Prof Alex McMahon

Chief Nursing Officer, Scottish Government

Professor Alex McMahon is the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland and Director of the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate in Scottish Government. He formally took up this post on the 1^st January 2022. Previous to that he was Executive Director for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Professionals in NHS Lothian.

As CNO/Director Alex has professional responsibility for two thirds of the NHS Scotland workforce as his role has responsibility for nursing, midwifery, allied healthcare professionals and also healthcare scientists. He also leads on a number of key policy areas such as infection prevention control.

Alex has worked across the NHS, private sector, government and the RCN in previous posts. He holds two honorary professorships with the University of Stirling and Queen Margaret University.