Senior Civil Service pay: March 2023

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 2023.

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

170,000 - 174,999

Louise

Macdonald

Director General

DG Communities

1

Director General Communities

125,000 - 129,999

Lesley

Fraser

Director General

DG Corporate

1

Director General Corporate

130,000 - 134,999

Gregor

Irwin

Director General

DG Economy

1

Director General Economy

135,000 - 139,999

Joe

Griffin

Director General

DG Education and Justice

1

Director General Education & Justice

125,000 - 129,999

Caroline

Lamb

Director General

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director General Health & Social Care

190,000 - 194,999

Roy

Brannen

Director General

DG Net Zero

1

Director General Net Zero

125,000 - 129,999

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

135,000 - 139,999

Sean

Neill

Director

DG Communities

1

Director for Local Government and Communities

100,000 - 104,999

Shirley

Laing

Director

DG Communities

1

Director, Tackling Child Poverty & Social Justice

100,000 - 104,999

Stephen

Kerr

Director

DG Communities

1

Director, Social Security

105,000 - 109,999

Mary

McAllan

Director

DG Communities

1

Director of Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform

105,000 - 109,999

Alison

Byrne

Director

DG Communities

1

Interim Director for Equality, Inclusion & Human Rights

95,000 - 99,999

Fiona

Simpson

Director

DG Communities

1

Chief Planner

95,000 - 99,999

Ruaraidh

Macniven

Director

DG Corporate

1

Solicitor to the Scottish Government and Director of SGLD

100,000 - 104,999

Jacqueline

McAllister

Director

DG Corporate

1

Chief Financial Officer

100,000 - 104,999

Nick

Ford

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Procurement and Property

105,000 - 109,999

Geoff

Huggins

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director Digital

105,000 - 109,999

Brian

Reid

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Corporate Transformation

105,000 - 109,999

Nicola

Richards

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director,  People Directorate

105,000 - 109,999

Ian

Mitchell

Director

DG Corporate

1

Interim Director, Propriety and Ethics

95,000 - 99,999

Andrew

Bruce

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Communications & Ministerial Support

95,000 - 99,999

Claire

Tynte-Irvine

Director

DG Corporate

1

Interim Director, Covid Inquiries Response

95,000 - 99,999

Colin

Cook

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Economic Development

105,000 - 109,999

Gary

Gillespie

Director

DG Economy

1

Chief Economist

105,000 - 109,999

Jonathan

Pryce

Director

DG Economy

1

Director , Strategy & Policy Lead

105,000 - 109,999

Aidan

Grisewood

Director

DG Economy

1

Interim Director, Economic Strategy

95,000 - 99,999

Richard

Rollison

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for International Trade and Investment

95,000 - 99,999

Graeme

Logan

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Learning

100,000 - 104,999

Andrew

Watson

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director for Children and Families

100,000 - 104,999

Michael

Chalmers

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Children and Families

105,000 - 109,999

Neil

Rennick

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director, Justice

105,000 - 109,999

Donald

McGillivray

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director, Safer Communities

95,000 - 99,999

Stephen

Pathirana

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Lifelong Learning & Skills

95,000 - 99,999

Katherine

Peskett

Director

DG Education and Justice

0.60

Director of Advanced Learning and Science

95,000 - 99,999

Clare 

Hicks

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Interim Director, Educational Reform

95,000 - 99,999

Richard

Foggo

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Population Health

100,000 - 104,999

Richard

McCallum

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health Finance and Governance

100,000 - 104,999

Donna

Bell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Social Care & NCS Development

100,000 - 104,999

Stephen

Gallagher

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director for Digital Health and Care

105,000 - 109,999

Gillian

Russell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health Workforce

105,000 - 109,999

Christine

McLaughlin

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Population Health

105,000 - 109,999

Hugh

McAloon

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Interim Mental Health Director

95,000 - 99,999

Tim

McDonnell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director Primary Care

95,000 - 99,999

Annabel

Turpie

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Marine Scotland

100,000 - 104,999

Kevin

Quinlan

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Environment & Forestry

105,000 - 109,999

Kersti

Berge

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Energy and Climate Change

110,000 - 114,999

George

Burgess

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Interim Director of Agriculture Rural Economy

95,000 - 99,999

Alison

Cumming

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Budget and Public Spending

100,000 - 104,999

Jennie

Barugh

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development

100,000 - 104,999

Lucy

O'Carroll

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director Of Fiscal Policy and Constitution

105,000 - 109,999

Andrew

Scott

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

0.50

Director of Tax and Revenues

105,000 - 109,999

Madeleine

MacKenzie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

Dominic

Munro

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director for Strategy

105,000 - 109,999

David

Rogers

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director, Constitution and Cabinet

105,000 - 109,999

Scott

Wightman

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director for External Affairs

105,000 - 109,999

Andy

Beattie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Chief Parliamentary Counsel

125,000 - 129,999

James

Hynd

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director and Secretary of Commissions

95,000 - 99,999

Martin

Johnson

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director, EU Directorate

95,000 - 99,999

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

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

0.95

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999

n/a [1]

Deputy Director

DG SEA

1

Parliamentary Counsel

100,000 - 104,999 

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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