Welcome to the Flexible Working Summit.

Judith Ralston

Judith Ralston has been on our screens for over 20 years bringing vital weather information to BBC Scotland viewers and listeners. She presented her first documentary in 2022 ‘Can we still save the planet’, is the main presenter for the BBC Scotland’s weather series ‘Scotland’s weather’ and has appeared on almost all regular BBC Scotland programmes cross media from Off the Ball to Breaking the News, Beechgrove Garden and Scot squad. Last year she and her co presenter Grado made a new updated version of Scotland’s Greatest Escape which was warmly received.

But most importantly she is a mother of 3, including twins.

Nick Bloom (keynote speaker)

Nicholas (Nick) Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University. His research focuses on working from home, management practices and uncertainty. He previously worked at the UK Treasury and McKinsey & Company and the IFS. He has a BA from Cambridge, an MPhil from Oxford, and a PhD from University College London.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the Guggenheim and Sloan Fellowships, the Frisch Medal and a National Science Foundation Career Award. He was elected to Bloomberg50 for his advice on working from home. 

On the personal side he is English, living with his Scottish wife and American kids on Stanford campus, in a multi-accented English household.

Claire Brumby (keynote speaker)

Claire Brumby is an award-winning entrepreneur, leadership coach and trainer, best-selling author and internationally respected keynote speaker who helps organisations and ambitious leaders unlock confidence, clarity, and high performance in a rapidly changing world.

Claire founded a healthy snacking FMCG brand and grew it from a kitchen-table idea into a multi-award-winning brand, later pitching on Dragons’ Den. With deep commercial experience across brand-building, sales, marketing, and strategy, she now brings powerful, practical lessons to the stage with warmth, honesty, and infectious energy.

Claire is the creator of the MAGIC Framework™ (Mindset, Awakening, Gumption, Intuition and Charisma) – a modern leadership model designed to move beyond outdated, control-led ways of working and lead with courage, connection, and intuition alongside strategy. She is an ICF-trained leadership coach, NLP Practitioner and mentor, and the author of The Winning Mix, with her forthcoming book Forget Normal – I Want Magic publishing in April 2026.

Aileen Campbell

Before being appointed as SWF’s CEO in August 2021, Aileen served for 14 years as an MSP, representing the constituency of Clydesdale.  During that time, Aileen held several offices in Government including being the Minister for Children and Young People, Minister for Public Health and Sport before being appointed as Cabinet as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government between 2018-2021.

She currently represents SWF on the ScottishFA’s Non-Professional Games Board (NPGB) and was the first women to be selected to represent the NPGB on the ScottishFA’s main Board in 2023 which she did for a year.

She was recently appointed to the Board of St Johnstone FC, a team she has supported all her life.

Lynda McCall

Lynda McCall is the Co-owner and Financial Director at Alba Facilities Services, a family-owned SME business based in Glasgow. She is a chartered accountant and has been jointly running the business for over 20 years. She is passionate about providing a great working environment and led the implementation of the company’s permanent four-day working scheme in 2023. She says that delivering the four-day working week for their team has been hugely rewarding, and seeing the team look happier and well-rested while performing to an even higher standard has underlined the importance of putting flexibility and employee wellbeing at the forefront of their business. As a mum of two, she knows the importance of flexibility in maintaining a healthy balance between work and family life.

Janette McAllister
Janette McAllister is owner and Managing Director of McAllister Litho Glasgow, a leading commercial printing company based in the heart of Glasgow and home to a team of 42. She is also the Chairperson of the Fizz and Fabulous charity committee, dedicated to raising vital funds for Childline and the NSPCC. Janette is married with two grown-up daughters Becki and Hannah and a black lab named Zak. In an industry where remote work is not practical, Janette is a strong advocate for flexibility in ways that genuinely work for both the business and its people. At McAllister Litho Glasgow, the team mainly operates on a three shift pattern of 3×12hour days, and Janette believes that true flexibility starts with open communication. She works closely with staff to understand individual needs, resolve challenges collaboratively, and create an environment where people feel supported, trusted, and able to thrive. For her, flexible working is less about location and more about working together to find solutions that respect both personal commitments and operational demands.

Stephen Currie 

Stephen is the Managing Director at R and W Scott. He has over 30 years commercial experience, predominantly in the food & drink sector, holding a variety of key sales and leadership roles. Prior to joining R&W Scott 10 years ago, he worked as an interim consultant for several years to give him the flexibility required to help raise his twin boys with his wife Andrea. Having completed a successful management buy-out at R&W Scott in 2018 with his fellow directors, they then transitioned the business to 100% employee ownership in 2024. With this transition, the need for an open mindset and looking for solutions that work for both the employees and the business became even more pressing. For Stephen flexible working is about having an open mindset and not automatically adhering to ”generally accepted orthodoxies”. It means being prepared to consider alternative ways of working that benefit both the employee and the business

Hayden Feeney

Hayden is a senior HR leader with 20+ years’ experience helping organisations bring their people strategy to life and navigate change. He’s worked across retail, manufacturing, broadcast media, and utilities, and brings both UK and international experience partnering leaders to build high-performing, engaged teams.

For the past 16 years he’s been at Centrica—having joined for what was meant to be a six‑month project—and has since led HR teams across a range of businesses and portfolios, from Engineering through to Net Zero. During a major period of transformation, Hayden has been a trusted partner to senior leaders, known for turning strategic ambition into practical, people-centred action.

Hayden led the design of Centrica’s flexible working approach, championing a genuinely colleague-led model so teams could shape ways of working that were practical, sustainable, and built to last. The result was a clearer framework for how teams work at their best—strengthening trust and engagement at a challenging time. He sees the critical role that flexibility can play in attracting and retaining the best Talent – ensuring that Centrica remains as a real differentiator in this space

John McMorrow

John joined Melville Housing Association at the beginning of January 2021 as Melville’s Chief Executive.

As the senior member of the management team, he is responsible for supporting the Board in setting and then delivering Melville’s strategic goals, ensuring strong governance and maintaining the highest levels of service possible for tenants and other stakeholders.

Before joining Melville, John worked for 28 years as the Chief Officer of Easthall Park Housing Co-operative in Glasgow and has acted as an office bearer on several charities.

John has a wealth of experience covering all aspects of housing having worked in the sector for over 40 years. As well as his direct housing association and local authority experience, he has also supported other registered social landlords as an appointee or co-optee on their boards with a particular focus on strong governance.

Melville introduced a 4-day week working arrangement alongside their hybrid working arrangements and this flexible working allows him to take on additional voluntary working opportunities.   

Fiona Morrow

Fiona is a Resourcing Manager in the Cabinet Office based in Glasgow, bringing several years of experience in public sector recruitment, including the NHS, Police Scotland, and the Civil Service. Fiona currently work part-time, four days a week, to manage childcare for her family, which includes a child with additional support needs. For Fiona, flexible working is more than just an arrangement, “It’s what allows me to feel fulfilled in a career I enjoy without having to compromise on my essential role as a carer at home.”

Kelly Cameron

Kelly Cameron is the room lead for the pre-school room at FCSS Cummings park nursery and has been there for 3 years now. She has worked in childcare for 18 years and this is always something she wanted to pursue after caring for my mother who sadly passed away when she was young. “I enjoy watching the children grow and preparing them for their life beyond nursery.” 

Daniel Hart

Daniel Hart is a Building Services engineer working for Alba Facilities Services. He is a passionate father and husband “driven in life to provide the best life for his family.”

Flexible working allows Daniel to spend more time with his son whilst saving money on childcare. “Having that extra time with my son helps with my mental health as well, it’s a small win in a world where small wins are hard to come by.  My flexible working is based around looking after my son every Tuesday. He is a massive reason why it’s easy for me to get up in the morning and be the best version of myself.”

Robbie Gemmill

Robbie is a Director in Deloitte’s Industrials Strategy & Transactions team with over 14 years’ experience. Robbie has spent the last 11 years working on M&A projects, serving a range of our firm’s leading private equity and corporate clients across the UK, across a variety of sectors (with a particular focus on automotive, industrials and sports).

Robbie started out his career in audit within Deloitte where he qualified as a CA with ICAS before moving into M&A.

Sarah Jackson

Sarah Jackson OBE is a work-life balance and flexible working expert. Since becoming a parent over thirty years ago, her working life has involved campaigning, research and practical action to make paid work more inclusive of parents and carers.  She is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University School of Management, and an adviser, writer and commentator on flexible and hybrid working.

She was until 2018 the CEO of Working Families, where she commissioned the UK’s first research on the links between flexible working and performance.  She chaired and judged the Working Families annual employer best practice awards, and also chaired the Department for Work and Pensions’ Private Sector Employers Working Group on Flexible Working, which made early calls for jobs to be advertised flexibly from the off, and which advised extensively on the ACAS guidance to support the Right to Request Flexible Working.

She is also a trustee of Scottish Opera, and of Rosa, the UK’s only grantmaking charity funding grassroots women’s and girls’ organisations.

Nikki Slowey

Nikki Slowey is the Co-Founder and Director of Flexibility Works. She is one of Scotland’s leading experts in flexible working and has dedicated the past 12 years to directly supporting and encouraging employers to create flexible workplaces. She is a regular media commentator, public speaker and has contributed to research and books on flexible working. 

Nikki’s background is in marketing and communications, previously running her own communications consultancy. Her career started in the finance and property sectors, but as a true social entrepreneur, she has been drawn to working with, and for, organisations with a social purpose. Nikki is mum to three sons, enjoys being outdoors, experimenting with vegetarian cooking, and also runs community wellbeing events.

Lisa Gallagher

Lisa Gallagher is Co-Founder and Director of Flexibility Works- a social business dedicated to supporting employers to create flexible workplaces in Scotland. She is one of Scotland’s leading experts in flexible working and is a media commentator and public speaker on the topic.

Lisa been the Director of third sector and private sector organizations including INSP- International Network of Street Papers and activpayroll. Lisa is also a Saltire Fellow for Entrepreneurship and has served on the boards of The Homeless World Cup, Impact Arts and the Network of International Development Organisations. She has three young boys who keep her busy.