Deputy chair appointed to Accounts Commission for Scotland

Elma Murray

Ms Murray was chief executive of North Ayrshire Council from 2009 to 2018 and has a local government career spanning around 35 years.

She has also been Chair of Young Scot (Scotland’s youth information and citizenship charity) since June 2017 and became the first Chair of the Scottish Obesity Alliance in December 2018.

Ms Murray has had several other senior positions including chair of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE), director of the Improvement Service and of Irvine Bay Urban Regeneration Company, deputy director of finance and head of service reform at Glasgow City Council and at Strathclyde Police.

Between 2016 and 2018 she sat on the National Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Board and the DYW Diversity Group, working with Rob Woodward, DYW National Group Chair, to support and oversee the development and implementation of regional employer-led DYW Groups to create more opportunities for young people to get into employment.

She was awarded an OBE for Services to Local Government, Education and the Economy in the Queen’s 2018 New Years’ Honours List.

The appointment will be for four years and will run from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2023.

The part time post attracts a remuneration of £279.18 per day for a time commitment of 4 ½ days per month.