Senior Management Team Meeting - Minutes - 24 May 2022

Attendees

Chair

Hugh Gillies - Director

AMFC

Frances Pacitti (FP) – Director

Nick Gosling (NG) – Head of Maritime Policy

BAAT

Juliet Bell (JB) - Smart & Integrated Ticketing & Payment Programme Manager

FCS

Kerry Twyman (KT) – Director

Andy Pope (AP) – Head of Corporate Governance

Danny Chalmers (DC) – Head of Communications

LCE

Stuart Greig – Director

Major Projects

Lawrence Shackman (LS) – Director

Rail

Frazer Henderson (FH) – Head of Rail Policy

Roads

Stewart Leggett (SL) – Director

TSA

Fiona Brown (FB) – Director

Bethany Sharp (BS) - Head of Transport Strategy

Secretariat

Gillian McCole (GM) – Head of Chief Executive Office

Pamela Yorke (PY) – Head of Secretariat

Steven Wyllie (SW) – Corporate Governance Manager

NXD

John Matheson (JM) – Chair of TS Audit & Risk Committee

Legal

Sandy McNeil (SMc) – Lawyer

Kenny Hannaway (KH) – Lawyer

Deborah Blair (DB) - Lawyer

General Update

An update was provided by all Directors on their respective areas.  This included:

• Ferries
• Budgeting
• ScotRail
• Communications
• Cost of living

Legal Update

The legal team provided an update on upcoming and ongoing legal items.  They advised that there was updated guidance for TS staff on what services are available.

Finance

KT provided a general update on the in-year financial position for TS and what budget discussions had been fed down from DG.  They updated the SMT on current budget work and allocations.

Risk Update

AP presented the corporate risk register and discussed the risks with the SMT.  They discussed the new TS risk appetite statement being drafted and progress on the actions from the Internal Audit exercise.

Correspondence

SW discussed the correspondence statistics and updated the SMT on current workloads.

Corporate Update

DS provided an update on the workforce panning exercise in TS and the progress being made on hybrid working arrangements.

SW discussed the Corporate Plan details and asked that Directors ensure there directorates are updating the template regularly.

HR Management Information

DS presented the SMT with figures from the HR Management Information sheet and updated the team on other HR matters.

Ministerial Reporting

BS presented a new ministerial reporting measures to better inform Minister of TS current position and make us more easily able to extract the position of projects more quickly.

AOB

No other business was tabled.