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Dr Emilia Crighton, Director of Public Health

Director of Public Health

Biography

Emilia became a member of the NHS Board in February 2022.

Emilia qualified in Medicine in 1991 and after gaining the Royal College of Physician exams, she joined the West of Scotland training scheme for Public Health Medicine. During this time, she gained a Master in Public Health (Glasgow University 2000) and became Member of the Faculty of Public Health (2004). In 2006 she was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and served two terms as Convenor of the Faculty of Public Health in Scotland.

Emilia joined NHS Greater Glasgow in 2006 as a Consultant in Public Health Medicine and was appointed lead clinician for screening programmes; head of Health Services Section; Deputy Director of Public Health; and during 2015 and 2016 and again in 2022 Interim Director of Public Health. Emilia was appointed Director of Public Health in August 2023.

Emilia led the implementation and ongoing delivery of new national screening programmes like abdominal aortic aneurysm; and bowel screening; was a strong advocate for healthy public health policy like the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol sold; sugar tax; and effective drug addiction interventions. She remains passionate about effective health preventative interventions including those addressing the fundamental causes of ill health like poverty and inequity.

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Portrait image of Ann Cameron-Burns, Employee Director

Employee Director

Biography

Ann Cameron-Burns is appointed as a non-executive member from 1st January 2022 until 31st December 2025.

Ann joined the NHS Argyll and Clyde Health Board over 20 years ago as a Health Promotion Officer. She has been an active trade unionist for over 40 years, becoming a member of UNISON in 1993.

Ann’s main focus is on equalities, specifically representing the LGBT+ community.

Elected by her joint trade union colleagues, Ann took up the post of Employee Director for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 1st January 2022.

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Browse or search all our Agendas, Papers and Minutes from our Interim Board meetings.

If you are looking for the regular Board meeting documents, please go to NHSGGC Board Meeting Agendas, Papers & Minutes.

Board Meeting Agendas, Papers & Minutes

Michelle Wailes

Non-Executive Member

Michelle Wailes 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.  

She 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.  

She 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 Wailes is currently a Board Member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Scottish Canals, and a member of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner Audit and Accountability Committee.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

No interests declared.

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Charles Vincent

Non-Executive Member

Biography

Charles Vincent is appointed as a non-executive member from 1st February 2020 until 31st May 2025.

Charles is a highly experienced corporate board member, working in highly regulated industries and their accompanying governance.

He has also been a Children’s Hearing Scotland panel member for a number of years making complex decisions about the futures of vulnerable children in partnership with the various agencies involved in their lives.

He brings to the board his vast experience of developing high performance cultures that are able to continuously improve through supportive self-analysis. This includes managing the complex disagreements that inevitably occur when there are conflicting priorities within an organisation.

Charles Vincent has lived his whole life in Glasgow and is committed to ensuring that its residents get the very best healthcare possible.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

No interests declared.

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Rona Sweeney

Non-Executive Member

Biography

Rona Sweeney is appointed as a non-executive board member from 1st July 2016 until 30th June 2024.

Rona has 30 years public sector experience the majority of which is from within the criminal justice system. She worked in the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) for over 25 years and held posts including Governor of HMP Shotts and Director of Prisons. In this latter role she was the Operational lead for the SPS and Board member, with responsibilities including operational readiness, forensic psychology services, and performance, in all public sector operated prisons.

Rona Sweeney also brings experience as a Senior Civil Servant in the Scottish Government where she worked in the area of fair work, employability and skills.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

Organisation:
Parole Board for Scotland 
Position Held:
Member

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Francis Shennan

Non-Executive Member

Biography

Francis Shennan is appointed as a non-executive board member from 1st June 2020 until 31st May 2024.

Francis is an award-winning business and financial journalist, whose work has included dealing directly with consumers’ queries, investigating complaints and occasionally winning redress.

He has held appointments as a non-executive board member of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, a member of Employment Tribunals Scotland, and the Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee for Glasgow & Strathkelvin.

A graduate in law from Edinburgh University, who completed a Certificate in European Employment Law at King’s College London, Francis has been a Senior or Visiting Lecturer in media and media law at Middlesex, Westminster, Stirling, Strathclyde and Edinburgh Napier universities.

Francis Shennan is the author of two non-fiction books and ghost-writer of five business training books, he lives in Glasgow and is married with two grown-up children.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

No interests declared.

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Dr Lesley Rousselet

Non-Executive Member

Biography

Dr Lesley Rousselet is appointed as a non-executive board member from 1st July 2021 until 30th June 2023.

Lesley works as a community based, independent prescribing optometrist, having qualified in Optometry from Aston University in 1996, with a PhD in Vision Sciences in 2013.

Within NHSGGC, she currently holds the position of Chair of the Area Optometric Committee and of the Area Clinical Forum.

Dr Lesley Rousselet is joint Programme Director for Optometry in NHS Education for Scotland, and is driven by a passion for accessible and excellent patient care.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

No interests declared.

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Ian Ritchie

Vice Chair

Biography

Ian Ritchie became a Non-Executive member of the NHS Board on 1st July 2016 and was appointed Vice Chair to the Board on 1st June 2020. He is appointed until 30th June 2024.

As a recently retired Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon, Ian has 25 years first-hand experience of the challenges of providing a service in a District General Hospital. He had a general orthopaedic practice with an interest in upper limb problems. Ian has always had an interest in surgical training which he pursued as Director of Surgical Training at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and has delivered courses on these topics in UK and internationally.

He was elected President of the RCSEd from 2012-2015 during which time he saw the challenges and frustrations experienced by all levels of staff in the NHS in managing the enormous pressures and changes affecting us in delivering healthcare.

 Ian was Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland for two years (2013-15).

 In addition to his role as Non-executive director on the Board of Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Ian is the chair of the Health and Social Care Physical Activity Delivery Group for the Scottish Government.

Other information

Expenses claims
Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

Organisation:
IK & AM Ritchie Partnership 
Position Held:
Partner

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Anne-Marie Monaghan

Non-Executive Member

Biography

Anne-Marie Monaghan is appointed as a non-executive member from 1st July 2016 until 30th June 2024.

Anne-Marie originally trained as a Community Education Worker. With over 30 years experience of working in the voluntary sector in both youth and community development projects, she then moved to the public sector in community care.

She held a range of senior posts with significant financial, governance, operational and strategic responsibilities, demonstrating effective skills in commissioning, service redesign, and the development of innovative practice.

Anne-Marie led the initial development of self-directed support in the largest of the three Scottish Government National Test Sites, and was a member of the National Implementation Group.

She brings to the Board her significant experience of social work delivery, with skills in learning disability, policy, community engagement, and of working in the context of health and social care integration.

Anne-Marie Monaghan has a positive track record of managing change and of developing partnership working.

Other information

Expenses claims

No expense claims have been declared.

Hospitality

No hospitality declared

Register of interest

Organisation:
Glasgow Integrated Joint Board
Position held:
Member

Organisation:
East Renfrewshire Integrated Joint Board
Position held:
Member

Organisation:
Social Work Scotland
Position held:
Associate Member

Organisation:
East Ayrshire Thinking Differently Programme Board
Position held:
Chair – remunerated as paid holder of office

Organisation:
The Scottish Community Development Network
Position held:
Member

Organisation:
The International Association for Community Development
Position held:
Member

Organisation:
Anne-Marie Monaghan T/A Empower QSC
Position held:
Owner

Organisation:
Community Brokerage Network 
Position held:
Director 

Organisation:
European Social Work Research Association
Position held:
Member

Organisation:
ILF Scotland
Position held:
Board Member

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