Director of Health and Social Care Finance

Responsibilities

The Director of Health and Social Care Finance is responsible for financial strategy and management of the budget in the Health and Social Care portfolio, seeking to ensure best possible use is made of total resources.  The Directorate also has day to day responsibility for health infrastructure, PPE, effective prescribing and therapeutics.

Biography

Prior to his current role, Alan was Director of Finance in NHS Grampian before joining the Scottish Government in 2022 to support a number of key programmes.  During his period in NHS Grampian, Alan fulfilled a number of responsibilities beyond finance, including being Deputy Chief Executive, executive lead for performance, infrastructure and mental health services and fulfilling key roles on a number of national programmes.

His finance career began in the private sector, where he was a Director in a global accounting firm responsible for provision of audit and advisory services to the public sector.

Alan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and sits on the ICAS Public Sector Panel.

He also chairs the NHS Directors of Finance Group.