Special advisers
List of special advisers who provide advice across all portfolio areas in the Scottish Government.
Special Adviser Team
Colin McAllister - Chief of Staff to the First Minister
- First Minister's Strategic Programme in Government including inter-governmental relations
- co-ordination of the Special Adviser team
Stuart Nicolson - Head of Communications
- Senior Political Spokesperson for the First Minister
- co-ordination of the Special Adviser Communication Team
Jeanette Campbell - Special Adviser
- social justice and housing
Gavin Corbett - Special Adviser
- zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights
Ewan Crawford - Senior Special Adviser
- constitution and external affairs portfolio (except culture)
Leanne Dobson - Special Adviser
- finance portfolio (excluding local government finance)
- green economy
- Programme for Government
Jennie Gollan - Special Adviser
- justice portfolio (inc veterans)
- culture portfolio (except broadcasting)
Kate Higgins - Special Adviser
- local government (including local government finance)
- transport portfolio
Davie Hutchison - Special Adviser:
- health and social care portfolio
- broadcasting policy
- First Minister's Questions
Harry Huyton - Special Adviser
- green skills, circular economy and biodiversity
Ross Ingebrigtsen - Deputy Political Spokesperson for the First Minister
- strategic communications planning
- First Minister's Questions
David Livey - Special Adviser
- education and skills portfolio
Liz Lloyd - Strategic Policy and Political Adviser to the FM
- strategic advice to the First Minister on transformational policies and projects
John MacInnes - Special Adviser
- political research
- support for First Minister's Questions and Parliamentary debates
- support to communications and policy Special Advisers
Emily Mackintosh - Special Adviser
- media communications including communications and events support for the First Minister
- support for the First Minister and the First Minister’s Private Office
- outreach and stakeholder engagement
Catriona Matheson
- economy portfolio (excluding green economy)
Callum McCaig - Special Adviser
- Covid recovery portfolio
John McFarlane - Special Adviser
- rural affairs and Islands
- net zero portfolio (except transport)
- parliamentary business and parliamentary liaison
- First Minister's Questions
- First published
- 17 February 2020
- Last updated
- 4 August 2022 - show all updates
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Updated for August 2022.
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Updated for April 2022.
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Updated for March 2022 and changed url from www.gov.scot/publications/special-advisers-february-2020/
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