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PETER RUSSIAN Chief Executive
Investors in People Scotland |
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Peter Russian is the Chief Executive of Investors in People Scotland, and has overall responsibility for the long-term growth of Investors in People in Scotland.
Since taking up this position Peter had led the development of a long term vision for Investors in People in Scotland, helping to establish a key role for Investors in People in improving productivity and performance in Scottish organisations. In this role he works closely with the Scottish Executive, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and with stakeholders including CBI Scotland, CIPD and the STUC.
He is a member of the CBI Council for Scotland, and is also a National Training Award judge. He represents Scotland on the UK Advisory Panel on Leadership and Management.
Previously Peter was Director of Development at Investors in People UK and was instrumental in the international growth of IIPS – now covering more than 25 countries. He joined IIPUK in 1997 from the Management Charter Initiative and previously has worked at Westminster City Council and London Underground. |
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STELLA MANZIE Director General
Justice and Communities, The Scottish Government |
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Stella Manzie has been Director General Justice and Communities in the Scottish Government since January 2010, having previously been Director General Finance and Corporate Services from August 2008. She was Chief Executive of Coventry City Council from September 2001 until her appointment to the Scottish Government. She was also Chief Executive of West Berkshire Council for four years having overseen its transition to unitary council from Newbury District Council. Stella’s career has encompassed work in both the public and private sector. She was Borough Director of Redditch Borough Council for five years and spent three years as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse. Her early experience included working for Birmingham City Council, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and the Association of County Councils. Stella’s educational background includes an MSocSci from Birmingham University and an MA in English Literature at Cambridge University. In 1997 she won the Birmingham University Kieron Walsh Memorial Essay Prize on the subject of ‘Citizenship’. Stella was a non-executive Director of HM Treasury between June 2005 and June 2008. In June 2007 Stella was awarded an CBE for services to local government. |
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NITA CLARKE The Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) and co-author of the UK “Engaging for Success” Report
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Nita Clarke is the Director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA).
She was formerly the adviser on trade unions to Prime Minister Tony Blair, working as assistant political secretary in the Political Office at 10 Downing Street from January 2001 to June 2007. Her role included liaison with individual unions and the TUC, developing national policy in areas such as the two-tier workforce and work-life balance, supporting ministers by trouble-shooting in industrial disputes. Nita was a senior official with public services union UNISON from 1992 -2001. |
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SUE BRUCE Chief Executive
Aberdeen City Council |
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Sue Bruce is currently Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council. Sue joined the Council in December 2008 having been Chief Executive at East Dunbartonshire Council for four and a half years.
Sue joined East Dunbartonshire Council in 2000, initially holding the post of Strategic Director – Community, covering Education, Housing, Social Work and Cultural Services and a corporate lead role in social inclusion and equalities.
She spent the first thirteen years of her career engaged in social and economic regeneration and partnership working, starting with the first integrated education and social work pilot in Strathclyde Region in 1976, and later went into general education management.
Sue has nearly 33 years service in Local Government and has held many posts. |
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LIZ JACKSON Chair
CIPD Scotland |
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Liz is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and has an extensive background in HR spanning some 20 years in manufacturing, professional practice and social care industry sectors. As Chair of CIPD Scottish Partnership, she is an experienced contributor at national level to represent the Scottish dimension to ensure our local and professional requirements are considered.
One of the current national strategic initiatives is a project with NHS (Healthy Working Lives) to develop a web based sickness absence management recording tool which will be available nationally to all organisations during 2010. Her HR experience is extensive and includes both strategic and operational levels which include: establishing and implementing strategies such as restructuring of resources to maximise growth and efficiency and cultural change in ever changing and complex environments and organisational effectiveness and managing change. |
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LYNNE MARR Partner
Brodies LLP |
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Lynne Marr is a partner in Brodies LLP employment team. She specialised in employment law early in her career and has practised it for over 10 years. A large part of Lynne’s practice involves advising clients across the public sector. Lynne appears regularly in employment tribunals, partners her HR clients through business change projects, provides frontline HR support, advises on non-contentious areas of employment law, and enjoys delivering training. She has developed a particular interest in management development training having recognised, through her role as an employment lawyer, the negative impact that underdeveloped management skills and behaviours can have on an organisation. |
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PROFESSOR GEORGE STONEHOUSE Dean of Business School
Edinburgh Napier University |
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Professor George Stonehouse is Dean of The Business School at Edinburgh Napier University having previously been Associate Dean and Professor of International Strategic Management at Newcastle Business School. He has wide international experience in both business and academia and is an Honorary Professor of the State University of Management, Moscow, Russia, and Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics Beijing.
His main research and consultancy interests lie in the areas of creativity, knowledge, organisational learning, strategic management and global business. He has published three books and numerous articles in leading academic journals in these areas.
He has been engaged in research, consultancy and training with a number of leading international organisations including Black and Decker, Hanson PLC, Nike, Severstal JSC (Russia) and Yutong Corporation (PRC).
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PROFESSOR GRAEME MARTIN Director
Centre for Reputation Management Through People, University of Glasgow |
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Graeme is Director of the Centre for Reputation Management through People (CRMP), and course director for the Masters in Clinical Leadership at the University of Glasgow. He also holds visiting appointments in Sweden, Italy, China, France and Australia Following an early career in personnel and industrial relations management, he has published five books on HR and numerous articles, book chapters and reports. He is currently doing extensive research in the public sector in Scotland on HR, engagement and reputation management. He also consults widely with overseas organisations and regularly undertakes work for the CIPD. |
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IAN ANDREW Manager
Scotland, Chartered Management Institute (CMI) |
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Ian has been the Chartered Management Institute’s Manager for Scotland since 2006. With extensive training and development and general management experience gained in the hotel and catering industry Ian was Head of Operations for the Hotel and Catering Training Company in Scotland.
He has worked in qualification development and policy review with the Scottish Qualifications Authority and more recently set up and managed a call centre serving part of the Reg Vardy group.
As Manager for Scotland Ian strives to get maximum ‘buy in’ from CMI members, approved centres running CMI qualifications, Higher Education partners and other key stakeholders to ensure CMI achieves its ambitious growth targets in Scotland. |
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