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Senior Civil Service pay: March 2023

Last updated: 5 March 2024 - see all updates
Part of: Public sector

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

Senior Civil Service pay

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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First published: 20 November 2023
Last updated: 5 March 2024 - show all updates
All updates: 5 March 2024
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