Doreen leads Scottish Government’s involvement in the Open Government Partnership at both a National and International level. In Scotland, Open Government supports the reform of public services, the renewal of democracy, promotes openness, transparency and the use of innovative participative processes to help transform how people interact with public services.

Doreen moved into the Scottish Government Strategy Unit during the extraordinary times building up to the Independence Referendum, which as an Archaeologist and Historian, seemed a really interesting way to observe history at first hand. The change has provided her with a broad perspective on the world in which we live and the systems that affect us over time.

Doreen is also a member of the OGP Practice Group on Dialogue and Deliberation.

Rosemary Agnew took up the post of Scottish Public Services Ombudsman on 1 May 2017. Immediately prior to this she was the Scottish Information Commissioner (2012-2017).

Since 2001, Rosemary has held various roles in relation to public sector complaints, including with the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission and the Local Government Ombudsman in the UK.

Rosemary is committed to transparent, sustainable improvement in Scottish public services. She sees complaints and what is learned from them as an integral part of the improvement landscape. Equally, she recognises the importance of being the final stage of the complaints process in Scotland for most public services and in ensuring that, where things go wrong for individuals, action is taken to put them right as far as possible.

Carole Ewart is Director of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland and works to ensure that the enforceable right to access information in Scotland is strong and accessible.

Carole is also an independent consultant who has worked on human rights, social justice and public policy issues for 31 years, primarily in the 'not for profit' sector. She has broad experience of working with CEOs and staff at all levels and in over 100 organisations, large and small.

Her specialies cover: Equality and disability, independent living, health, stopping violence, children and families, justice. She advises on drafting and applying a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA), using Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIA), access to information, consultation, engagement, accountability in public services, delivery of UN ratified Treaties in UK /Scottish law and practice, legal reform, building networks and influencing.

Michael joined Audit Scotland in 2004 and has extensive experience of delivering financial and performance audits across central government, local government and the NHS. He is currently the engagement lead for the audit of the Scottish Government, including the annual Consolidated Accounts and European Agricultural Fund Accounts. In 2009, he was seconded to the Scottish Parliament to help establish the Parliament’s Financial Scrutiny Unit. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and holds degrees in Economics and Finance from the University of Stirling and the University of Edinburgh. Originally from Kilmarnock, he now lives in Midlothian.

Lucy is a civil society member of the Global Open Government Partnership Steering Committee, and also of the Scottish and UK-level OGP multi-stakeholder fora. She is currently doing PhD research on global civil society movements with the University of York. She has a 25 year career in the Scottish voluntary sector, most recently as acting Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, and previously as CEO of Citizens Advice Scotland. She has also worked as an adviser to the Scottish Government, and as a consultant on governance matters. She served on the grant giving committees of the Big Lottery Fund for seven years, as trustee for human rights and childcare organisations, and was a founder of the Scottish Voluntary Sector Credit Union.

Paul’s experience covers policy making, planning campaigns and public affairs activity in the voluntary sector. Particularly relevant to open government, he set up and coordinates SDG Network Scotland and played a lead role in securing Scotland’s first national review on progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially through championing the principles of transparency, participation, and accountability in relationships between government and civil society. He currently works on voluntary sector funding and promoting the sector’s place in Scotland’s economy.