Management Advisory Board

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Jane is the Chair of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, a Council member of the General Teaching Council of Scotland, a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Until mid-2023, Jane was Executive Director at the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales. Prior to joining the SRA in 2014, Jane held a series of senior roles at the General Medical Council, and before that led UK and European policy development at the Federation of Small Businesses.

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Mark joined SPPA’s Audit & Risk Committee and Management Advisory Board in June 2024. As an experienced public service pensions trustee, Audit & Risk Committee Chair and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, with over 20 years senior executive leadership in the rail industry, he uses his skills and experience to help organisations in a non-executive capacity in both audit and risk and across the board of directors, particularly in governance and strategic decision-making.

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Alan Wright has held a number of senior roles across policing over the last 30 years and has significant experience of corporate governance and transformational change. He is currently a Director and Chair of East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust where he provides strategic oversight and guidance to the senior management team. Alan is also a Board member of the Scottish Mental Welfare Commission and an Associate Inspector with His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

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Norman is an IT professional with over thirty years’ experience in the utility industry before taking early retirement in December 2018. In his last role he was responsible for Scottish Power’s IT finance, contracts, governance, risk, audit and security, but he brings broad experience across all aspects of IT delivery. He qualified as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) in 2007 and holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School.

In addition, Norman has been a member-nominated Trustee Director of the Scottish Power Pension Scheme for over twenty years and has successfully completed The Pensions Regulator Trustee Toolkit. As such, he brings extensive knowledge and experience of both defined-benefit pensions provision and the broader UK pensions governance and regulatory regime.