National Records of Scotland appoints six new non-executive directors

The National Records of Scotland (https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk) has appointed six new non-executive directors (NXDs). They are:

• Albert King, Chief Data Officer at NHS National Services Scotland.
• John McDonough, University Librarian at Dublin City University.
• Victoria McGloin, Scotland-based technology consultant
• Karis Raeburn, Chief Archivist at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
• Bryan Robertson, Chief Operating Officer at the National Galleries of Scotland.
• Jennet Woolford, a senior statistician at the Office for National Statistics.

For further details visit https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/latest-news/new-non-executive-directors/.

From what I can see on the NRS website's Boards page (https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/about-us/our-boards/#), these NXDs will attend meetings of the NRS Strategic Board and will "offer their experience" and "identify opportunities and emerging issues that ought to be taken into consideration by the archive". 

Incidentally, something I have just discovered on the new NRS website is the publication of minutes of various NRS boards, in a welcome sign of transparency - links to these are on the Boards page. Whilst the minutes for the NRS Strategic Board meeting from 11 December 2024 are available, those from the noted meeting on 12 March 2025 are not, but other group minutes are included from this year.

Chris 

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