Council departments
Dumfries and Galloway is the third largest council area in Scotland. We have just under 6500 staff in four departments to deliver services to about 150,000 people.
Chief Executive: Dawn Roberts
Dawn Roberts is our Head of Paid Service and has ultimate responsibility for the council. Dawn provides leadership and motivation, co-ordinates policy development and oversees the Senior Leadership Team which is made up of our Directors
Skills, Education and Learning
Director: Gillian Brydson
Economy and Resources
Director: Lorna Meahan
Communities
Director: Derek Crichton
Social Work
Interim Chief Officer: Stephen Morgan
Monitoring our performance
Each department has a business plan which sets out their Key Performance Indicators and projects. We measure our performance against the agreed plans and make this information available so that you can see how successfully we are meeting our targets.
Find out how our services are performing
Contacting our staff
We publish relevant contact details on this website alongside service information wherever possible. You can also direct enquiries to us via a few different channels:
- Contact us via the website
- Email contact@dumgal.gov.uk
- Call 030 33 33 3000
