EIJB Board Members
Katharina Kasper
Vice Chair of Edinburgh Integration Joint Board
Katharina is a senior risk and compliance professional, with substantial experience acting as a risk subject matter expert and professional adviser. Her core areas of expertise are audit, oversight and assurance, risk management, financial crime prevention and organisational transformation. Katharina is passionate about leading by example, facilitating meaningful organisational change and delivering a lasting positive impact for all stakeholders.
Katharina’s career to date has included a number of senior risk, compliance and transformation roles in the Financial Services (FS) industry, She is an experienced management consultant, advising a wide breadth of UK and EU based financial institutions, including FS regulators. Katharina holds an MA in Business and Law from the University of Edinburgh and a Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management.
Katharina’s interests include travel, photography and arts and crafts.
Tim Pogson
Chair of Edinburgh Integration Joint Board
Tim Pogson was elected the Labour councillor for the Southside Newington ward at the 2022 council elections. Professionally his whole career has been spent in the social/affordable housing sector, and currently he works for Scotland’s Housing Network, a membership organisation of Scotland’s council housing services and housing associations. He has worked extensively in the fields of older people’s housing and homelessness. Tim is also a Board Member with two voluntary sector organisations, including Housing Options Scotland that provides housing advice to people with disability, older people and veterans. Prior to being elected, Tim was Chair of Southside Community Council and was involved in health and social care provision issues both in the Southside and throughout the city.
Robin Balfour
Robin is currently the Interim part time Clinical Director of the EHSCP. A St. Andrew’s graduate, he has been working as a GP in Edinburgh since 1990, 29 years as a partner and now as a locum.
Hannah Cairns
Allied Healthcare Professional Representative
Status: Non voting member
Dr Andrew Coull
Registered medical practitioner not providing primary medical services
Status: Non voting member
Signed: 27 January 2025
Remuneration
- Consultant physician with NHS Lothian
- Clinical lead hospital and hosted services and hospital at home EHSCP
- Director of AJXC@60 provides Scottish Widows and legal reports to central legal office
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
None
Close family members
None
Bruce Crawford
Third Sector Representative
Heather Gilfillan
Staffside Representation, NHS Lothian
Status: Non voting member
Signed: 20 January 2025
Remuneration
None
Contracts
N/a
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
- Employee of NHS Lothian. Partnership lead EHSC, biomedical support worker
- Unite the Union – workplace rep, Chair of health branch, Vice chair sec
Close family members
None
Christine Laverty
Chief Officer – Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
George Gordon
Member of the EIJB
Status: Voting member
Signed: 17 May 2022
Remuneration
NHS Lothian
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
Tenant
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
- Trustee/Director of Spartans Community Football Academy
- Councillor/Secretary of Granton and District Community Council
- Voting member of West Lothian Integration Joint Board
Rose Howley
Coming soon
Matt Kennedy
Status: Non voting member
Signed: 28 January 2025
Remuneration
I am an employee of Edinburgh City Council (Head of Service, Assessment and Care Management/Deputy Chief Social Work Officer)
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
None
Close family members
None
Peter Knight
Member of the EIJB
Status: Voting member
Signed: 24 August 2022
Remuneration
Contractual work (part-time, remunerated) with the Scottish Government (Telecare
Programme) with a focus on data improvement specifically.
Related undertakings
None
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
- Member of the Scottish Labour Party
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Jacqui Macrae
Chief Nurse
Status: TBC
Signed: 2 September 2019
Remuneration
Employed by NHS Lothian as Chief Nurse for the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership.
Related undertakings
Nothing to declare.
Contracts
Nothing to declare.
Houses, land and buildings
Nothing to declare.
Interest in shares and securities
Nothing to declare.
Gifts and hospitality
Nothing to declare.
Non-financial interests
Nothing to declare.
Allister McKillop
Service User Representative
Status: Non voting member
Signed: 28 January 2025
Remuneration
None
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
None
Close family members
None
Max Mitchell
Member of the EIJB
Status: EIJB member
Signed: 22 August 2022
Remuneration
- City of Edinburgh Council – Councillor
- Office of Donald Cameron MSP (part-time) – Case Worker
- Gilded Balloon (month of August 2022) – Supervisor/Venue Manager
Related undertakings
none
Contracts
none
Election expenses
Paid for by the North and Leith branch of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Houses, land and buildings
Owner of a property in Edinburgh
Interest in shares and securities
Professionally managed investment portfolio.
Gifts and hospitality
none
Non-financial interests
- Royal Company of Merchants Endowment Trust
- Edinburgh Police Fund for Children
Eugene Mullan
Service User Representative
Status: Non voting member
Signed: 23 January 2025
Remuneration
Employed – Smith Scott Mullan + Associates Limited (SC149821) Architects – Architect, Urban Designer, Director and Shareholder. Blue Edge Initiatives (SC202496) Property Development Director and Shareholder.
Partner in a firm – Blue Edge Partnership – Property Letting – Partner.
Name of subsidiary/parent company/other undertaking
- Scotland’s regeneration forum (SURF) – Director
- We Play Together – Trustee
Registered number of the subsidiary or parent company
- SC 047 438
- Registered charity SCIO, SC042676
Nature of business
- Network organisation
- Sport facility management and basketball club
Relationship to the company/other undertaking in which you are a director and receive remuneration
- None
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
Smith Scott Mullan + Associates Limited (SC149821) Architects – Architect, Urban Designer, Director and Shareholder
Blue Edge Initiatives (SC202496) Property Development Director and Shareholder
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
None
Close family members
None
Alys Mumford
Member of the EIJB
Status: Voting member
Signed: 23 January 2025
Remuneration
I am an elected representative of the City of Edinburgh Council, for which I receive annual remuneration. I have been in this position since May 2022.
I am also due to undertake paid work on a freelance basis from the Fawcett Society, from Jan 2025 – Aug 2025. The Fawcett Society is a registered charity in England and Wales No 1108769 and a company limited by guarantee registration no: 04600514, working for gender equality.
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
None
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
None
Close family members
None
Vicky Nicolson
Member of the EIJB
Remuneration
I am presently employed as a Casework Officer for Angus Robertson MSP, The Scottish Parliament (commenced employment 29/08/2022)
Related undertakings
Nothing to declare
Contracts
Nothing to declare
Election Expenses
Submitted by Ross Crombie, Election Agent 2022
Houses, land and buildings
Edinburgh House Owner
Interest in shares and securities
Nothing to declare
Gifts and hospitality
Nothing to declare
Non-financial interests
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, Trustee
Close family members
Nothing to declare
Ben Owen
Staffside Representation, City of Edinburgh Council
Status: Non voting member
Moira Pringle
Chief Finance Officer
Status: Non-voting member
Signed: 22 August 2022
Remuneration
Employment: NHS Lothian, Interim Chief Finance Officer, Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
Related undertakings
None
Contracts
None
Houses, land and buildings
Joint owner of a property in Edinburgh
Interest in shares and securities
None
Gifts and hospitality
None
Non-financial interests
None