Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon was educated at the Gordon Schools in Huntly and at Aberdeen University where he read Italian. He joined The Scottish Office in 1973. Early in his career he had a number of administrative postings in the Education, Industry and Development Departments.

He was Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland (George Younger and Malcolm Rifkind) in the mid-eighties. He then worked in the Agriculture Department and various central management and change and service delivery posts until May 1997 when he took charge of the Constitution Group responsible for giving effect to the Government's proposals for a Scottish Parliament.

He was promoted in December 1998 to the then new post of Head of the Executive Secretariat. He then became head of FCSD before being appointed Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services in March 2002. He was appointed Head of the Justice Department in December 2004 and continues in his role as Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services. He is married with four children and lives in Edinburgh.