Our Board

He currently serves as a Board member of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), with particular interest in climate change and environmental sustainability within health.

Martin has wide ranging experience in strategy development, executive coaching, leadership development and change management.

In May 2017 he retired from the position of Chief Officer for Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership. Brian’s working career has been spent mainly in the West of Scotland but he has also worked for a period in Liverpool.

His management and leadership roles have provided considerable experience of organisational change, community engagement, service developments and improvement, partnership working and making best use of available resources. Brian has a strong conviction on the benefits to be had from the integration of health and social care and partnership working within the public sector and with its partners in the voluntary and private sectors.

Since her retirement in 2018, Lesley has become a volunteer with Clydesdale Foodbank and a legal services charity which represents people who may otherwise not obtain access to legal advice, reflecting her concern for the most vulnerable in society.  In her role as carer for her father, she has gained first-hand experience of the challenges and opportunities of health and social care integration. 

James is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at V. Group, an industry leading provider of vessel management and marine services.  He previously held senior roles within the V. Group as Commercial Director, Business Development Director and Operations Director as well as accounting and finance roles in private and public sector organisations.

Prior to joining with a former colleague to establish their own project management and building consultancy company in 2000, Donald spent over 10 years in charge of the building consultancy operations of local independent and international property consultancy firms. He has particular expertise in the healthcare sector and in strategic business planning and reorganisation management for large technology organisations.

He is a dynamic and results orientated leader with a track record of leading global teams in order to deliver business outcomes and specialising in digital transformation delivery within agile and fast paced environments.

He is adept at developing critical solutions while standardising and improving current practises and procedures while also having a strong background in process and operations improvements and strategy and business planning.

Nauman is very passionate about helping NHS Lanarkshire achieve their objectives and feels his experience can add value to the Board.

He has worked within the Third Sector for over 25 years in areas which have included mental health, welfare and debt advice, housing and employment. This has provided him with wide knowledge and experience in various fields and in managing organisations and projects.

Colin is currently the Chair of the Scottish Court and Tribunal Service Equality Advisory Group and in 2011 was appointed the sole adviser to the Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee to help scrutinise the Scottish Government 2012-13 draft budget from a race / equalities perspective.

Jann was previously Chief Executive of NHS Golden Jubilee where she was responsible for the establishment of the Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) and the NHS Scotland Academy. Before that, Jann was Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer in NHS Fife and has worked across NHS GGC, NHS Forth Valley and in NHS England.

She started her career in NHS Lanarkshire as a pharmacist before moving into a range of clinical, professional management, transformation and senior executive roles. She has a personal interest in innovation and digital solutions as a key element of modern healthcare evolution.

He previously held the post of chief of medicine for the north sector in Glasgow between 2015 and 2019, where he provided leadership across a broad spectrum of clinical specialties and, prior to that, clinical director for renal services and the centre for integrative care from 2009 to 2015. He has been a consultant renal physician since 2000.

Chris was clinical lead for the GG&C clinical service review strategy: Moving Forward Together and during the peak of the pandemic was deputy medical director for NHS Louisa Jordan and was also responsible for setting up phlebotomy hubs across the acute sector to support virtual patient management.

Michael previously held the role of Vice Principal at Ayrshire College and also served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of NHS Ayrshire & Arran, where he chaired the Audit and Risk Committee, held the role of Chair of the Integration Joint Board for Health and Social Care Services within East Ayrshire, and Chaired the Strategic Planning Group.

He joined NHS Scotland in 1987 through the National Management Training Scheme, and trained in the Borders and Glasgow.  Colin then worked in a variety of management roles in NHS Lothian, NHS Greater Glasgow and the Scottish Government before joining NHS Lanarkshire’s planning directorate in 2009.

He is married with two grown-up children. Colin spends his Saturday afternoons in the winter refereeing rugby matches.

Jacqui has specific expertise in situations involving major change management in NHS Scotland, local and central government, and in designing and delivering programmes and policies involving multiple stakeholders. Jacqui chairs and leads a number of national projects and is the Chair of the NHS Scotland HR Directors Group.

Soumen Sengupta is the Director of Health and Social Care for South Lanarkshire.

Alongside being Chief Officer for the South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, he fulfils the role of:

• Director of Social Work Services for South Lanarkshire Council, with strategic responsibility for the Children and Justice Services.
• Director of Primary Care for NHS Lanarkshire, providing strategic leadership for pan-Lanarkshire Primary Care services.

His appointment as Director followed an extensive career in public health and in health and social care management; and his having led strategic transformation programmes at local, regional and national levels.

Soumen has a MSc in Public Health from the University of Aberdeen and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde.

Paul joined NHS Lanarkshire in September 2017, having spent 2 years previously as Deputy Head of Administration in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, and 4 years as Head of Administration in the Acute Division, also within Greater Glasgow & Clyde. Paul started his NHS career in Greater Glasgow Health Board in 1988.

As well as working in a variety of corporate support roles, in Argyll & Clyde Health Board, Fife Health Board, and during a two-year secondment in Scottish Government, he has also worked in hospital management as Assistant Chief Executive at Falkirk Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, and has almost 10 years’ experience of managing GP Out of Hours services, in Forth Valley, and in the North West of England.