New head of finance for North and West

2nd June 2016

NHS Highland has appointed Ros Philip to be its new head of finance for North and West Highland.

As part of her role Ros will also be a member of the N&W unit senior leadership team, and will be based at Larachan House, Dingwall.

Ros joins the health board from FirstGroup headquarters in Aberdeen, where she was a group finance manager for the past four years.

She said: "I am delighted to join NHS Highland and look forward to increasing my knowledge of integrated health and social care. While challenging, it's going to be interesting and energising to work in a public-sector organisation which presents a different culture to the private sector.

"It will be a difficult year ahead with the current pressures in the NHS. However, we have a great team who will work hard to deliver efficient and effective quality services."

Originally from Inverness, Ros graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2001 with a joint honours degree in accountancy and economics.

After three years as an accountant with oil service company Halliburton, she qualified as a chartered management accountant as part of their graduate rotation scheme.

Ros subsequently worked for Johnson & Johnson for five years prior to working with CHC Helicopters in Aberdeen and later joining FirstGroup.

Gill McVicar, NHS Highland's N&W director of operations, said: “I am absolutely delighted to welcome Ros to the team. She has an impressive background and varied experience which I am sure we will benefit from. I hope that Ros finds this new challenge stimulating, rewarding and enjoyable."

In her spare time Ros enjoys spending quality time with her three-year-old son, but can also be seen regularly at her local gym. She is also a keen sports enthusiast and is looking forward to being able to return to sporting activities when she has fully recovered from a sporting knee injury.