Jayne Scott

Jayne Scott became a non-executive director of the Scottish Government in January 2021.

Jayne is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is currently a Board Member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee of the Coal Authority. She has previously held similar roles at Ofgem, the Marine Management Organisation and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. Jayne was also a Board Member with Registers of Scotland. 

Jayne is currently Chair of the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), which provides information on the cost and quality of private healthcare to support patient choice.  She was previously Director of Finance and Performance Management at NHS Fife and since then has undertaken many consultancy roles across health and education.

Jayne also has extensive experience in economic regulation and was previously a Panel Member with the Competition and Markets Authority. She is currently chair of Energy North West Limited’s Independent Oversight Group.