Senior Civil Service pay: March 2021

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 2021.

Pay for the SCS is reserved to the UK Government.

First Name

Surname

Grade

Director-General

FTE

Job Title

Salary range £ [1]

Leslie

Evans

Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

1

Permanent Secretary

170,000 - 174,999

Paul

Johnston

Director General

DG Communities

1

Director General, Communities

130,000 - 134,999

Lesley

Fraser

Director General

DG Corporate

1

Director General, Corporate

125,000 - 129,999

Liz

Ditchburn

Director General

DG Economy

1

Director General, Economy

130,000 - 134,999

Joe

Griffin

Director General

DG Education and Justice

1

Director General, Education & Justice

120,000 - 124,999

Caroline

Lamb

Director General

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director General, Health & Social Care

190,000 - 194,999

Alyson

Stafford

Director General

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director General, Scottish Exchequer

145,000 - 149,999

Ken

Thomson

Director General

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director General, Constitution and External Affairs

130,000 - 134,999

Stephen

Gallagher

Director

DG Communities

1

Director for Vaccine Strategy & Policy

100,000 - 104,999

Stephen

Kerr

Director

DG Communities

1

Director of Social Security

100,000 - 104,999

John

McNairney

Director

DG Communities

1

Chief Planner

95,000 - 99,999

Sean

Neill

Director

DG Communities

1

Director for Local Government and Communities

95,000 - 99,999

Shirley

Laing

Director

DG Communities

1

Director of Housing & Social Justice

95,000 - 99,999

Colin

Cook

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Economic Development

100,000 - 104,999

Nick

Ford

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Procurement and Property

100,000 - 104,999

Kenneth

Hogg

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Organisational Continuity

100,000 - 104,999

Nicola

Richards

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of  People Directorate

100,000 - 104,999

Julie

Humphreys

Director

DG Corporate

1

Interim Director of Communications, Ministerial Support and Facilities

95,000 - 99,999

Brian

Reid

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Corporate Transformation

95,000 - 99,999

Ruaraidh

Macniven

Director

DG Corporate

1

Solicitor to the Scottish Government and Director of SGLD

95,000 - 99,999

Jacqueline

McAllister

Director

DG Corporate

1

Chief Financial officer

95,000 - 99,999

Gary

Gillespie

Director

DG Economy

1

Chief Economist

100,000 - 104,999

Mary

McAllan

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform

100,000 - 104,999

Dominic

Munro

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for Strategy

100,000 - 104,999

Jonathan

Pryce

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for Culture, Tourism and Major Events

100,000 - 104,999

Kevin

Quinlan

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Environment & forestry

100,000 - 104,999

David

Wilson

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Scottish National Investment Bank

105,000 - 109,999

Reuben

Aitken

Director

DG Economy

1

Interim Director COVID Business Support and Resilience

95,000 - 99,999

Richard

Rollison

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for International Trade and Investment

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

Katherine

Peskett

Director

DG Education and Justice

0.6

Interim Director of Advanced Learning and Science (job-share)

95,000 - 99,999

Stephen

Pathirana

Director

DG Education and Justice

0.7

Interim Director of Advanced Learning and Science (job-share)

95,000 - 99,999

Donald

McGillivray

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Interim Director for Safer Communities

95,000 - 99,999

Madhu

Malhotra

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights

95,000 - 99,999

Graeme

Logan

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Learning

95,000 - 99,999

Alison

Cumming

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director Early Learning and Childcare

95,000 - 99,999

Amanda

Croft

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Chief Nursing Officer

100,000 - 104,999

Geoff

Huggins

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Third Sector Digital Transformation

100,000 - 104,999

Gillian

Russell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health Workforce

100,000 - 104,999

Christine

McLaughlin

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Test & Protect

105,000 - 109,999

Michael

Kellet

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Interim Director of Population Health

95,000 - 99,999

Linda

Pollock

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Interim Director of Healthcare Quality and Improvement

95,000 - 99,999

Aidan

Grisewood

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Interim Director of Economic Policy

95,000 - 99,999

Richard

Foggo

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Population Health

95,000 - 99,999

Richard

McCallum

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health Finance and Governance

95,000 - 99,999

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

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

95,000 - 99,999

Sharon

Fairweather

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

0.8

Director of Internal Audit and Assurance

100,000 - 104,999

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

95,000 - 99,999

Jennie

Barugh

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development

95,000 - 99,999

Willie

Ferrie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

0.8

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

Madeleine

MacKenzie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

David

Rogers

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director of Constitution and Cabinet

100,000 - 104,999

Scott

Wightman

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director for External Affairs

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 Brussels

115,000 - 119,999

Penelope

Cooper

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Interim Director of Culture and Major Events

95,000 - 99,999

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.

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot

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