THE salary of Scottish Enterprise's chief executive is surely out of kilter: double that of the organisation's head of economic strategy and five times that of posts advertised in Edinburgh and Glasgow for manufacturing industry advisors at £37-40,000 ("Enterprise chief under fire over fee for 'moonlighting'", The Herald, June 14).
While Lena Wilson must take responsibility along with her board for the pay structure and location of most SE staff, the big differential between the salary of chief executive and other ranks is the legacy of decisions taken by boards appointed under previous political administrations.
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