Lorraine Russell

Lorraine Russell serves as the Health and Safety Manager at National Museums Scotland since January 2022. Prior to this, Lorraine held various positions at Heriot-Watt University from March 2007 to January 2022, including Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Officer, and Health and Safety Administrator for Engineering & Physical Sciences. In these roles, responsibilities included the development and implementation of health and safety management frameworks, compliance with legislation, and centralization of health and safety systems. Lorraine also performed proactive inspections, accident investigations, and liaised with health and safety services. Lorraine's academic background includes an MPhys and PhD in Physics from Heriot-Watt University, earned between 1997 and 2006, and secondary education at Dunblane High School from 1991 to 1997.