First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has appointed Jennifer Henderson as the new Keeper of the Registers of Scotland.

Having worked within the Civil Service since 1994, Ms Henderson was most recently on a six month loan as a Deputy Director at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, where she developed the department's business plan and previously supporting the initial phase of the Building Safety Programme established in response to the fire at Grenfell Tower.

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She has also worked as Operations Director at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, as well as Transformation Director.

Following her appointment, which has the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session, Ms Henderson said: "I am delighted to be joining Registers of Scotland at such an exciting time for the organisation.

"RoS' vision to become a fully digital business by 2020 is ambitious, and the team have already made great progress on this journey. I'm really looking forward to leading the team at RoS through its transformation into our digital future."

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