Board Members - Scottish Children's Reporter Administration

Scottish Children’sReporter AdministrationBoard Members’ Register of Interests

Chair – Douglas Bulloch(appointed April 2002, re-appointed April 2006)Douglas Bulloch was Director of Social Work in EastAyrshire. He then led the team which produced the reportFor Scotland’s Children on better integrated children’sservices. He was a member of the Scottish Executive’sChild Protection Steering Group, Expert Reference Groupon Children’s Services, Child Health Support Group and21 st Century Social Work Group.Declared Interests: (2 October 2008)• Life Member of Association of Directors of Social Work• Life Member of GMB Trade Union• Member of Managerial Committee of The Ark. A charity for young people.• Self Employment – Training and Consultancy• Training & Consultancy – Dundee Council 24 May 2008Deputy Chairman - Anne McNeill(appointed October 2001 as Board Member, appointed Deputy Chair in September2003, re-appointed October 2005)Anne has worked extensively in the public and private sectoron strategic planning, policy development, changemanagement, business process re-engineering andfacilitation of partnerships. She is currently Project Managerof Blend2Learn, a consortium of three colleges in the Southof Scotland to deliver a shared learning infrastructure and amore flexible, blended approach to the curriculum.Declared Interests: (14 August 2008)• Dumfries & Galloway College – Project Manager, Blend2Learn Project• SUFI/Learndirect Scotland – Board Member

Joe Morrow(appointed April 2002, re-appointed April 2006)A former convenor of social responsibility for ScottishEpiscopal Church and Director of Angus Mental HealthAssociation, Dr Joe Morrow is an Advocate and was anHM Commissioner for Mental Health for Scotland. He waselected a Labour Councillor for Ward 5 of Dundee CityCouncil in the May 2003 (and re-elected in May 2007)Local Government elections. He brings with him legalexperience, combined with his involvement in strategicplanning of Local Government Services in Dundee.Declared Interests: (29 October 2008)• Chair of Dundee Waterfront Board• Member of Labour Party• Member of Court University of Abertay• President of Mental Health Tribunal Scotland• Immigration Judge• Councillor for Dundee City CouncilSheriff Pamela Bowman(appointed August 2003, re-appointed April 2007)Sheriff Bowman worked as a solicitor in private practice aftergraduating from St Andrews University in 1965 and wasappointed a sheriff in 1997.Declared Interests: (11 August 2008)• Employed as a Sheriff• Member of the Family Law Association• Member of British Agencies for Adoption andFostering

Margaret Wells(appointed July 2004, re-appointed June 2008)Margaret Wells was Director of Housing and Social Work inAberdeenshire and worked within social work services for 24years in the East of Scotland. Between 2002 and 2004Margaret worked as Director of Partnership Development andChild Health Commissioner for Lothian NHS Board. She waspresident of the Association of Directors of Social Work in theyear 2000, social work advisor to COSLA and was a member ofthe Mental Health Reference Group and Ministerial Joint FutureGroup. Currently she works independently as a managementand care consultant.Declared Interests: (30 September 2008)• Married to Chief Executive NHS Tayside• Past President & current member of Association of Directors of SocialWork• Independent Management & Care Consultant• Independent Consultancy for public sector bodies periodically –• 2007/2008 Dundee City Council• Dundee Children and Young Persons Protection CommitteeAndrew Miller(appointed June 2008)A former Shadow Education Convenor of West Lothian council,Councillor Andrew Miller was elected Executive Councillor forEducation in June 2007. His current council position involvesthe development and scrutiny of policy with a focus on Children’sServices. As such, he is an active member of the COSLAEducation, Children & Young People Executive, West Lothian’sHead Teacher Appointment Panel and the Placing in SchoolsAppeals.Declared Interests: (10 August 2008)• Member of Scottish National Party• Director of West Lothian Youth Theatre• Director of West Lothian Youth Action Project• Trustee of Almond Valley Heritage Trust• Committee Member of Livingston For Life Supporters Trust• Member of Friends of the Earth Scotland• COSLA• Elected Councillor for West Lothian Council• Election expenses – Scottish National Party: Livingston West Branch

Malcolm Dickson(appointed July 2008)Malcolm R. Dickson was a police officer for 30 years after graduatingfrom the University of St. Andrews in 1977. He served with Lothian andBorders Police in every rank from Constable to Deputy Chief Constablecovering a wide range of operational and strategic roles. He wasresponsible for commanding the policing of many major events inEdinburgh, including the millennium street party, royalty and state visitsand numerous demonstrations including those related to the G8Summit at Gleneagles in 2005, as well as the introduction of manypolicing innovations.As a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotlandfrom 2000, he was involved with Criminal Justice Reform improvingservices for victims, liquor licensing reform, the creation of media relations guidance and theprivatisation of prisoner escort and court custody management from January 2006 to July2007. He was the Assistant Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland and made a significantcontribution to the momentum for police reform. He is married and lives with his wife in theScottish Borders.Declared Interests: (13 August 2008)• Honorary Member (Retired) of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland• Member of AEOLUS Business Networking Organisation• Self-employed consultant and land manager• Paid by High Five Management Consultancy in July 2008 preparing candidatesfor the Police National Assessment Centre.• Part time adhoc work for HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland on theIndependent Review of Policing commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary forJustice (From July 2008 – December 2008)Netta Maciver OBE - Principal Reporter/Chief Executive(appointed July 2008)Netta Maciver was appointed as SCRA’s Principal Reporter/ChiefExecutive in July 2008. Netta has over 30 years’ experience ofworking in Scotland’s social care sector, including working withfamilies and children affected by serious physical or sexual abuse.Most recently, Netta was Chief Executive of Turning Point Scotland,a leading social and health care charity. She is also a qualified socialworker, and spent her earlier career in Strathclyde in a specialistunity providing services to families where children had been seriouslyphysically or sexually abused. In the 1980s, Netta was AssistantDirector of Social Work for Comhairle nan Eilean, before returning toStrathclyde to work with drug and alcohol services and developingthe region’s strategic response to HIV/AIDS in collaboration with localhealth boards. She was awarded an OBE in 2001 for her work withwomen offenders and drug misusers.Declared Interests: (17 October 2008)• Director of Perseus Management Consultancy• Director of Sollidays (registered in France) – a company set up to offer holidayrentals in France• Trustee of Sailors and Orphans Society – a children’s charity making monetaryawards to children of deceased sailors.

Scottish Children’s Reporter AdministrationBoard Members’ Register of Gifts and HospitalityBOARD MEMBERDECLARATIONChairDouglas BullochDeputy ChairmanAnne McNeillJoe MorrowSheriff PamelaBowmanMargaret WellsAndrew MillerMalcolm Dickson • Lunch on 5 August 08 paid for by ChiefExecutive of the Scottish Police ServicesAuthorityNetta Mciver

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