oneNES NES Stars Celebrate our success oneNES Celebrating Sucess and Strenthening Connections All-Staff Conference Speaker Biographies 27 May 2015 Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University #1NES 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.