Cabinet Office

Bootham School, York

Hertford College, Oxford (BA, History and Economics 1983)

London School of Economics (MSc economics 1986);

Harvard Business School (management development 1994)

Managing Director Investment Banking Division, Morgan Stanley 2004-07

Adviser UK Executive Director, International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Washington DC (secondment) 1988-90

O'DONNELL, Gus

Department for Communities and Local Government

Blue School, Somerset

Warwick University (BSc mathematics)

n/a

n/a

n/a

CIPFA trainee, Greater London Council 1979-82; Transport Finance, Greater London Council 1982-85; Inner London Education Authority 1985-89; Director, Finance, Inner London Education Authority1989-90; Chief Executive, London Borough of Hounslow 1990-97; Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council 1997-2008

O'DONNELL, Gus
(as Head of the Civil Service only - Kerslake in
post at DCLG)

Cabinet Office

Rugby School

Worcester College, Oxford (BA law 1987)

Inns of Court School of Law 1988

n/a

n/a

n/a

LAWS, Sir Stephen (1st PC); TEE, Matt (PS)

Cabinet Office

Abingdon School

Durham University (BSc Zoology, 1975)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RICKETTS, Sir Peter

Cabinet Office

Harrow School

Cambridge University (Clare College - BA maths 1972)

University College, London (MSc statistics)

n/a

Harvard University (sabbatical) 1999-2000

UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (secondment) 1989-92; Head, Force Planning, NATO (secondment) 1992-95; Director, Secretary-General's Private Office, NATO (secondment) 2001-04.

ALLAN, Alex

Cabinet Office

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Head of UK Public Sector Group, Citigroup 2006-2010; Head of Public Sector Industry Group, UK and Ireland, Barclays Capital 2010-2011

n/a

CUNLIFFE, Sir Jon

Crown Prosecution Service

Reigate Grammar School

Leeds University (LLB Hons)

Oxford University (BCL)

n/a

Legal Officer, Liberty -1990; Barrister Doughty Street Chambers 1990-2008; Joint Head, Doughty Street Chambers; Consultant, Association of Chief Police Officers;

Human Rights Adviser, Northern Ireland Policing Board 2003-07

in post

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

St Ignatius College, Enfield

Oxford University (BA philosophy, politics, economics)

College of Europe, Bruges (international economics)

n/a

n/a

Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Paris 1983-84; Member, cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, European Commissioner, Brussels 1989-92; Chargé de Mission Direction de Trésor, Finance Ministry, France 1995-96

in post

Department for Culture Media and Sport

Sevenoaks School

unknown

Oxford University (Christ Church College - MA)

n/a

n/a

n/a

in post

Department for Education

Rutlish High School

St John's College, Oxford (BA 1987)

Imperial College, London (MBA 1999)

n/a

n/a

n/a

BELL, David

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Warwick School

Oxford University (BA English literature and language 1989)

n/a

n/a

Managing Director, Deutsche Bank 1994-2004

n/a

WALLACE, Moria

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

St Joseph's College, Bradford

unknown

Cambridge University, (MA geography 1982)

unknown

unknown

Regional Director, Government for the South West 2005-07

in post

Department for International Development

Culford School, Suffolk

Oxford University (BA economics and history 1985)

Birkbeck College, London (MSc economics 1988)

Boston University (economics and business 1988-89); Warwick University (business administration 1990-92)

n/a

n/a

SHAFIK, Minouche

Department for Transport

Dulwich College, London

Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA history 1986)

Harvard University (Kennedy Scholar)

n/a

n/a

n/a

HOMER, Lin

Department for Work and Pensions

King Henry VIII School, Coventry

Oxford University (BA mathematics 1978)

Edinburgh University (MSc statistics 1979)

n/a

Business Development, Guinness Brewing Worldwide (secondment) 1995-96

n/a

in post

Department for Work and Pensions

St Joseph’s Primary School, Rawmarsh; Rawmarsh Comprehensive School

Harvard Business School (AMP 2006)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SINGH, Darra

Department of Health

Convent HCJ, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Oxford University (St Anne's College - BA modern history 1980)

Kennedy Scholar, Harvard University (1983)

London School of Economics (MSc international relations 1984)

n/a

Performance Manager, NHS West Midlands 1992-93

in post

Department of Health

Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham

Manchester
University
(MB, ChB 1972)

London University (MSc 1981)

n/a

n/a

Surgeon and Senior Health Officer (SHO), Manchester 1972-74; Clinical assistant in cardiology, Madrid 1974-77; SHO in paediatrics, Middlesex Hospital, London 1977-79; ecturer 1979-83; Fellow in recombitant DNA technology, Middlesex Hospital 1983-85, European consultant haematologist 1985.

in post

Department of Health

unknown

Bristol Polytechnic
/University of the
West of England
(BA history and
politics 1980)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Various hospital management roles in Halifax, Barnsley and Doncaster 1980-88; Chief Executive, Doncaster Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 1988-97; Chief Executive, Montagu Hospital NHS Trust 1991-97; Regional Director of Performance, then Regional Director, NHS Trent 1997-2002; Director of Health and Social Care for the Midlands and East of England 2002-03; Chief Executive, Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic Health Authority (SHA) 2003-05; Chief Executive, West Midlands South and Shropshire and Staffordshire 2005-06; Chief Executive, London SHA 2006.

in post

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

St Paul's School, London

Unknown

Cambridge University (Corpus Christi College - MA 1979)

n/a

n/a

n/a

in post

Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

Monmouth School, Monmouth

London School of Economics
(BSc 1967)

London School of Economics MSc 1968)

Edinburgh University (PhD 1973)

Professor of Applied Population Biology, Imperial College London

n/a

in post

Government Communications Headquarters

Merchant Taylors School, Crosby

Leeds University
(BA French and German 1983)

n/a

n/a

n/a

in post

HM Revenue and Customs

Sir John Leman School, Beccles

University College, London (LLB 1978)

unknown

unknown

Honorary Doctor, Birmingham University 2011

Reading Borough Council 1979-82; Hertfordshire County Council 1982-97; Chief Executive, Suffolk County Council 1998-2002; Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council 2002-05

STRATHIE, Dame Leslie

HM Revenue and Customs

Oundle School, Peterborough

unknown

Oxford University (MA mathematics 1976)

Oxford University (MSc fluid mechanics 1977); Solicitor (1980)

Solicitor and partner, Simmons & Simmons 1979-95, 1997-2004

n/a

HARTNETT, Dave

HM Treasury

Eton College

Oxford University (Balliol College - BA PPE 1981)

University College, London (MSc economics of public policy 1982)

n/a

Economist, Confederation of British Industry 1982-83; Senior Analyst, Peat, Marwick and Mitchell Management Consultancy 1983-85

n/a

in post

HM Treasury

Dragon School, Oxford; Westminster School 1986

St John's College, Oxford (BA modern history 1990)

n/a

Visiting fellow, Institute of Political and Economic Governance, Manchester University 2003-;
World Fellow, Yale University 2004

Columnist, Financial Times 1995-97

n/a

n/a

HM Treasury

unknown

unknown

Cambridge University (Trinity Hall - MA 1990)

London School of Economics (MSc 1992)

n/a

n/a

in post

Home Office

Bourne Grammar School

St Andrews
University

Oxford University

n/a

n/a

n/a

GHOSH, Dame Helen

Ministry of Defence

Earlham High School, Norwich

Norwich City College (AAT 1986)

Anglia Ruskin University (CIPFA 1989)

n/a

Superintendent, Eagle Star Group 1991-93; Senior Public Sector Services Manager, Ernst & Young 1993-97.

Various roles, Norfolk County Council 1983-91; North Somerset Council 1997-2005: Head of Corporate Finance 1997-2002, Director of Finance and Resources 2002-05.

BRENNAN, Ursula

Ministry of Defence

Hitchin Boys School

Chemistry?

Hertford College, Oxford (MA Hons)

unknown

Investment banking in London and New York; Defence correspondent of the Financial Times from 1994-1997; Chief Executive, CMP Information (United Business Media UK); Chief Executive, TSL Education; Chairman, TSL Education; Non-executive director, Five; Non-executive director, Cable & Wireless.

Began career at Atomic Energy Authority, Dounreay

in post

Ministry of Justice

St Leonard's-Mayfield Convent, Sussex

University of Kent
at Canterbury
(BA English and American literature 1973)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Graduate trainee, Greater London Council 1973-75

CHAKRABARTI, Sir Suma

Northern Ireland Civil Service

Royal Belfast Academical Institution (1969-75)

Southampton University (BSc civil engineering 1978)

Ulster University (DPhil 1987)

Ulster University (MBA business administration 1991)

n/a

n/a

ROBINSON,
Sir Bruce

Scottish Government

Grove Comprehensive, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Essex University
(BA Social Science 1973)

Unknown, but must have taken PGCE at some point

unknown

n/a

School teacher, Madeley Court Comprehensive School, Telford, Shropshire 1975-79; Humberside County Council (CC) 1979-82, Nottinghamshire CC 1982-86, Lancashire CC 1986-88; Nottinghamshire CC 1988-2001: Deputy Director, Education 1988-91, Director, Education 1991-94, Chief Executive 1994-2001.

in post

Security Intelligence Service (MI6)

City of Bath Boys' School

Nottingham
University (Physics and Philosophy)

University of
St Andrews, Witwatersrand, South Africa

Harvard University

n/a

n/a

in post

Security Service (MI5)

Sevenoaks School

Bristol University
(BA Classical Studies)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

in post

Treasury Solicitor's Department

Harrow County Boys' School

Manchester
University
(LLB 1976)

n/a

n/a

Gov., Europäische Rechtsakad., Trier, 2002–05

n/a

in post

UK Statistics Authority

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

in post

Welsh Government

Cardiff High School

University College, Cardiff (BA)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

MORGAN, Dame
Gillian