Speakers

Steve Bell was appointed to the new post of Strategic Director of the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives in April 2005.   Created as a discrete business unit of NHS Health Scotland.  The Centre provides a focus for the implementation of the Scottish Government’s Healthy Working Lives Strategy, its mission being to maximise the positive relationship between health and work. 

The Centre is responsible for delivering a range of services to employers and people of working age, and has a key role in the implementation of policy in Scotland and development of the evidence base for Healthy Working Lives.

Steve’s immediate prior background includes six years as Health Promotion Manager within the public health team of NHS Highland, which included responsibility for a wide range of public health programmes including workplace health, smoking, nutrition, substance misuse and sexual health.   He previously worked in a number of health improvement posts in Highland since entering the field in 1993.   In a former life, he spent four years as an elected member of Cleveland County Council where he sat on the Consumer Protection (as vice chair), Police and Social Services Committees.    A graduate of the university of Teesside, he holds an M.Phil. in Social Policy and an MBA from the University of Glasgow and is a Member of the Chartered Management Institute.   An active mountaineer and sea kayaker, he lives in Lanarkshire with his wife Meg, their children Rob and Cate, and collie Beinn.