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Scottish Government Special Advisers
Special Advisers provide advice to the First Minister, Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers across all portfolio areas in the Scottish Government.
| Name | Role |
| Kevin Pringle | Head of Communications and Political Spokesperson |
| Stuart Nicolson | Depute Head of Communications and Political Spokesperson |
| Malcolm Fleming | Communications Special Adviser (special responsibility for forward planning, social media and media management) |
| John MacInnes | Communications Special Adviser (special responsibility for the constitution) |
| Colin Pyle | Responsible for the First Minister’s operations, strategic priorities and business programme in government |
| Geoff Aberdein | Principal Staff Officer and Support to Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy |
| Noel Dolan | Support to the Deputy First Minister, Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy |
| Alex Bell | Head of Policy, Research and Strategy |
| Stephen Gethins | Policy Special Adviser for Energy, Rural Affairs and the Environment and the Infrastructure & Capital Investment portfolio, apart from Transport |
| David Hutchison | Policy Special Adviser for Education, Lifelong Learning, Culture and Youth Employment |
| Elizabeth Lloyd | Policy Special Adviser for Transport, Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth |
| John McFarlane | Policy Special Adviser for Justice and Parliamentary Business |
Page updated: Tuesday, February 07, 2012