Ruth Findlay
Head of People Engagement, Wellbeing & Inclusion, Scottish Water
Ruth is Head of People Engagement, Wellbeing & Inclusion at Scottish Water. Her role involves leading the work to enhance employee engagement and internal communications, foster workplace wellbeing, and drive the inclusion agenda across the organisation. Her extensive experience in communications and strategic leadership helps her to support Scottish Water’s purpose of delivering essential services to communities across Scotland.
Ruth has worked in Internal Communications at Scottish Water for over 24 years, having most recently served as Head of Internal Communications. In this capacity, she led teams responsible for communication strategies, content management, events, and transformation communications.
In 2014 she was in the first cohort of students to take the Masters in Internal Communication Management, achieving a First with distinction.
Before joining Scottish Water, Ruth held key roles at the Bank of Scotland, where latterly she was Associate Director, Internal Communications, overseeing global corporate communications for the Corporate and International divisions.
She has also served as a Non-Executive Director at Carnegie College, chairing its Audit Committee and contributing her expertise in governance, financial management, and strategic direction.
Ruth lives in Scotland and is married with two grown up children.