Year Head of HR Team Company Chief Executive Comments 2008 Steven Taylor Angus College Prof. John Burt Small category   David Roberts Wood Mackenzie Stephen Halliday Medium category   Fiona Irvine First ScotRail Mary Dickson Large category 2007 Jane Gill The Moredun Group Prof. Julie Fitzpatrick Small category   Kathryn Barclay The Buccleuch Group Michael Clarke Medium category   Jim Young Clydesdale Bank plc Lynne Peacock Large category 2006 Gillian Tinson CBES Ltd Ian Bownes Small Company   Sean Reddy The Craig Group Douglas Craig Medium Company   Andrew Walker Scottish Water Jon Hargreaves Large Company 2005 Elspeth Dalgleish Morton Fraser Linda Urquhart Small Company   Taroub Zahran Glasgow Housing Association Michael Lennon Medium Company   Dorothy Lowry Bank of Scotland George Mitchell Large Company 2004 Stephen Dunn Scottish Power Ian Russell Private Sector   Alan Boyter North Glasgow University Hospitals Trust Tim Davison Public Sector 2003 Neil Roden Royal Bank of Scotland Fred Goodwin Private Sector   Elspeth MacArthur University of Edinburgh Timothy O'Shea Public Sector 2002 Jim Warnock John Menzies plc David Mackay Private Sector   Eileen Scott Communities Scotland Bob Millar Public Sector