Senior Civil Service pay: March 2023
- Last updated
- 5 March 2024 - see all updates
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- 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 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.
Contact
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- First published
- 20 November 2023
- Last updated
- 5 March 2024 - show all updates
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