The Board
There are 16 places on the NHS Education for Scotland Board of which 10 are non-executive and 6 are executive. All Board members are appointed by the Health Minister
The role of the NES Board can be summarised as follows:
- to set strategic direction, define annual and longer term objectives and agree plans to achieve them;
- to ensure that plans and performance are responsive to staff and stakeholder needs;
- to oversee the delivery of planned results by monitoring performance against objectives;
- to ensure effective financial stewardship;
- to ensure high standards of governance and conduct throughout the NES organisation;
- to appoint, appraise and remunerate senior executives.
Non-Executive Board Members
- Lindsay Burley - Chair
- Murray Duncanson - Vice Chair
- Professor Alice Belcher
- Susan Douglas-Scott
- Liz Ford
- Theresa Houston
- Fiona Mackenzie
- Professor Valerie Maehle
- Dr Liz Robertson
- Carole Wilkinson
Executive Board Members
- Malcolm Wright OBE - Chief Executive
- Caroline Lamb - Director of Finance and Corporate Resources / Deputy Chief Executive
- Dr Mike Watson - Director of Medicine
- Professor Brian Durward - Director of Educational Development
- Rose-Marie Parr - Director of Pharmacy
