Loraine Hartley

Commodity Manager, NHS Scotland, National Services

Based at Gyle Square in Edinburgh, although now hybrid working between home and office, Loraine has worked for National Procurement for over 30 years in various procurement/supply roles, gaining qualifications in business studies, CIPS, Management Leadership Programmes.
After leaving school, Loraine attended catering college for three years, then started working at Edinburgh Airport Inflight meal services for Trust House Forte, then moved across various food sectors to gain experience from factories such as Golden Wonder, The Royal Scot Hotel, Crawford’s the Bakers, then local restaurants in West Lothian.

Loraine has been a member of several national short life working groups across Scotland
to support delivery of the Scottish Government’s targets working alongside colleagues from catering, dieticians, procurement, in both private and NHS