Mervyn James "Merv" Rolfe CBE[1][2] was a Scottish politician, activist and writer, who was Provost and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Dundee from 1996 to 1999.

[5] In 1992 he stood for the UK Parliament in the seat of Perth & Kinross for the Scottish Labour Party.

[6] From 1999 till 2014 he was Chair ESEP Ltd,[7] and taught Economics and Management at the University of Abertay Dundee.

He was Vice Chair of the HMS Frigate Unicorn Preservation Society from 2002 to 2014 and had been a Trustee of Dundee Heritage Trust from 1986 to 1996.

He was an executive member of the North Sea Commission of the Committee for Periferal Maritime Regions of the European Union from 1994 to 1996.