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Senior Civil Service pay: March 2025

Published: 26 June 2025
Topic: Public sector

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

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Senior Civil Service pay

This data shows the names, job titles, and salaries of senior staff at Director level (SCS2) and above, as of 31 March 2025. It also includes some Deputy Directors (SCS1) whose salaries are similar to those at SCS2 level.

Pay for the SCS is reserved to the UK Government. Details of the SCS pay framework for 2024 to 2025 are available.

First name	Surname	Grade	Director-General	FTE	Job title	Salary range £
JP	Marks	Permanent Secretary	Permanent Secretary	1	Permanent Secretary	190,000 -194,999
Louise	Macdonald	Director General	DG Communities	1	Director General, Communities	140,000 -144,999
Lesley	Fraser	Director General	DG Corporate	1	Director General, Corporate	145,000 -149,999
Gregor	Irwin	Director General	DG Economy	1	Director General, Economy	150,000 -154,100
Neil	Rennick	Director General	DG Education and Justice	1	Director General, Education and Justice	135,000 -139,999
Caroline	Lamb	Director General	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director General, Health & Social Care	205,000 -209,999
Roy	Brannen	Director General	DG Net Zero	1	Director General, Net Zero	140,000 -144,999
Alyson	Stafford	Director General	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director General, Scottish Exchequer	165,000 -169,999
Joe	Griffin	Director General	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director General Strategy & External Affairs	140,000 -144,999
Leanne	Carson	Director	DG Communities	1	Interim Programme Director - Social Security	105,000 -109,999
Julie	Humphreys	Director	DG Communities	1	Interim Director, Tackling Child Poverty & Social Justice	105,000 -109,999
Stephen	Lea-Ross	Director	DG Communities	1	Interim Director, Cladding Remediation	105,000 -109,999
Ellen	Leaver	Director	DG Communities	1	Interim Director, Local Government	105,000 -109,999
John	Somers	Director	DG Communities	1	Director for Equality, Inclusion & Human Rights	105,000 -109,999
Sean	Neill	Director	DG Communities	1	Director, Housing	115,000 -119,999
Stephen	Kerr	Director	DG Communities	1	Director, Social Security	115,000 -119,999
Claire	Tynte- Irvine	Director	DG Corporate	0.7	Director, Covid Inquiries Response Directorate	105,000 -109,999
Andrew	Bruce	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director of Communications & Ministerial Support	110,000 -114,999
Katherine	Peskett	Director	DG Corporate	0.4	Director, Covid Inquiry Response (job share)	110,000 -114,999
Ruaraidh	Macniven	Director	DG Corporate	1	Solicitor to the Scottish Government and Director of SGLD	115,000 -119,999
Michael	Chalmers	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director, Propriety and Ethics	115,000 -119,999
Nick	Ford	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director of Procurement and Property	115,000 -119,999
Kenneth	Hogg	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director, Organisational Continuity	115,000 -119,999
Geoff	Huggins	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director, Digital	115,000 -119,999
Jacqueline	McAllister	Director	DG Corporate	1	Chief Financial Officer	115,000 -119,999
Brian	Reid	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director of Corporate Transformation	115,000 -119,999
Nicola	Richards	Director	DG Corporate	1	Director, People Directorate	115,000 -119,999
Frances	Pacitti	Director	DG Economy	1	Director for Business and Better Regulation	105,000 -109,999
Aidan	Grisewood	Director	DG Economy	1	Director, Jobs and Wellbeing Economy	110,000 -114,999
Richard	Rollison	Director	DG Economy	1	Director, International Trade and Investment	110,000 -114,999
Fiona	Simpson	Director	DG Economy	1	Chief Planner	110,000 -114,999
Colin	Cook	Director	DG Economy	1	Director of Economic Development	115,000 -119,999
Gary	Gillespie	Director	DG Economy	1	Chief Economist	115,000 -119,999
Julie	Fitzpatrick	Director	DG Economy	0.2	Chief Scientific Adviser	150,000 -154,999
Cat	Dalrymple	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director, Justice	105,000 -109,999
Clare	Hicks	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director, Educational Reform	110,000 -114,999
Donald	McGillivray	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director, Safer Communities (SCS 2)	110,000 -114,999
Graeme	Logan	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director of Learning	115,000 -119,999
Andrew	Watson	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director for Children & Families	115,000 -119,999
Shirley	Laing	Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Director for Lifelong Learning and Skills	115,000 -119,999
Amy	Wilson	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Interim Director of Health Workforce	105,000 -109,999
Tim	McDonnell	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director, Primary Care	110,000 -114,999
Richard	Foggo	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director of Population Health	115,000 -119,999
Donna	Bell	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director of Social Care & NCS Development	115,000 -119,999
Stephen	Gallagher	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director of Mental Health	115,000 -119,999
Gillian	Russell	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director of Health Workforce	115,000 -119,999
Christine	McLaughlin	Director	DG Health and Social Care	1	Director of Population Health	120,000 -124,999
Michelle	Quinn	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director, Offshore Wind	110,000 -114,999
Diarmuid	O Neill	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Interim Director of Environment and Forestry	105,000 -109,999
George	Burgess	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director of Agriculture Rural Economy	110,000 -114,999
Annabel	Turpie	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director, Marine Scotland	115,000 -119,999
Iain	Wallace	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Interim Director, Marine Scotland	105,000 -109,999
Kersti	Berge	Director	DG Net Zero	1	Director of Energy and Climate Change	120,000 -124,999
Jennifer	Inglis-Jones	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director of Internal Audit and Assurance	105,000 -109,999
Richard	McCallum	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director of Health and Social Care Finance, Digital & Governance	115,000 -119,999
Jennie	Barugh	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director of Fiscal Sustainability and Exchequer Development	115,000 -119,999
Lucy	O'Carroll	Director	DG Scottish Exchequer	1	Director of Tax	115,000 -119,999
Lisa	McGuinness	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director Strategy, Performance, Delivery and Resilience	105,000 -109,999
Martin	Johnson	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director, EU Directorate	110,000 -114,999
Mary	McAllan	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director of Public Service Reform	115,000 -119,999
Dominic	Munro	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director for Constitution	115,000 -119,999
Andy	Beattie	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Chief Parliamentary Counsel	135,000 -139,999
Shona	Riach	Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Director, External Affairs and Culture.	120,000 -124,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Corporate	0.8	Chief Technical Officer	115,000 -119,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Education and Justice	1	Chief Social Work Adviser	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Net Zero	0.9	Deputy Director for Heat in Buildings Delivery	105,000 -109,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	0.9	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999
n/a		Deputy Director	DG Strategy and External Affairs	1	Parliamentary Counsel	110,000 -114,999

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.

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