Senior Civil Service pay: March 2021
- Published
- 5 March 2024
- Topic
- Public sector
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.
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