Eilidh McLaughlin

Eilidh McLaughlin took up the position of Head of the Digital Citizen Division in Scottish Government in April 2022.  The Unit is new within the Digital Directorate and covers the Digital Ethics and Inclusion as well as the Knowledge and Information Assurance functions.  This role combines Eilidh’s previous experience in corporate governance, equalities and information management.  The ethos of the Division is to make sure that trust is maintained in the Scottish Government’s handling of information and to ensure that digital work is done in an ethical, inclusive way. 

Previously, Eilidh was the Associate Director, Information Security and Governance, combining previous information security and information governance teams from separate parts of NHS National Services Scotland.  The team led  on ensuring the integrity of the IT estate and the quality and security of service across critical business systems to stay ahead of threats, internal and external as well as maintaining a strong confidentiality and privacy ethos to all work in NSS.  The team was pivotal in relation to the digital covid response work.

Outside of work, Eilidh’s time is very much taken up with her husband and young daughter, though when she can, she enjoys the rugby, a good book and cooking.