Lesley is the Scottish Government’s Clinical Lead for Digital Health & Care. She has had a lifelong interest in informatics and particularly its criticality in driving improvement and is passionate about developing a digitally enabled workforce. Lesley is currently leading a number of national, UK and global digital initiatives establishing standards for digital practice and strategy and workforce development. She is also a council member and Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics.

She is also Chair of the Board of Bield, the largest Housing Association in Scotland. In 2018, she was named Scottish Digital Impact Leader and Digital Health’s UK Digital Team Leader of the year.