Strategic Advisory Group

The aim of the strategic advisory group is to advise and influence the development of the wellness and health market.

Certain challenges arise in delivering the Wellness & Health Innovation project, these include:

• creating a credible “industry led” independent service
• providing a common group of services for a wide footprint of wellness & health companies
• adapting to a changing market and client needs
• economic pressures to deliver cost effective services with scale
  

The WHI Strategic Advisory Group has been established to ensure that WHI addresses these challenges and comprises of a cross-section of business influencers, academics and stakeholders representatives from across the Wellness and Health sector.

WHI is delighted to have the support of the following key influencers as it develops its services for the wellness and health community in Scotland:

• Scott Haldane, Managing Director, Atos Origin
• John Shaw, Head of Health, Cisco Systems
• David Rivett, CTO, OLM Group
• Tunstall (New representative to be appointed)
• Prof. Maggie Nicoll, Head of Occupational Therapy and Art Therapy School of Health Science, Queen Margaret University
• Dr. Claudia Peraglia, Convener eHealth Interdisciplinary Research Group, University of Edinburgh
• David Cross, Program Manager Scottish Enterprise
• Moira McKenzie, National Telecare Programme Manager, Scottish Executive
• Dr. Sandy Allan, CEO, SHIL (Scottish Health Innovations Limited)
• Grant King, Director, pwbHealth
• Alastair MacDonald, CEO, Sensorium
• Hugh Gill, Director of Technology & Operations, Touch Bionics

This group will be an invaluable resource through the project and we are delighted to have their committment to and endorsement of Wellness & Health Innovation.