Professor Alice Belcher
Non-Executive Board Member of NHS Education for Scotland
Alice Belcher holds a personal chair in Law at the University of Dundee. She researches in the fields of corporate governance, company law and sex discrimination law. Her recent publications include articles on teamwork within boards of directors and whether sex discrimination law can help bring about a gender balance on private sector boards of directors.
On leaving school Professor Belcher trained as a chartered accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co (now KPMG) and she is now a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Recently Alice has been given a 5 year appointment to the SDO (Service Delivery and Organisation) Studies Panel. This brings automatic honorary membership of the National Institute for Health Research Faculty. Alice has 6 children, age range 13 - 22.