Publication - Transparency data

Senior Civil Service pay: March 2022

Last updated: 5 March 2024 - see all updates
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector

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

The Scottish Government data sheet in respect of its 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 2022.

Pay for the SCS is reserved to the UK Government.

First Name	Surname	Grade	Director-General	FTE	Job Title	Salary range £
JP	Marks	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	1	Permanent Secretary	165,000 - 169,999
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
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
Neil	Taylor	Director	Advocate General for Scotland	1	Solicitor to the Advocate General for Scotland	100,000 - 104,999
Stephen	Kerr	Director	DG Communities	1	Director, Social Security	100,000 - 104,999
Shirley	Laing	Director	DG Communities	1	Director, Tackling Child Poverty & Social Justice	95,000 - 99,999
Sean	Neill	Director	DG Communities	1	Director for Local Government and Communities	95,000 - 99,999
Fiona	Simpson	Director	DG Communities	1	Chief Planner	95,000 - 99,999
Nick	Ford	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director of Procurement and Property	100,000 - 104,999
Kenneth	Hogg	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director, Organisational Continuity	100,000 - 104,999
Geoff	Huggins	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director Digital	100,000 - 104,999
Nicola	Richards	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director, People Directorate	100,000 - 104,999
Andrew	Bruce	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director of Communications & Ministerial Support	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
Brian	Reid	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director of Corporate Transformation	95,000 - 99,999
Colin	Cook	Director	DG Economy	1	Director of Economic Development	100,000 - 104,999
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
Elinor	Mitchell	Director	DG Economy	1	Interim Director General Economy	120,000 - 124,999
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, Justice	100,000 - 104,999
Katherine	Peskett	Director	DG Education and Justice	0.6	Director of Advanced Learning and Science (job-share)	95,000 - 99,999
Stephen	Pathirana	Director	DG Education and Justice	0.7	Director of Advanced Learning and Science	95,000 - 99,999
Alison	Cumming	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director Early Learning and Childcare	95,000 - 99,999
Graeme	Logan	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director of Learning	95,000 - 99,999
Eric	McQueen	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Chief Operations Officer, SCTS	95,000 - 99,999
Teresa	Medhurst	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Chief Executive, SPS	95,000 - 99,999
Stephen	Gallagher	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director for Vaccine Strategy & Policy	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
Donna	Bell	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director of Social Care & NCS Development	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
Tim	McDonnell	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director Primary Care	95,000 - 99,999
Kevin	Quinlan	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director of Environment & Forestry	100,000 - 104,999
Kersti	Berge	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director of Energy and Climate Change	105,000 - 109,999
Roy	Brannen	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Interim Director General Net Zero	120,000 - 124,999
Annabel	Turpie	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director of Marine Scotland	95,000 - 99,999
Lucy	O'Carroll	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director Of Fiscal Policy and Constitution	100,000 - 104,999
Andrew	Scott	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director of Tax and Revenues	100,000 - 104,999
Sharon	Fairweather	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	0.8	Director of Internal Audit and Assurance	100,000 - 104,999
Jennie	Barugh	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director for Performance & Strategic Outcomes	95,000 - 99,999
Andrew	Watson	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director of Budget and Public Spending	95,000 - 99,999
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, 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
Willie	Ferrie	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	0.8	Parliamentary Counsel	100,000 - 104,999
James	Hynd	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director for Cabinet	95,000 - 99,999
Martin	Johnson	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director, EU Directorate	95,000 - 99,999
Gayle	Gorman	Director	Education Scotland	1	Chief Inspector of Education for Scotland	120,000 - 124,999
Geoffrey	Ogle	Director	Food Standards Scotland	1	Chief Executive	105,000 - 109,999
David	Wallace	Director	Social Security Scotland	1	Chief Executive, Social Security Agency	95,000 - 99,999
Kerry	Twyman	Director	Transport Scotland	1	Director of Finance and Corporate Services	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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First published: 24 January 2023
Last updated: 5 March 2024 - show all updates
All updates: 5 March 2024
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