Willie Hunter is currently one of the senior partners of the Edinburgh legal firm Gillespie Macandrew and is the partner in charge of their estate agency department which trades under his name Hunters.

Willie is married to the long suffering Avril and has three children 25, 23 and 18 stupid names - but it was his wife's idea.

Willie Hunter started speaking at dinners back in the days when the Dead Sea was only seriously ill and has had the pleasure of sharing top tables with the likes of Rory Bremner, Ronnie Corbett, Andy Cameron and Elaine C Smith from the world of showbusiness and from the world of sport Bill McLaren, Ian Robertson, Jack Charlton and Tommy Docherty amongst others. He has spoken at Burns Suppers and St Andrews Night functions as far afield as Amsterdam, Cairo and Abu Dhabi.

He has travelled all over the country in search of an audience that hasnt heard him speak before and will travel long distances for a free meal.

In his youth Willie played nearly 250 games for Watsonians alongside the Hastings sisters Gavin and Scott. No lesser an authority than Bill McLaren stated that Willie would have played for Scotland.if he had been a much, much better player than he was!!

He has been a lifelong supporter of Hearts but has retained a sense of humour despite that. On Saturdays he can be found at Tynecastle Park where he is the resident MC in the main hospitality suite and takes great pride in the fact that he is one of the few people who actually gets paid for watching Hearts.