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Catherine Dyer CBE
Chair of the Audit and Accountability Committee
With over 30 years experience as a solicitor and public sector leadership, Catherine now provides Leadership coaching and mentoring with particular emphasis on Effective Delivery, Change Management, Equality and Diversity.
As Crown Agent and Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) until 2016, Catherine was Accountable Officer and principal advisor to the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General on prosecution matters.
She was a member of the Strategic Board of Scottish Government and, as the Diversity Champion for Scottish Government, she chaired the Public Sector Employers’ Diversity Network.
From 2010 until 2017 she was a Director of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law (ISRCL).
Appointed by Scottish Ministers as Independent Chair of two expert review groups, on the Scottish systems to keep children safe from harm, she reported in 2017 and 2019, and has contributed to numerous other government reviews and consultations.
Catherine is currently a member of the International Advisory Board to the Institute For Inspiring Children’s Futures.
She was appointed CBE for services to law and order in the 2015 New Year Honours.
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Michelle Wailes
Audit and Accountability member
Michelle is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales with over 18 years’ experience in the professional and financial services industries and the public sector.
Michelle started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working in the Government and Public Sector team. During this time she was engaged on the delivery of statutory audit services, internal audit services and specialist advisory projects across a wide range of Public Sector Bodies in Scotland and the South East of England.
Michelle then spent 10 years working at the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group where she gained extensive experience in internal audit, risk and corporate governance.
Michelle is currently a Board Member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Scottish Canals, and joins the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board on 1 June 2021.
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Robert Scott QFSM
Audit and Accountability member
Robert served as an operational fire officer and member of the senior leadership team of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) until his retirement in 2017. He attained the rank of Assistant Chief Officer and held a number of roles at Director level. He formed part of a small team responsible for the reform of the fire service, resulting in the creation of the national organisation in 2013.
Following his retirement he operated his own management consultancy firm offering support and advice to public sector organisations and private companies alike.
In April 2021 he was appointed as HM Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service where he leads a team responsible for providing independent professional inspection of the SFRS in a bid to provide assurance that the service is working in an efficient and effective way and to promote continuous improvement.
He was awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal (QFSM) for distinguished service in the 2015 Birthday Honours.
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John McCroskie
Audit and Accountability Committee
John McCroskie has 30 years of working experience in public bodies, central government and the private sector. With a professional background in public affairs, engagement and the communication of public policy, he spent the last 12 years in policing with leadership roles in major organisational change and governance. John moved on from the governance of policing in January 2021 having served as a Director and interim Chief Executive. He is also Principal Transformation Lead at Zero Waste Scotland, as well as a non-executive Trustee of the health charity Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.
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Liz Humphreys
Audit and Accountability Committee
Elizabeth Humphreys has over 30 years of leadership experience in the public and third sectors in the areas of justice; marine management; culture; and health and social care. She has extensive board-level strategic, policy and governance experience, with particular expertise in assurance and risk management; championing equality and diversity; leading change and business resilience. She is currently a non-executive director and the Whistleblowing Champion for the Scottish Ambulance Service and Public Health Scotland. She is also Vice-Chair of Independent Living Fund Scotland. Her voluntary roles include: Chair of Drake Music Scotland; and Trustee and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for the Scottish Association for Mental Health.
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Lena Collins
Audit and Accountability Committee
Lena has spent her working career of 49 years in the NHS. Training as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Lena worked in a clinical capacity for 20 years in a variety of roles including senior management positions. As a General Manager in the NHS, Lena managed the community health services for the South West Area of Lanarkshire, Lanarkshire GP out of hours service, community dental services and prisoner health services with focus on the development, delivery and performance of these services against local and nationally set standards. Lena then took up the post of the Head of Planning and Performance for South Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership and had a lead role in the integration arrangements between health and social care. Following retirement at the end of 2015 Lena returned to NHS on a part time basis as programme manager for Prescribing Quality and Efficiency Programme and subsequently, during the pandemic, returned full time to act as interim manager of Public Health Service in NHS Lanarkshire until a permanent post holder was appointed.
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