution to the development of the Institute and to its aims and objectives has been immense. Both have also played a large role in the wider community and we are delighted to recognise those achievements by granting them an Honorary Fellowship.

Bailie Wright was the first female Lord Provost of Dundee and was elected to the City Council in 1980. She has served and still serves on a wide variety of community groups, charities and advisory bodies. Her current work is connected with social work, the health service, fund raising and community activity. Commenting on the award Bailie Wright said: "The city council and the Al Maktoum Institute have worked successfully together as partners over several years. The Institute has played a major role in promoting understanding between cultures in Dundee and throughout Scotland and I am delighted to receive this honour from the Institute."
Helen with Professor Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi at the Al-Maktoum College in 2006  Helen standing in for the Lord Provost at the Graduation in 2023