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Congratulations to Hayley Valentine, 53 (Auchtermuchty High School, and Edinburgh University) on her appointment as Director of BBC Scotland. 

She was born in Glenrothes, into a family of bookbinders, based in Falkirk. She crashed two pool cars while a trainee at D C Thomson, four years after passing her driving test. They made her take more lessons. She was embarrassed by her parking skills at Radio Forth, and got a colleague to park company cars for her. At Radio 5Live, she was part of the coverage of Madonna's wedding at Skibo Castle in December 2000. 

She was launch editor of the Nine on BBC Scotland, now gone from the schedules. She then moved to run the BBC Radio Newsroom, and has most recently been Head of Midlands, where the BBC is rebuilding The Tea Factory in Digbeth.