She was the Chief Executive (CEO) of Queen's Park, having previously held the same position at Motherwell and Hibernian.
[1][2][3] Dempster worked in advertising before becoming sales and marketing director for Zoom Airlines for two years.
In her time at Motherwell, the team finished second in the Scottish Premiership twice, and third once, reaching the qualifying rounds for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
[5] Dempster was brought up in the East End of Glasgow by a Catholic mother and a Protestant father.
[6] Before her professional involvement in football, Dempster had been a Rangers season ticket holder but had long since let her attendance lapse.