Following a 20 year career in journalism Carlos Alba now runs a public relations consultancy, providing communications advice and training to companies and organisations. He spent 10 years at the Sunday Times, including four as Scotland Editor, and has been political editor at the Daily Record and education correspondent at The Herald. He is the winner of five national journalism awards. In 2001 he co-authored with Ron Mackenna Keep the Faith: The Story of Celtic's Historic Treble Winning Season 2000-2001 (Mainstream). His debut novel, Kane's Ladder was published by Polygon in 2008.