Gordon was a senior career banker with Bank of Scotland, before joining Christie Griffith in July 2004. He was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland in 2001.

During his 36 years with Bank of Scotland, Gordon gained a wide level of banking expertise and experience, particularly in the funding and management of an array of business enterprises. Much of this experience was gained in the role of managing the Bank of Scotland business in East Kilbride and Queen St, Glasgow. On the formation of HBOS plc, Gordon was appointed, Senior Director, Sales and Customer relationships, UK. This was a senior management position in Business Banking, where he led and managed a team of 800 people across the UK. In this role, he achieved an impressive track record of growth and profitability, in a very competitive environment. He successfully engineered radical organisational change, which delivered improved sales effectiveness and personal face to face business banking relationship to the SME business sector.

Gordon has now retired from Christie Griffith.