Governance
The portfolio of programmes and projects within Digital Transformation is overseen by a Governance board, chaired by Gavin McLachlan.
Membership
- Gavin McLachlan - CIO, Portfolio Owner and Chair
- Gavin Douglas - Deputy Secretary, Student Experience (Deputy Portfolio Owner)
- Melissa Highton - Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services and Assistant Principal Online Learning (Owner of the Learning & Teaching Strategic Programme)
- Barry Neilson - Director, Student Systems (Senior User & Business Lead for Service Excellence)
- Mark Ritchie - Deputy Director ISG Apps (PMO/Senior Supplier)
- Lee Hamill - Deputy Director of Finance (Business Lead for Finance Transformation and Corporate Services Representative)
- Stephen Roy - ISG Apps Digital Transformation Portfolio Manager
- Alex Carter - ISG Apps (Service Owner for Enterprise Data Warehouse and Enterprise APIs)
- Neil Allison - ISG LTW (Service Owner for User Experience Services)
- Lisa Dawson - USG Student Services (Co-lead Student Digital Experience Standards and User Centred Portal projects)
- Derrick Matheson - ISG Apps (Estates Transformation Programme Representative)
- Dave Berry - Enterprise Architect
- Glenda Growdon - ISG Apps PMO (Administration and Secretarial Support)
- Melissa Terras - Academic Representative
Responsibilities
The remit of the board is to:
- Provide overall governance for the delivery of Digital Transformation programmes and projects
- Ensure programme and project teams are consulting and engaging effectively with staff, students and other key stakeholders across the University
- Provide collective and unified direction for Digital Transformation, ensuring that activities remain aligned with the overall aims and strategic direction of the University
- Champion Digital Transformation and raise awareness among the University community
- Provide senior level input to other University strategic initiatives
- Review project progress, risks, issues, changes and benefits
- Offer advice and propose additional projects and programmes of work
Programmes
Read about our current Digital Transformation Programmes & Projects