Margaret Kerr was appointed as a non-executive board member from 1st April 2019.
Margaret brings significant financial expertise to the Board having accumulated more than 20 years’ experience from auditing and advising private companies, listed corporates and large public sector organisations. As a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAS), Margaret has extensive financial reporting, internal control and corporate governance experience and has worked with a wide range of stakeholders including clinicians, academics, senior management and non-executives to develop and improve governance.
Margaret Kerr is also a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (CMIIA) and has performed the Head of Internal Audit role for a number of public sector organisations, including NHS Boards.
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Hospitality
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Register of interest
Organisation: Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board Position held: Member
Organisation: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) Position held: Member
Organisation: Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Position held: Member
Simon Carr is appointed as a non-executive board member from 1st September 2015 until 31st August 2023.
Simonhas over thirty five years’ experience working in the voluntary sector, most of which has been spent as a senior officer in the social care and housing sector.
With a track record of developing innovative solutions to complex problems, he looks forward to bringing that experience to NHS Glasgow and Clyde. He has developed and led complex transformation programmes to help ensure organisations remain focused to meet the changing needs of the people that use their services.
Simon Carr understands the challenges the NHS faces nationally and in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and he looks forward to making a contribution.
Ms Jane Grant is appointed in her capacity as Chief Executive of Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board from 1st April 2017.
Jane was previously the Chief Executive of NHS Forth Valley for a period of three and a half years. Prior to joining NHS Forth Valley Ms Grant spent four and a half years as Chief Operating Officer for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
She joined the NHS in 1983 as a Management Services Officer within Highland Health Board, and also worked in Stobhill Hospital as Deputy Administrator in her early career.
In the early 1990s, Jane moved to Lanarkshire Health Board as Hospital Administrator within Hairmyres Hospital. This was followed by a variety of posts within Lanarkshire, culminating in her appointment as General Manager of Hairmyres Hospital in 1999.
Ms Grant moved back to Glasgow in 2000 to become the General Manager for Surgery in North Glasgow. She was appointed as Director of Surgery and Anaesthetics for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in early 2006 and became the Board’s Chief Operating Officer in 2009. She was appointed as Chief Executive of NHS Forth Valley in October 2013.
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Expenses claims
No expense claims have been declared.
Hospitality
No hospitality declared.
Register of interest
Organisation: MiP Trade Union Position held: Member
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The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board meets every two months, on the last Tuesday of the month (exceptions denoted by *), on the dates shown below. Meetings usually start at 9.30am, and are held virtually via Microsoft Teams.
23rd April 2025
29th April 2025
24th June 2025
26th August 2025
28th October 2025
16th December 2025*
24th February 2026
The next meeting takes place on Wednesday 23rd 2025 at 10.00 am.
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Agendas, minutes and papers of previous Board meetings can be accessed from the link below.
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