After leaving office, Wilson held many public offices in Britain. 1993, he joined the Scottish Hydropower Company as the chairman. 1998, the company merged with another power company and was reorganized into Scotland and Southern Energy PLC, and he continued as the chairman until 2000. In addition, Wilson was a director of Martin Currie Pacfic Trust plc from 2003 to 2003. He was a member of the Council of the British Council from 1993 to 2002, and was the chairman of the Scottish Committee of the British Council from 1993 to 2002. On the other hand, Wilson served as the vice chairman of the Scottish aristocratic association from 1998 to 2000, and served as the chairman of the association from 2000 to 2002. In addition, he served as the trustee of church of scotland project from 1999 to 2002; 1993-2000, member of the Scottish parliament of the confederation of British industry; 1992- 1997 is a member of the board of directors of the School of Asian and African Studies, University of London; And from 1994 to 2005, he served as a member of the parliament of Monte College in Grana, in which he served as the chairman of the parliament from 2000 to 2005. In addition to the above-mentioned official duties, Wilson has also served as the chairman of the British Bhutan Society since 1993; From 1996, he served as vice president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and from 1997, he served as supervisor of Abadian University. The director of Abadian University is an honorary position. Generally speaking, Wilson will hold this position for life. In addition, he has served as trustee of the National Museum of Scotland since 1999 and concurrently as chairman since 2002. Since 2000, Wilson has been appointed as a member of the Prime Minister's Business Appointment Advisory Committee and a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation of the University of Scotland. Since 200 1, he has been the Registrar of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. From 2002 to 2008, he served as Dean of Peter College, Cambridge University. June 5438 +2008 10, he was appointed as the president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Prior to this, he was elected as an academician of the Society in 2000 and the convener of the International Committee of the Society in 2002.
In 2000, Wilson was awarded the Thistle Medal by the Queen of England, Irina Captier Lova II, to thank him for his contribution to Britain for many years. The thistle medal is the highest knight honor that Scots can be awarded. In addition, Wilson was also a member of the city Council of Abadian in 2004.
Although he left Hong Kong after leaving the post of Governor, Wilson is still very concerned about Hong Kong affairs. Wilson has been honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1994. In addition, he also attended activities organized by the Hong Kong SAR Government in the UK from time to time. Among them, Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, visited London from June 2005 to October 2005, during which he attended the annual dinner of the Trade Development Council. Wilson also attended the dinner and praised Donald Tsang as an outstanding chief executive. On the other hand, Wilson visited the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in June 2005. In 2006, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hong Kong. Attended the centenary ceremony of the University of Hong Kong and delivered a speech 20 1 1.