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Tax row engulfs Scottish Enterprise chief

ONE OF Scotland's highest-paid quango bosses is under pressure to quit her lucrative second job with a private FTSE 100 company, after it emerged it had paid no UK corporation tax for a decade.

Lena Wilson, the £200,000-a-year CEO of Scottish Enterprise picks up an extra £55,000 a year for working one day a month at Intertek Group Picture: Gordon Terris

Lena Wilson, the £200,000-a-year chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, picks up an extra £55,000 for working one day a month as a non-executive director of London-based Intertek Group plc.

Her outside post provoked a storm of protest when announced last June, with many MSPs saying she should focus on creating jobs for Scotland.

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