Douglas joined the Osprey Housing Board of Directors in 2010.
Douglas joined the Bank of Scotland in Portsoy in 1968 working in several branches in the north east until he moved to Head Office in Edinburgh in 1973 joining the internal audit and lending control team. He moved back into Branch Management in 1984 initially in Edinburgh then Aberdeen. For his last 13 years with the Bank, Douglas was a Director of Corporate Banking in Aberdeen being the relationship contact for businesses with a turnover in excess of £5M. Douglas retired from the bank in 2010 following the takeover of Bank of Scotland by the Lloyds Banking Group.