Fiona Mackenzie

Fiona Mackenzie is the Chief Executive of Forth Valley NHS Board. An honours graduate of St. Andrews University, she joined the NHS as a Graduate Trainee and spent her early career working mainly in mental health. She worked in Acute Services in Lanarkshire until her appointment as Chief Executive of Highland Communities Trust in 1996 and later Highland Primary Care Trust in 1999. In October 2001 she was appointed to her current post.

She Chairs the Local Substance Action Team on behalf of the Forth Valley Partnerships. She is also a Non-Executive Director of NHS Education for Scotland, and in 2009 was appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Scottish Futures Trust. She has particular interest in the improvement of Clinical Quality through effective clinical/management working. She holds an Executive MBA from Hull University obtained 2002 and a career-long member of the Institute of Healthcare Management who awarded her Companionship in 2009.