Robert Andrew Fulton (born 6 February 1944) was appointed chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party in February 2008. Fulton was previously a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1968-1999 with postings in Saigon, Rome, East Berlin, Oslo and the UK mission to the UN in New York and finally Washington DC.
In 2006 Fulton became Chairman of GPW, global experts in business intelligence and corporate investigations. He is also a senior advisor to IndigoVision and Memex Technology, and is Honorary President, formerly founding Chairman, of the Scottish North American Business Council.
When Fulton was appointed Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives, the media reported that he had previously been Washington head of station for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service.[1]
Born in Glasgow he grew up on the Isle of Bute and attended Rothesay Academy Rothesay. Later he went on to study Law at the Glasgow University, graduating MA, LLB (1962–1967).
In 2000, while a visiting professor at the Glasgow University School of Law, he stepped down as a member of the Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit, responsible for briefing media on the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, after speculation about his previous role in British Intelligence.