Executive Board Members

Tim Davison

Tim Davison, Chief Executive, joined the NHS as a National Management Trainee in 1983. Since then he has worked in most sectors of the NHS in Forth Valley, Lothian, Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire NHS Board areas.
Tim was the Chief Executive of three NHS Trusts in Glasgow between 1994 and 2005, before being appointed to his current post of Chief Executive, NHS Lanarkshire.

Laura Ace

Laura Ace, Finance Director, joined NHS Lanarkshire in January 2009 following 8 years as Finance Director of NHS Dumfries and Galloway and a career in the NHS stretching back to 1991. She is a chartered accountant with a law degree and Masters in Business Administration and is responsible for the finance, payroll, audit and procurement functions of the Board.

Alison Graham

Alison Graham, Medical Director, graduated from Dundee Medical School in 1987. She subsequently worked mainly in obstetrics and gynaecology as well as general practice.
Following a short spell as a Principal in General Practice she qualified as a Consultant in Public Health Medicine. From there she moved into medical management and after three years as an executive director in Bath moved back to Scotland.
Alison spent eight very happy years as the Medical Director in NHS Highland and in March 2007 took up a new professional and personal challenge as the Medical Director for NHS Lanarkshire.

Harpreet Kohli

Harpreet Kohli qualified from Edinburgh University in 1981 and undertook GP vocational training in Fife and Edinburgh before joining Greater Glasgow as a registrar in public health medicine. He then worked as a consultant in public health medicine in Lanarkshire from 1990 to 2001. His work in Lanarkshire focused on prevention, including screening programmes, alcohol and drug misuse services, and partnership working with local authorities. He spent seven years as Medical Advisor in the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) and its successor body, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS). His interests include quality improvement methods, and assessing the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of health interventions. Harpreet returned to NHS Lanarkshire in October 2008 as Director of Public Health and Health Policy. He is passionate about public health and is committed to improving the health of Lanarkshire people and reducing health inequalities.

Alan Lawrie

Alan is the Director of the South Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership and has been in post for just over two years. Alan’s role sees him taking operational responsibility for community health services within the four localities in South Lanarkshire as well as taking a board wide role in regard to the development of primary care services in particular around the care for people with long term conditions and the health improvement agenda.
In addition to the above Alan has corporate responsibility for the drug & prescribing budgets across NHS Lanarkshire as well as the eHealth Department.
Alan qualified as an accountant in 1989 working for the NHS in Cardiff and has spent his career to date in the NHS.
Since 1994 Alan has worked predominantly in primary care and mental health holding positions as Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive within NHS Trusts in Cheshire and Merseyside before moving to North Wales as a Chief Executive in 2002.

Rosemary Lyness

Rosemary Lyness, was appointed to the post of Executive Director of Acute Services in July 2007. Rosemary has had extensive experience within acute services and has held a number of senior nursing and managerial posts across Glasgow and Lanarkshire over the last 15 years.

Ian Ross

Ian Ross, Director for Strategic Implementation, Planning and Performance has extensive NHS experience in both England and Scotland.
Ian has worked within NHS Lanarkshire since 1987 mainly in the Acute Services. He was responsible for leading the PFI procurement process for Wishaw General Hospital and led the project to open new hospitals at Wishaw and Hairmyres Hospital in 2001.
Ian held the post of Director of Acute Services within NHS Lanarkshire from 2004 until he moved to his present post. His present post carries responsibility for the planning and management of change and development of clinical services across NHS Lanarkshire. The post also has lead responsibility for the implementation of the Board’s Capital Programme, is the designated Director for PFPI, Communications and Property & Support Services across NHS Lanarkshire.

Colin Sloey

Colin Sloey, Director North Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership, is responsible for delivering the full range of clinical and non-clinical services within the North Lanarkshire CHP. Colin also has responsibility for strategic leadership of Child Health Services, Mental Health and Learning Disability Services, Sexual Health Services and Substance Misuse Services on a Lanarkshire-wide basis. Prior to the introduction of Community Health Partnerships in April 2005, Colin was the Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire’s Primary Care Operating Division.
He began his NHS career in 1978, training as a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Registered General Nurse. He held a range of clinical posts in both hospital and community settings before moving into service management. He worked for Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust as Director of Patient Services before its dissolution in 2004.
Colin is a qualified member of the Institute of Healthcare Managers and has completed a Masters in Business Administration. Married with two children, he is keen on virtually all sports especially football, American Football and golf.

Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson, Nurse Director, undertook psychiatric and general nurse training, gained Diplomas in Nursing, Management Studies and an MBA from Henley Management College. His clinical speciality was intensive care. His senior appointments include:
1982 - Chief Nurse of Maidstone Health Authority and later its Director of Policy and Planning

1987 - General Manager of all Mental Health Services in Greater Glasgow
1991 - Director of all of NHS Lothian’s operational services including the Royal Infirmary
1994 - Director of NHS Trusts at the Scottish Office
1999 - Executive Director for AHPs, Nursing & Midwifery of NHS Lanarkshire

Paul has special interests in: