Craigie Veitch

After-Dinner Speaker

Craigie Veitch is a former Racing Editor and Sports Editor with Scotsman Publications. When the computer came into his office he took early retirement, along with the hot metal.

Since then, he has become one of the country's busiest after-dinner speakers.

Craigie has addressed ex-pats in Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Beirut and Lisbon. He has covered the UK and top-tabled with the Institute of Petroleum at Grosvenor House in London, the Variety Club of Great Britain, The Newspapers' and Advertisers' Golfing Society, as well as numerous Round Table soirees. He has addressed the Yorkshire Master Builders in Hull and in York, the RUC Football Club in Belfast, and the Arthur Andersen Company in Bournmouth. Craigie is well-known on the SFA, Scottish Golf and Rugby circuit and is a regular performer at testimonial dinners, corporate golf days and business seminars.

He is a man of letters, being a former East of Scotland Scrabble champion.

His main educational claim to fame is that he once shared an ink-well at school with Sean Connery, and, in true journalistic style, insists he taught 007 all he knows about acting and elocution.

Craigie was principal speaker when Sean Connery was guest of honour at The Edinburgh Press Club Dinner.

Over the years, Craigie has told so many stories about Connery that he is now beginning to believe them. But, would a journalist lie?

Craigie Veitch is also a winner of two prestigious Wit's Dinner awards.

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