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Roles and responsibilities

• As Director of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland, Hayley is responsible for Scotland’s editorial strategy, and delivery of content across all platforms and services in both English and Gaelic. This includes leading teams across the country, where the ´óÏó´«Ã½ operates from 14 centres, producing an extensive portfolio of programming to serve audiences in Scotland and beyond.
• Hayley also engages with stakeholders across Scotland, both in terms of the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s accountability to our audience and to ensure the ´óÏó´«Ã½ meets its economic and creative sector public purposes in the nation.

Biography

Hayley was appointed Director of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland in November 2024.

A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Hayley worked as a journalist at DC Thomson and Radio Forth before joining the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in 1996. Since then, she has held a variety of roles including Executive Editor of ´óÏó´«Ã½ One’s Question Time, Director of Current Affairs at Mentorn Media, Head of News at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live, Head of ´óÏó´«Ã½ News’ radio newsroom and Launch Editor of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland’s The Nine.

Prior to Hayley taking on her current responsibilities, she was Senior Head of Content Production for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in the Midlands, leading the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s local services for radio, TV and online across the West and East Midlands.

Expenses and central bookings

Expenses are costs incurred by ´óÏó´«Ã½ staff on behalf of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and claimed through the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s expenses system.

Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and booked through the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

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Gifts and Hospitality Register

Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with ´óÏó´«Ã½ policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

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Declaration of personal interests

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

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Hayley Valentine's Declaration of Personal Interests will be published shortly.