Senior Civil Service pay: March 2020

Names and salary details of members of the Senior Civil Service within the Scottish Government.


Details of senior staff, showing names, job title and salary for members of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) at director level and above. The data shown is at 31 March 2020.

Pay for the SCS is reserved to the UK Government.

First Name

Surname

Grade

Director-General

FTE

Job Title

Salary range £ 

Leslie

Evans

Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

1

Permanent Secretary

170,000 - 174,999

Liz

Ditchburn

Director General

DG Economy

1

Director General, Economy

130,000 - 134,999

Paul

Johnston

Director General

DG Education and Justice

1

Director General, Communities

130,000 - 134,999

Malcolm

Wright

Director General

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director General, Health & Social Care

180,000 - 184,999

Alyson

Stafford

Director General

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director General, Scottish Exchequer

140,000 - 144,999

Ken

Thomson

Director General

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director General, Constitution and External Affairs

130,000 - 134,999

Stephen

Kerr

Director

DG Communities

1

Director of Social Security

100,000 - 104,999

Stephen

Gallagher

Director

DG Communities

1

Director for Vaccine Strategy & Policy

95,000 - 99,999

Shirley

Laing

Director

DG Communities

1

Interim Director of Housing & Social Justice

95,000 - 99,999

Barbara

Allison

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Communications & Ministerial Support

100,000 - 104,999

Kenneth

Hogg

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Organisational Continuity

100,000 - 104,999

Ainslie

McLaughlin

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Procurement And Commercial

100,000 - 104,999

Gordon

Wales

Director

DG Corporate

1

Chief Financial officer

105,000 - 109,999

Lesley

Fraser

Director

DG Corporate

1

Interim Director General, Corporate

120,000 - 124,999

Ruaraidh

Macniven

Director

DG Corporate

1

Solicitor to the Scottish Government and Director of SGLD

90,000 - 94,999

Colin

Cook

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Economic Development

95,000 - 99,999

Nicola

Richards

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of People Directorate

95,000 - 99,999

Gary

Gillespie

Director

DG Economy

1

Chief Economist

100,000 - 104,999

Jonathan

Pryce

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for Culture, Tourism and Major Events

100,000 - 104,999

Mary

McAllan

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform

100,000 - 104,999

David

Wilson

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Scottish National Investment Bank

105,000 - 109,999

Dominic

Munro

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for Strategy

95,000 - 99,999

Kevin

Quinlan

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Environment & forestry

95,000 - 99,999

Michael

Chalmers

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Children and Families

100,000 - 104,999

Neil

Rennick

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Justice

100,000 - 104,999

Graeme

Logan

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Learning

90,000 - 94,999

Alison

Cumming

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Interim Director of Early Learning and Childcare

90,000 - 94,999

Joe

Griffin

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director for Safer Communities

95,000 - 99,999

Gillian

Russell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health Workforce

100,000 - 104,999

Richard

Foggo

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Population Health

90,000 - 94,999

Aidan

Grisewood

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Interim Director of Economic Policy

90,000 - 94,999

Richard

McCallum

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Interim Director of Health Finance and Governance

90,000 - 94,999

Donna

Bell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Social Care & NCS Development

95,000 - 99,999

Bridget

Campbell

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director for Environment and Forestry

100,000 - 104,999

Graham

Black

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Marine Scotland

100,000 - 104,999

Andrew

Scott

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Tax and Revenues

100,000 - 104,999

Kersti

Berge

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Energy and Climate Change

105,000 - 109,999

Annabel

Turpie

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Marine Scotland

90,000 - 94,999

Lucy

O'Carroll

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Fiscal Policy and Constitution

100,000 - 104,999

Andrew

Watson

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Budget and Public Spending

90,000 - 94,999

Jennie

Barugh

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development

95,000 - 99,999

Sharon

Fairweather

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

0.8

Director of Internal Audit and Assurance

95,000 - 99,999

Scott

Wightman

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director for External Affairs

100,000 - 104,999

David

Rogers

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director of Constitution and Cabinet

100,000 - 104,999

Madeleine

MacKenzie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

Willie

Ferrie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

0.8

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

Andy

Beattie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Chief Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

Michael

Neilson

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director of Brussels

115,000 - 119,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Paid outward secondment to Edinburgh University

105,000 - 109,999

Note: In line with Cabinet Office guidance, as set out in the Government Financial Reporting Manual, we apply the normal convention for reporting the personal salary information of officials by providing the information in £5k salary bands.

[1] In line with Cabinet Office guidance, names of staff below SCS2 are not published.

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