Senior Civil Service pay: March 2024

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 2024.

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

180,000 - 184,999

Louise

Macdonald

Director General

DG Communities

1

Director General Communities

135,000 - 139,999

Lesley

Fraser

Director General

DG Corporate

1

Director General Corporate

140,000 - 144,999

Gregor

Irwin

Director General

DG Economy

1

Director General Economy

145,000 - 149,999

Neil

Rennick

Director General

DG Education and Justice

1

Director General Education and Justice

130,000 - 134,999

Caroline

Lamb

Director General

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director General Health & Social Care

200,000 - 204,999

Roy

Brannen

Director General

DG Net Zero

1

Director General Net Zero

135,000 - 139,999

Alyson

Stafford

Director General

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director General Scottish Exchequer

155,000 - 159,999

Joe

Griffin

Director General

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director General Strategy & External Affairs

135,000 - 139,999

Leanne

Carson

Director

DG Communities

1

Interim Programme Director of Social Security

100,000 - 104,999

Kate

Hall

Director

DG Communities

1

Interim Director, Cladding Remediation

100,000 - 104,999

Alison

Byrne

Director

DG Communities

1

Interim Director for Equality, Inclusion & Human Rights

105,000 - 109,999

Miriam

Craven

Director

DG Communities

1

Interim Director of Ukraine Resettlement

105,000 - 109,999

Fiona

Simpson

Director

DG Communities

1

Chief Planner

105,000 - 109,999

Sean

Neill

Director

DG Communities

1

Director for Local Government and Communities

105,000 - 109,999

Stephen

Kerr

Director

DG Communities

1

Director of Social Security

110,000 - 114,999

Mary

McAllan

Director

DG Communities

1

Director of Public Service Reform

110,000 - 114,999

Claire

Tynte- Irvine

Director

DG Corporate

1

Interim Director of Covid Inquiries Response

100,000 - 104,999

Andrew

Bruce

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Communications & Ministerial Support

105,000 - 109,999

Ruaraidh

Macniven

Director

DG Corporate

1

Solicitor to the Scottish Government and Director of SGLD

105,000 - 109,999

Michael

Chalmers

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Propriety and Ethics

110,000 - 114,999

Nick

Ford

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Procurement and Property

110,000 - 114,999

Geoff

Huggins

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Digital

110,000 - 114,999

Jacqueline

McAllister

Director

DG Corporate

1

Chief Financial Officer

110,000 - 114,999

Brian

Reid

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of Corporate Transformation

110,000 - 114,999

Nicola

Richards

Director

DG Corporate

1

Director of People Directorate

110,000 - 114,999

Frances

Pacitti

Director

DG Economy

1

Interim Director for Business and Better Regulation

100,000 - 104,999

Aidan

Grisewood

Director

DG Economy

1

Interim Director of Economic Strategy

105,000 - 109,999

Richard

Rollison

Director

DG Economy

1

Director for International Trade and Investment

105,000 - 109,999

Colin

Cook

Director

DG Economy

1

Director of Economic Development

110,000 - 114,999

Gary

Gillespie

Director

DG Economy

1

Chief Economist

110,000 - 114,999

Julie

Fitzpatrick

Director

DG Economy

0.60

Chief Scientific Adviser

140,000 - 144,999

Cat

Dalrymple

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Interim Director of Justice

100,000 - 104,999

Clare

Hicks

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Interim Director of Educational Reform

105,000 - 109,999

Donald

McGillivray

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Safer Communities

105,000 - 109,999

Stephen

Pathirana

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director for Lifelong Learning & Skills

105,000 - 109,999

Katherine

Peskett

Director

DG Education and Justice

0.70

Director of Advanced Learning and Science

105,000 - 109,999

Graeme

Logan

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director of Learning

105,000 - 109,999

Andrew

Watson

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director for Children & Families

105,000 - 109,999

Shirley

Laing

Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Director for Lifelong Learning and Skills

110,000 - 114,999

Tim

McDonnell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Primary Care

105,000 - 109,999

Richard

Foggo

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Population Health

105,000 - 109,999

Richard

McCallum

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health and Social Care Finance, Digital & Governance

105,000 - 109,999

Donna

Bell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Social Care & NCS Development

110,000 - 114,999

Stephen

Gallagher

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director for Digital Health and Care

110,000 - 114,999

Gillian

Russell

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Health Workforce

110,000 - 114,999

Christine

McLaughlin

Director

DG Health and Social Care

1

Director of Population Health

115,000 - 119,999

David

Signorini

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Interim Director of Marine

100,000 - 104,999

George

Burgess

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Interim Director of Agriculture Rural Economy

105,000 - 109,999

Michelle

Quinn

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Offshore Wind

105,000 - 109,999

Annabel

Turpie

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Marine Scotland

105,000 - 109,999

Kevin

Quinlan

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Environment & Forestry

110,000 - 114,999

Kersti

Berge

Director

DG Net Zero

1

Director of Energy and Climate Change

115,000 - 119,999

Jennifer

Inglis-Jones

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Interim Director of Internal Audit and Assurance

100,000 - 104,999

Alison

Cumming

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Budget and Public Spending

105,000 - 109,999

Jennie

Barugh

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development

110,000 - 114,999

Lucy

O'Carroll

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

1

Director of Fiscal Policy and Constitution

110,000 - 114,999

Andrew

Scott

Director

DG Scottish Exchequer

0.50

Director of Tax and Revenues

110,000 - 114,999

Lisa

McGuinness

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Interim Director of Strategy, Performance, Delivery and Resilience

100,000 - 104,999

Penelope

Cooper

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Interim Director of Culture and Major Events

105,000 - 109,999

James

Hynd

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director and Secretary of Commissions

105,000 - 109,999

Martin

Johnson

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director of EU Directorate

105,000 - 109,999

Dominic

Munro

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director for Strategy

110,000 - 114,999

David

Rogers

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director of Constitution and Cabinet

110,000 - 114,999

Scott

Wightman

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Director for External Affairs

110,000 - 114,999

Andy

Beattie

Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Chief Parliamentary Counsel

130,000 - 134,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Education and Justice

1

Chief Social Work Adviser

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Net Zero

0.91

Deputy Director for Heat in Buildings Delivery

100,000 - 104,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

0.95

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

n/a

Deputy Director

DG Strategy and External Affairs

1

Parliamentary Counsel

105,000 - 109,999

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.

In line with Cabinet Office guidance, names of staff below SCS2 are not published and have been replaced with n/a. 

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot

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