NHS Lanarkshire Directors

Jann Gardner

Chief Executive

Biography

Professor Jann Gardner joined NHS Lanarkshire as Chief Executive in December 2022 with over 30 years healthcare experience in clinical and management roles.

Jann was previously Chief Executive of NHS Golden Jubilee where she was responsible for 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.

Michael Breen

Director of Finance

Biography

Michael joined Lanarkshire on 1 April 2024. Prior to this, Michael previously held the role of Director of Finance with NHS Golden Jubilee.

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.

Chris Deighan

Medical Director

Biography

Chris has been corporate deputy medical director at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde since June 2019, providing clinical leadership on Board-wide issues.

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.

Eddie Docherty

Director for Nurses, Midwives and the Allied Health Professions

Biography

Coming soon

Colin Lauder

Director of Planning, Property and Performance

Biography

Colin was educated at Kelso High School, then gained a BSc in Astronomy & Astrophysics from St Andrews University and subsequently an MSc in Industrial Relations from Stirling University.

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.

Professor S. Josephine Pravinkumar

Director of Public Health and Health Policy

Biography

Originally from Chennai, India, Josephine began her career in the UK in 1995 in the specialty of obstetrics & gynaecology before moving to pursue her ambition to work in public health.

She has a strong association with NHS Lanarkshire, having joined in 1999 to train in public health medicine. Following a period as a consultant with NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Josephine returned to Lanarkshire in 2009 and has worked with the health board as a consultant in public health medicine since then.

Calvin Brown

Director of Communications

Biography

Calvin graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a first-class BA Honours degree in Accounting. He went on to study journalism and worked as a reporter in England and Scotland before moving into public relations with South Lanarkshire Council. He started with the NHS in 2003 as Communications Manager for Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust. He worked as Acting Head of Communications for NHS Lanarkshire from June 2016 before being appointed Director of Communications in 2017. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

Donald Wilson

Director of Information and Digital Technology

Biography

Donald is currently Director of Information and Digital Technology within NHS Lanarkshire. During his time in NHS Lanarkshire Donald has lead the implementation of a major IT programmes across primary and secondary care. Donald was educated at Edinburgh Napier University where he gained a BSc in Information Systems and later a MBA. He started working with the NHS in Scotland in 1997 initially as an IM&T Support Officer, and then an IM&T Manager before moving into general management.

Donald started his career as an apprentice software engineer within the aerospace industry and has worked for a number of different technology companies including Marconi Instruments, GEC, Ferranti and Motorola.

Donald is marr ied with two children and in his spare time enjoys playing golf and following Dunfermline Athletic.

Jacqui Jones

Director of Human Resources

Biography

Jacqui joined NHS Lanarkshire on 1 July 2023 and is a highly experienced HR professional, manager and leader who has worked at Director level in NHS Scotland, local government, and at a senior level in the Civil Service. Jacqui was previously the Director of HR and Workforce Development for NHS National Services Scotland and Public Health Scotland.

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.

Ross McGuffie

Chief Officer, Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire

Biography

Ross has worked within the health and social care agenda in Lanarkshire since 2003, commencing within Health Improvement, which nurtured a focus on prevention, early intervention and living independently at home for as long as possible.

Following this, Ross moved into roles within general management and then from 2013-15, project managed the Health Board Boundary Changes, working jointly between NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Most recently, he held the position of Head of Planning, Performance and Quality Assurance within the North Lanarkshire Health and Social Care partnership.

Judith Park

Director of Acute Services

Soumen Sengupta

Director of Health and Social Care for South Lanarkshire

Biography

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.