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Debs Crohn

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Interim Head of Corporate Governance at NHS Orkney
📍 Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom

Debs Crohn is a strategic health and social care leader with over 25 years of experience, currently serving as the Interim Head of Corporate Governance at NHS Orkney. She specializes in business transformation, digital innovation, and people-first leadership. People who have worked with her describe her as tenacious, compassionate, and an amazing leader.

Debs is passionate about raising awareness for Group B Strep (GBS) after losing her daughter, Lucy, to the infection. She serves as a trustee for the charity Group B Strep Support. She also actively supports social justice causes, such as Show Racism the Red Card.

As Digital Programme Director for the Scottish Government, she led the digital workstream for Scotlands award-winning COVID-19 vaccination programme.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Interim Head of Corporate Governance
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Debs shows up

Objective Evaluator
Early Adopter
Risk Tolerant

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Priorities

Topics Debs cares about

Digital Health Transformation
Led digital transformation at NHS Orkney and directed the digital workstream for Scotland's COVID-19 vaccination programme. Recently exploring M365 Co-Pilot for operational meetings.
Corporate Governance
Currently serves as the Interim Head of Corporate Governance at NHS Orkney, with a focus on audit, risk management, and strategic planning.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Interim Head of Corporate Governance
NHS Orkney
1-2024 - 6-2025
Head of Improvement
NHS Orkney
12-2022 - 1-2024
Head of Planning, Delivery and Assurance
The Scottish Government
11-2020 - 3-2023
Digital Programme Director - COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
The Scottish Government
11-2019 - 3-2023
Head of Digital Transformation & Inforrmation Technology
NHS Orkney
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Media appearances

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Education
2017 - 2019
Master's degree
University of Hull
1999 - 2002
BA (hons)
University of Leeds
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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