Jim Gray is Head of Democratic Services in Glasgow City Council. He has worked in regeneration and community planning for the last 10 years in a number of posts. Prior to that he had worked as a solicitor and a welfare rights manager. He has wide experience of setting up and managing projects and latterly in monitoring and evaluating them. He led the setting up of the Fairer Scotland Programme in Glasgow. He is currently project managing the integration of all Glasgow City Council grants schemes.