News / Kinniburgh re-appointed
CHAIRMAN of NHS Shetland, Ian Kinniburgh, has been re-appointed in this role until 31 July 2017.
A member of the local health board since 2003, Kinniburgh was first appointed chairman in 2009.
He spent 25 years working as a senior official in local government before leaving to successfully run his own business in 2000, and has recently sold that business freeing up more time to devote to his family and other interests including the NHS.
Kinniburgh is also a member of the NHS national performance management committee, chairman of the NHS national evaluation committee and chair of the chairs and chief executive north of Scotland planning group.
Within Shetland, he is the chairman of the Shetland Partnership as well as a trustee of the Shetland Recreational Trust.
The re-appointment will be for four years from August 2013. It attracts a remuneration of £27,456 per annum for a time commitment of three days per week.
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