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Director of Finance

Biography

Michael Breen is the Director of Finance for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

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No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared.

Register of interest

No interests declared.

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Non-Executive Member

Biography

Giovanni D’Alessio is an IT professional with over 25 years’ industry experience and spent his early career as a management consultant -initially in the USA, before relocating to the UK.

He has worked in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, telecoms, energy.  Giovanni, a member of the Board of the Ecology Building Society since 2022, brings a wealth of knowledge and skills in the areas of Technology, Digital Transformation and Cyber Security.

Giovanni was previously the CEO of Doosan Digital Innovation Europe from 2014 until March 2025, a company delivering Digital and Cybersecurity services to customers in a variety of sectors.

Giovanni lives in Glasgow with his wife and three teenage children. In his spare time, he enjoys both the outdoors (practising sports such as cycling and running) and indoors (reading, playing guitar, drawing and chess) 

Giovanni D’Alessio’s appointment is for four years, from 18 August 2025 until 17 August 2029.

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No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

Trustee, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund

Forestry and Land Scotland – Non Executive Adviser

Ecology Building Society – Non Executive Director and Member of Various Subcommittees

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Non-Executive Member

Biography

Jamie Kinlochan is a counsellor and founder of Hopeful Spaces, a community-based therapy service in Paisley, focused on making counselling accessible at the point of need. He holds a master’s degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Strathclyde.

Jamie received a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year’s Honours for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic and is an alumnus of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

He has served on the boards of SAMH and Amma Birth Companions and is currently a member of the Scotland Committee at Shelter. He brings governance experience across national and community organisations, alongside expert insight in mental health and community engagement, with a focus on accessibility, dignity, and person-centred care.

Jamie Kinlochan’s appointment is for four years, from 25 August 2025 until 24 August 2029.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

Trustee, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund

Jamie Kinlochan Consultancy

Hopeful Spaces Community Interest Company

Scotland Committee Member – Shelter

Member – British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy

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Staff placeholder icon image and photo of Dr Morven McElroy, board member at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Non-Executive Member

Biography

Morven qualified in Medicine with Commendation in 1999 from the University of Glasgow and after training in the West of Scotland became a Consultant Geriatrician at Stobhill Hospital then subsequently Glasgow Royal Infirmary from 2009 onwards.

She currently chairs the Area Clinical Forum, having been Chair of the Area Medical Committee since mid 2023. She also is the Acute Representative on the East Dunbartonshire IJB.

Morven is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCP(Glasg)). She is currently Honorary Secretary of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

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No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of Interest
  • Consultant Geriatrician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  • Honorary Secretary, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
  • Director, 1599 at the Royal College
  • Charity Trustee, Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary
  • Spouse of Lord Dean of Guild, The Merchants House Glasgow

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William Edwards, Board Member

Deputy Chief Executive

Biography

William Edwards was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive in May 2025 having held the role of Chief Operating Officer from January 2022.

Prior to this he was Director of eHealth and Digital services at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde from July 2017, having been the Interim Director since November 2016. 

He has held leadership roles at both local and national level since joining the NHS in June 1999. William is passionate about improving our services for the benefit of both staff and patients.

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No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

No interests declared

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Chief Executive

Biography

Professor Jann Gardner, Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Having started her career as a clinical pharmacist training in both NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Jann worked through progressively senior roles in her professional field. 

She then progressed through a number of wider hospital and healthcare management roles, including Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer in NHS Fife before being appointed as a Chief Executive, initially with NHS Golden Jubilee and then, in December 2022, with NHS Lanarkshire.

Jann was appointed as NHSGGC’s Chief Executive on 1st February 2025.

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No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared.

Register of interest

No interests have been registered.

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Chair, Chief Exec and members of the NHSGGC Board.

Medical Director

Biography

Dr Scott Davidson was appointed Medical Director of Greater Glasgow and Clyde in October 2024.

Scott qualified in Medicine from the University of Aberdeen in 1994 before moving to continue his training in Glasgow.  He undertook a period of research in Lung Cancer, achieving an MD through the Cancer Research UK Beatson Laboratories. He then went on to join the West of Scotland training scheme for General Internal and Respiratory Medicine, working with many inspirational clinical leaders throughout his research and training.  Scott is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians in Glasgow and the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.

He was appointed as a Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Southern General Hospital in 2006. There, he helped to develop the Lung Cancer service, and became Lead Clinician for medicine, before moving to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital when it opened in 2015. There he specialised in the home ventilation of patients with neuromuscular disease, leading the service until 2020.

Scott was the Clinical Director for medical services in the QEUH shortly after it opened, before becoming the South sector Chief of Medicine.  He was appointed Deputy Medical Director for Acute services in 2019, remaining in this role until becoming Board Medical Director.

Dr Scott Davidson has a wealth of experience and a proven track record of clinical leadership. This was achieved locally through his clinical services, the pandemic, and leading transformational change both locally and nationally through the redesign of urgent care programmes.

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No expense claims declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality claimed.

Register of interest

No interests registered.

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Stobhill and the New Victoria Success

Stobhill Hospital and the New Victoria Hospital are our first sites to adopt waste segregation in clinical and non-clinical areas and our plan is to role this out on a site by site basis across the NHSGGC.

Segregation in the six theatres at Stobhill showed a 70% reduction in orange bag waste with a saving of 42 tonnes of waste volume, £17,000 cost avoidance and C02 saving of 17 tonnes.

Neptune 3 is a closed-circuit waste management system that collects, transports, and disposes of surgical waste fluid helping protect staff from exposure whilst increasing efficiencies in the operating room.

There is a potentially significant waste and cost saving from eliminating Vac Sacs from the waste stream which weigh around 2kg each that are treated through the clinical waste stream.

Rover

Docking Station

Manifold

  • Time saved – minimum 3.6 minutes per procedure
  • Efficiency – within the operating room and waste supply chain
  • Cost saving – reduction in clinical waste and consumables
  • Staff Wellbeing – investment to the Healthcare Professional
  • Eco Sustainability – Reducing footprint of clinical waste