Integration Joint Board membership

Councillor Dougie McFadzean is one of the elected representatives for the Kintyre and the Islands ward on Argyll and Bute Council. He is the Council's Policy Lead for Care Services.

Councillor Kieron Green is one of the elected members for the Oban North and Lorn ward and Depute Policy Lead for Care Services.

Councillor Ross Moreland is one of the elected representatives for the Dunoon ward on Argyll and Bute Council. He is Joint Depute Leader of the Council and is the Policy Lead for Finance and Commercial Services.

Councillor Gary Mulvaney is one of the elected members for the Helensburgh Central ward. He is Leader of the Opposition and the Shadow Policy Lead for Finance and Commercial Services.

Evan Beswick is Chief Officer of Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership. Before this role, he was the Head of Service for Primary Care in Argyll and Bute. He has 13 years of experience in operational and strategic management in the North of Highland and Argyll and Bute. He has been with NHS Highland since 2011, starting his journey as a National Management Trainee. He is passionate about providing health and social care services in remote and rural areas.

Linda Currie was born on the Wirral and moved to Argyll in her 30s. She qualified as an Occupational Therapist (OT) in 1993 and has worked in a variety of ward and community settings. In Oban she worked as the OT Team Lead for 12 years and is now the Associate Allied Health Professional Director for the HSCP.

David Gibson has a background in social work and is Head of Children, Families and Justice and the Chief Social Work Officer for the HSCP.

James Gow is Head of Finance and Transformation for Argyll and Bute HSCP. He previously worked in a senior finance post with the Government of Jersey and prior to that has had a wealth of experience throughout the public sector in Scotland.

Dr Rebecca Helliwell is a GP, Rural Practitioner and Depute Medical Director.

Alison McGrory has a background in Public Health and is the Associate Director for Public Health for the HSCP.

Fiona Thomson has been the Lead Pharmacist in Argyll and Bute since 2007. She graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree in pharmacy and subsequently gained an MSc prescribing sciences and supplementary prescriber qualification. After 10 years of working in community pharmacy she began working as a practice pharmacist in Oban.

Karen Leach was born in Ayrshire and lived and worked in Guernsey for over 30 years before making her home in Kintyre in 2022.

Karen is a semi-retired registered nurse with a varied 40-year career across hospital and community health and social care. Karen’s most recent post was Associate Director for the States of Guernsey’s Integrated Adult Community Services, responsible for strategy, operational leadership and management and transformation as part of the senior leadership team.

Karen holds a Masters in Leadership and Management in Health Care and brings expertise in evidence-based approaches to decision making. Karen was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2018 to research how systems respond to individual meaning and purpose.

Janice Preston is a registered nurse who began her career in cancer nursing at the Beatson Oncology Centre in 1988. She became a chemotherapy nurse and completed an MBA focused on planning and redesign of regional chemotherapy services. In 2004, she joined Macmillan Cancer Support as a development lead for the West of Scotland, and in 2009, she was promoted to a national development role, collaborating with NHS Highland and local authorities.

In 2015, Janice became the strategic lead for Macmillan in Scotland, expanding her role to cover Northern Ireland in 2020. She led UK programmes on psychological support and holistic needs assessment, and chaired the Executive Board for Transforming Cancer Care, overseeing the "Improving the Cancer Journey" programme. This initiative demonstrated significant benefits by addressing non-clinical needs in a joined-up way across health, social care, and the third sector.

In 2020, Janice moved to Kintyre to help care for her grandchildren. She retired from Macmillan in August 2024 and began exploring sheep farming. Janice has long championed the needs of remote and rural areas and applied for the Non-Executive Director position with NHS Highland to leverage her experience in integrated programmes, addressing inequalities, empowering communities, and driving system transformation and digital innovation.

Brian Steven has an interesting mix of professional (PwC, Deloitte), industry (textiles) and NHS experiences, complemented more recently with a number of NHS consultancy roles. Having worked in the NHS as a Director of Finance, deputy CEO and Director of Performance and Strategy, he brings a wide range of NHS financial, operational and strategic planning experience gained in both the Scottish and English systems.

Semi-retired and now living in a rural part of Argyll, Brian is keen to capitalise on his experience and support his local Health Board through this new role. When not dabbling in various NHS projects Brian is a local Community Councillor for South Knapdale and spends a lot of his leisure time doing long distance walks and out on the water in small boats.

Fiona Broderick has worked within mental health services for over 30 years, becoming a Unite Representative a few years ago. In 2018 she was elected into the role of Staffside Lead for Health for Argyll and Bute. This role ensures that staff are treated in a fair and consistent manner and that any changes to services are looked at in an open and transparent manner.

Dr Angus MacTaggart is one of the Principal GPs on the Isle of Islay and Clinical Lead for Islay and Jura. Angus was raised on Islay prior to completing his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 2005. Angus's role on the IJB is as a Professional Adviser to the board with a remit to provide a Primary Care perspective.

Kenny Matheson is one of the service user representatives on the IJB. He was also Convenor of Dunoon Community Council and lead for health for 8 years.

Kevin McIntosh is a steward for UNISON and is one of the trade union representatives on the IJB.

Kirstie Reid is one of the carer representatives on the IJB. She has happily served the local community for a number of years and hopes to do so for many more.

Takki Sulaiman is Chief Executive Officer at Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface.