Gordon joined NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) in December 2019 from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, where since January 2001, he has held various senior procurement roles. During this initial period in his new role, Gordon has led the national procurement response to the COVID-19 emergency and is now focusing attention on shaping National Procurement to be well placed to meet the challenges of the future.

Gordon started in procurement in 1986 as a graduate trainee in food manufacturing then spent 10 years in the power industry before moving to the NHS.

With a grown-up family, his cocker spaniels ensure he and his wife continue to enjoy an active outdoor life in his spare time. This includes both caravanning and sailing with his family and friends.

Ivan McKee was appointed Minister for Public Finance in May 2024. Ivan has been MSP for Glasgow Provan since May 2016.

Responsibilities include:
- planning
- consumer advocacy and advice
- Consumer Scotland
- public sector productivity and efficient government
- public bodies policy
- civil service transformation,
- government procurement and shared services
- estates and property

Brian Kennon was appointed as a consultant diabetologist in 2004. He works at the New Victoria and Queen Elizabeth University Hospitals, Glasgow. His sub-speciality interests include transitional care, diabetes foot disease and technology enabled care. He is also interested in developing person-centred care models and a societal approach to wellbeing.

He has been national lead for diabetes in Scotland and specialty advisor to the Chief Medical Officer Scotland since 2017. He has been involved in implementation of the Diabetes Improvement Plan with the aim of improving the care of persons with diabetes across Scotland.

Pennie Taylor is an award-winning freelance journalist and broadcaster who specialises in health and care issues. Based in Glasgow, Pennie was BBC Scotland’s first Health Correspondent; she has worked both on national newsdesks and within NHS Scotland.

Mark Leftwich is the Managing Director for Philips in the UK and Ireland.

Appointed in March 2022, Mark oversees commercial operations with nearly two decades of experience in Global and UK & Ireland management roles across Philips consumer and healthcare portfolios. With a focus on accelerating business growth and building winning teams, Mark continues to position Philips as a market leader helping people live longer, healthier lives.

Jason White is Head of Innovation at the Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD), with a focus on the delivery, alongside partners, of the Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) pathway that seeks to both assess and implement high impact, evidence based technological based innovations across NHS Scotland. Following a career in the private sector, Jason spent several years as an Assistant Director in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in the NHS in Northern Ireland. During this time, Jason led the development of a number of innovative services that were adopted at a national level. Through a secondment to the NI Government, he also set up and delivered a large-scale Early Intervention Transformation Programme, bringing together five Government Departments and a range of Arms-Length-Bodies (including NHS Trusts), which led to an innovative funding partnership with a large American philanthropy organisation. A Generation Q and Salzburg Global Fellow, Jason has been selected to participate in Health and Public Sector leadership programmes at Ashridge, INSEAD and Harvard Universities.

Mike Conroy is the Imaging Services Manager for NHS Tayside and the National Equipment Lead for the National Infrastructure Board for the Scottish Government. Mike has built up significant experience over the last 20years as a Manager with specific skills relating to procurement, strategic and capital planning, collaborating and delivering a wide range of projects . Mike is very focused on working with strategic partners and Health Board colleagues in delivering value and improved services locally and nationally to NHS Scotland through a networked collaboration of multi professional individuals and agencies.

John has over 20 years of experience working in healthcare, across multiple portfolios of Infection Prevention, Clinical Waste Management, Surgical Solutions, Pressure Area Care and Moving & Handling. Driven by a passion to enhance sustainable healthcare outcomes through collaborative partnerships.