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Publication - Factsheet

Public appointment: Member appointed to the Tayside NHS Board

Published
6 March 2026
Directorate
People Directorate

Public appointments news release.

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The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP today announced the appointment of Kris Bryce as Member of Tayside NHS Board. 

Member 

Kris Bryce is an executive and non-executive leader with experience in organisational strategy, governance and transformation. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Leisure & Culture Dundee, where he chairs the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, and serves as Vice President and Chair of the Finance & Strategy Committee at UK Theatre. As Chief Executive of Pitlochry Festival Theatre for nearly a decade, he led major organisational transformation, secured significant public and private investment, and delivered complex capital projects. Kris brings experience of financial scrutiny, risk management, stakeholder engagement and system-level leadership across complex public and mission-led organisations. He has lived in the Tayside region for over 20 years. 

Appointment 

This appointment will be for 4 years and will run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030. 

This appointment is regulated by the Ethical Standards Commissioner. 

Remuneration 

This appointment is part-time and attracts a remuneration of £32,448 per year for a time commitment of 2 days per week. 

Other ministerial appointments 

Kris Bryce does not hold any other public appointments. 

Political activity  

All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process.  However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees’ political activity within the last five years (if there is any to be declared) to be made public.    

Kris Bryce has had no political activity within the last five years.  

Background 

NHS Tayside is responsible for meeting the health needs and improving the health and wellbeing of over 400,000 people living in Tayside, and provides a comprehensive range of primary, community-based, and acute hospital services for the populations of Angus, Dundee City and Perth & Kinross. 

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