Speaker Biographies

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Speaker Biographies
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Speaker Biographies
27 May 2015
Edinburgh Conference Centre,
Heriot-Watt University
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Olivia Giles
Olivia Giles (born 1965) graduated in law from Glasgow University.
Until 2002 she was a commercial property partner with Scottish law
firm, Maclay Murray & Spens. That year she contracted the blood
poisoning form of meningitis as a result of which both of her lower
legs and both of her lower arms had to be amputated. After months
of rehabilitation she made a full recovery and is fully mobile on
prosthetic legs.
Since her illness, Olivia has given talks on a variety of subjects but
mainly motivational and about patient centred care in medicine,
nursing and the allied health professions. She has been involved in
the Scottish Government’s policy documents for the future direction
of nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions. She is
currently serving on the lay advisory committee of the Royal College
of Physicians of Edinburgh.
In 2007 Olivia founded the charity, “500 miles” and was awarded an
OBE in 2010 for her charitable work.
Shirley Rogers
Shirley Rogers has been an HR professional for almost 30 years. After
graduating with an Honours Degree from Newcastle University in
1986, she began her career working in Central Government in London
and from there moved to the private sector and the Police Service
before joining NHS Scotland in 1996 as Director of Human Resources
and Organisational Development for the Scottish Ambulance Service.
In May 2012 Shirley was appointed to Scottish Government where
she is Director of NHS Workforce. She has responsibility for a number
of areas including workforce sustainability, pay, terms and conditions
of service, pensions, workforce planning, reshaping medical careers
and the sponsorship of NHS Education for Scotland. Shirley has led
the development and implementation of Everyone Matters, the 20:20
Workforce Vision for NHS Scotland and currently chairs the Scottish
Government Task Force on Seven Day Services.
Shirley also holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management
and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development.
Paul Gray
Paul Gray was appointed Director General Health and Social Care in
December 2013.
Paul Gray was previously the Scottish Government’s Director General
Governance and Communities (appointed in December 2010) and prior
to that Director General Environment (appointed on 20 July 2009) and
then Director General Rural Affairs, Environment and Services.
Up to July 2009 Paul was the Scottish Government’s Director of
Change and Corporate Services, with responsibility for senior staff
development and deployment; human resources; information
systems and services; accommodation and estates services; corporate
learning; employee engagement; and the Scottish Government’s
business improvement and change programmes.
Before that, he was Director of Primary and Community Care – having
joined Health in October 2005. His responsibilities included Primary
Care, Community Care, Care of Older People, Adults at Risk, Dental
services, Pharmaceutical services and General Medical Services. He
held the role of Director of eHealth simultaneously. Prior to that he
was the Scottish Executive Director for Social Justice, covering Social
Inclusion, Equalities and Voluntary Issues, from October 2003, and
before that, he was the Scottish Executive Director of Information and
Communications Technology. His career has covered such diverse
areas as Criminal Injuries Compensation, fisheries quota management
and licensing, and work with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education.