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Dr Harpreet Kohli

Harpreet retired in 2017 as Director of Public Health (DPH) and an Executive Board Member of NHS Lanarkshire. He has extensive experience of working in public health including health improvement, health protection, and health service improvement.

After completing his medical degree at Edinburgh University, Harpreet undertook GP and then public health training. He worked as a consultant in public health in Lanarkshire and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. He returned to Lanarkshire in 2008 as DPH to head the public health department, and had responsibility for information governance, resilience (emergency planning and business continuity), and tackling health inequalities.

Harpreet is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH), and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow (FRCP (Glas)). He is on the steering group of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), and a Board Trustee of UK-Med, a UK charity.

Register of interest

• Date of completion: 11 February 2024
• Board member: Dr Harpreet Kohli
• Signature: Signed by Dr Harpreet Kohli on 11 February 2024

Remuneration

Employment or self-employment (include registered name of the company nature of the company, nature of business and nature of post held):

• None

Holding an office (include office held, name of organisation, nature, and regularity of business):

• None

As a partner in a firm (include registered name of the company and nature of business):

• None

Undertaking a trade, profession, or vocation or any other work:

• None

Any allowance received through memberships of an organisation

All payments such as honoraria and including a statement of whether expenses are paid or not:

• None

Related undertakings

A description of a directorship that is not remunerated but is of a company which is parent or subsidiary of a company or undertaking which pays remuneration (including name of subsidiary or parent company or other undertaking and the nature of its business):

• None

Contracts

A description of any contract (including its duration but excluding the consideration) which is made between the public body of which you are a member and a firm in which you are a partner, or an undertaking in which you are a director or in which you have shares:

• None

Houses, lands, and buildings

A description of any rights of ownership or other interests that may be significant to, of relevance to, or bear upon, the work or operation of the devolved public body:

• None

Shares and securities

A description, but not value, of shares or securities in a company, undertaking or organisation that may be significant to, of relevance to, or bear upon, the work or operation of the devolved public body (including the registered name of the company in which you hold shares):

• None

Gifts and hospitality

Details of any gifts and hospitality received within your current term of appointment of office:

• Registered on a separate gifts and hospitality form. 

Non-financial interests

A description of such interest as may be significant to, of relevance to, or bear upon, the work or operation of the devolved public body, including without prejudice to that generality membership of or office in:

• Other public bodies: None
• Clubs, societies, and organisations: Fellow, Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) and fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow (FRCPGlas).
• Trade unions: None
• Voluntary organisations: Member, Steering Group of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problem (SHAAP) Trustee Member, UK-Med charity.

Close family members

A description of the interests of any close family member who has transactions with SEPA or is likely to have transactions or do business with it:

• None