O’Donnell, Sir Gus

Cabinet Office

57

Salesian College, Battersea;

University of Warwick;

Nuffield College, Oxford

BA Hons
(Economics);

 MPhil (unknown)

Lecturer in political economy, Glasgow University 1975-79; HM Treasury 1979-2005: Economist 1979-85, First Secretary (Economic), Washington DC embassy 1985-88, Senior Economic Adviser 1988-89, Press Secretary to John Major: as Chancellor of Exchequer 1989-90, as Prime Minister 1990-94, Under Secretary, Monetary Group 1994-95, Deputy Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Prospects Directorate 1995-96, UK's Executive Director to IMF and World Bank 1997-98, Economic Minister, Washington DC embassy 1997-98, Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Prospects 1998-99, Head of Government Economic Service 1998-2003, Managing Director, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance Directorate 1999-2002, Permanent Secretary and Chair HMT Management Board 2002-05; Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, Cabinet Office 2005-; Chair, Main Honours Advisory Committee 

Lecturer, University of Glasgow (1975-79)

Macpherson, Sir Nicholas

HM Treasury

50

Eton College;

Balliol College, Oxford;

University College, London

Unknown

HM Treasury 1985-: Principal private secretary to Kenneth Clarke 1993-97, Head, Work Incentives Policy 1997-98, Director, Budget & Public Finances 1998-2001, Managing Director, Public Services 2001-04, Managing Director, Budget & Public Finances Directorate 2004-05, Permanent Secretary 2005-

Economist, CBI (1982-83); Economist, Peat, Marwick & Mitchell Consulting (1983-85)

Ricketts, Sir Peter

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

57

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School;

 Pembroke College, Oxford

BA (English Lit.);

MA (unknown subject);
 

Hon. Fellow 2007

HM Diplomatic Service 1974-:UK Mission to United Nations, New York 1974; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London (FCO) 1975-76; Third Secretary, Singapore high commission 1976-78; UK Delegation to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 1978-81; FCO 1981-85: Second Secretary, Near East and North African Department 1981-83, Assistant Private Secretary to Geoffrey Howe as Foreign Secretary 1983-85; First Secretary, Washington DC embassy 1986-89; FCO 1989-94: Deputy Head, Security Policy Department 1989-91, Head, Hong Kong Department 1991-94; Counsellor, Finance and Economic, Paris embassy 1994-97; FCO 1997-2003: Deputy Political Director 1997-99, Director, International Security 1999-2000, Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee, Cabinet Office (seconded to) 2000-01, Director-General, Political 2001-03; UK Permanent Representative on North Atlantic Council 2003-06; Permanent Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service, FCO 2006- 

None

Normington, Sir David

Home Office

58

Bradford Grammar School;

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

BA Hons (Modern History)

Dept. of Employment/Employment Department/Dept. for Education & Employment/for Education & Skills 1973-2006:
Principal private secretary to Tom King 1983-84, Regional Director, Employment Service 1987-89, Director: Strategy & Employment Policy 1989-92, Personnel and Development 1992-95, Personnel and Support Services 1995-97, Director-General:
Strategy and International Analytical Services 1997-98,
Schools Directorate 1998-2001,
Member, DfES Board 2000-06,
Permanent Secretary 2001-06;
Member, Civil Service Management Board 2000-,
Permanent Secretary, Home Office 2006-

None

Jeffrey, Sir Bill

Ministry of Defence

61

Allan Glen’s School, Glasgow;

University of Glasgow

BSc Hons (unknown subject)

Home Office 1971-88:
Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State 1975-76,
Principal 1976-84,
Assistant Secretary, Criminal Policy Department 1984-88;
HM Prison Service 1988-91; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Operations and Resources) Immigration and Nationality Department, Home Office 1991-94; Under-Secretary, Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, Cabinet Office 1994-98; Deputy Secretary, Political Director, Northern Ireland Office 1998-2002; Director-General, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office 2002-05;
Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office 2005;
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence 2005-

None

TAYLOR, Sir Hugh

Department of Health

59

Brentwood School;

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

BA (unknown subject)

Home Office 1972-98: Private Secretary to Minister of State 1976-77, Principal Private Secretary to Leon Brittan as Home Secretary 1983-85, Assistant Secretary 1984, Prison Service 1985-88, Cabinet Office (seconded to) 1987-91, Head, Personnel Division, Prison Service 1992-93, Cabinet Office (seconded to) 1988-91, Under-Secretary 1993-96, Director, Top Management Programme 1994-96, Director, Policy and Regimes, HM Prison Service 1996-98; Department of Health 1998-: Director, Human Resources, NHS Executive 1998-2001, Director, Directorate of Corporate Affairs 2001-04, Director, Corporate Management and  Development 2004, Group Director, Strategy and Business Development Group 2004-06, Permanent Secretary 2006-

None

DONALDSON, Sir Liam

Department of Health

 60

 Rotherham Grammar School;

Bristol University;

 Birmingham University;

Leicester University

MB, ChB, MSc anatomy, MD

 Department of Health 1986-: Regional Director, Public Health, Northern Regional Health Authority (RHA) 1986-92, Professor, Applied Epidemiology, Newcastle University 1989-92, Director of Public Health, Northern RHA 1992-94, Director of Public Health, Northern and Yorkshire RHA 1992-94; Regional Director, NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire 1994-98,
Chief Medical Officer 1998-, Member, Department of Health Management Board 1998-, Director-General, Regional Public Health Directorate 2007-

 Clinical and academic posts 1972-82; Senior lecturer in epidemiology, Leicester University 1981-86; Admissions tutor, School of Medicine, Leicester University 1984-86;

LEWIS, Sir Leigh

Department for Work & Pensions

58

Harrow County Grammar School for Boys;

Liverpool University

BA Hons (Hispanic Studies)

Department of Employment (DoE) 1973-86:
Principal Private Secretary to Lord Young as Minister without Portfolio and Secretary of State for Employment 1984-86; DoE/Dept. for Education and  Employment / Dept. for Work & Pensions (DWP) 1991-2003: Director, International Division 1991-94, Director, Finance Division 1994-96; Chief Executive, Employment Service 1997-2002; Chief Executive, Jobcentre Plus 2002-03; Permanent Secretary for Crime, Policing, Counter Terrorism and Delivery, Home Office 2003-05; Permanent Secretary, DWP 2005-

Personnel Director, Cable and Wireless plc 1988-91

Chakrabarti, Sir Suma

Ministry of Justice

50

City of London School for Boys;

New College, Oxford;

University of Sussex

BA Hons (PPE);

MA (Economics)

Assistant Economist in Ministries of Works and Communications and Finance and Development Planning, Botswana 1981-83; Overseas Development Agency (ODA) 1984-95: Senior Economic Assistant: Africa and Middle East Group 1984, Aid Policy Research Group 1986-87, Asia and Oceans Group 1987-88, Economic Adviser, Africa and Middle East Group 1988, Executive Director's Assistant, UK Delegation to International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Washington 1988-90, Economic Adviser, Asia and Oceans Group 1990; Private Secretary to Minister 1990-92, Head, Aid Policy and Resources Department 1992-95, Head, Fundamental Expenditure Review Team 1995; HM Treasury 1996-98: Team Leader, Housing, Urban and Environment Spending Directorate 1996-97, Team Leader, Environment, Transport and Regions Spending Directorate 1997-98, Deputy Director, Budget and Public Finances and Team Leader, General Expenditure Policy 1998; Cabinet Office 1998-2001: Director, Performance and Innovation Unit 1998-2000, Head, Economic and Domestic Secretariat 2000-01; Director General, Regional Programmes, DfID 2001-02, Permanent Secretary, DfID 2002-07; Permanent Secretary, MoJ 2007-

None

Ghosh, Dame Helen

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

53

Farnborough Hill Convent;

St Hugh's College, Oxford;

Hertford College, Oxford

BA (Modern
History);

MA (6th Century Italian History)

 Dept. of Environment/for Environment, Transport and the Regions/for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 1979-2001: Local Government, housing, local regeneration 1979-95: Private Secretary to Minister for Environment and Housing 1986-88, Seconded to: Deputy Director, Efficiency Unit, Cabinet Office 1995-97, Director, London East and European Programmes, Government Office for London 1997- 99, Head, New Deal for Communities Unit 1999, Director, Children's Group, Department for Social Security/for Work and Pensions 1999-2001; Cabinet Office 2001-03: Head of Central Secretariat 2001-02, Director, Machinery of Government Secretariat 2002-03; Director-General, Corporate Services and Commissioner, Inland Revenue 2003-05; Executive Director, Executive Committee, HM Revenue and Customs 2005;
Non-Executive Director, DFID Management Board 2005- Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) 2005- Chair, Defra Management Board 2005-

None

Bell, Mr David

Department for Children, Schools and Families

50

University of Glasgow;

Jordanhill College of Education

MA (unknown subject);

MEd (unknown subject);

PGCE (Primary)

 HM Chief Inspector of Schools (2002-05); Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills/Children, Schools and Families 2006-

Teacher, Cuthbertson Primary School, Glasgow (1982-85); Deputy Headteacher, Powers Hall Junior School (1985-88); Headteacher, Kingston Pimary School, Essex (1988-90); Asst. Director of Education, Newcastle CC (1990-93 & 1994-95); Harkness Fellow, Atlanta GA  (1993-94); Director of Education, Newcastle CC (1995-98); Director of Education & Libraries , Newcastle CC (1998-2000); Chief Executive, Beds. CC (2000-02);.

Joined Foriegn and Commonwealth Office (FCO) 1979-; Second Secretary:
Baghdad 1982-94, Damascus 1984-86; First Secretary, FCO 1986-88; Private Secretary to Minister of State William Waldegrave 1989-90; Policy Planning Staff 1991-92; Assistant Head, Non-Proliferation and Defence Department 1992-93; First Secretary, Financial and European Affairs, British Embassy in Paris 1994-96; Deputy Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Sir Leon Brittan, European Commission 1996-99; Political Counsellor, British Embassy, Paris 1999-2002; Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Director, Strategy and Information Group 2002-04, Director, Middle East and North Africa 2004-05;
Head cabinet of Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, European Commission 2004-08; Director-General, Europe and Globalisation, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2008-09; Permanent Secretary, DBERR / BIS 2009-

 Min. of Housing, then Countryside Commn, subseq. DoE, 1969–75;  
Welsh Office: Principal, 1984–88; Private Secretary to Sec. of State for Wales, 1987–88;
Assistant Secretary, 1988–92;  G3, 1992–97; Dir of Economic Affairs, 1997–99;  Permanent Secretary, 1999;  Permanent Secretary, Welsh Office, then National Assembly for Wales, later Welsh Assembly Government, 1999–2008

Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Government Office for Science, DIUS / BIS 2008-

Overseas Development Administration 1979-83; HM Treasury 1984-96: Various posts 1984-92, Head, Defence Policy Division 1992-94, Business Development Guinness Brewing Worldwide (seconded to) 1995-96; Department of Social Security/for Work and Pensions 1996-2002: Policy Manager, Family Support 1996- 98, Director, Fraud Strategy 1998-2000, Director, Strategy Working Age Group 2000-01, Director, Planning and Performance 2001-02; Department for Transport 2002-: Director-General, Road Transport, Aviation and Shipping Group 2002-07, Permanent Secretary 2007-

HOUSDEN, Mr Peter

 Head NHS National Plan, Audit Commission 2000 (seconded to);
Director-General, Schools, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) 2001-05;
Member DfES Board 2001-05; Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/Department for Communities and Local Government 2005-2006; Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government 2006-

SHAFIK, Dr Nemat (Minouche)

STEPHENS, Mr Jonathan

Department for Culture, Media & Sport

49

Sevenoaks School;

Christ Church College, Oxford

MA (unknown subject)

 Northern Ireland Office 1983-89, 1992-2002: Principal Private Secretary 1993-94, Associate Policy Director 1996-2000; Director, Modernising Public Services, Cabinet Office 2000-01; HM Treasury 1989-92, 2002-06: Director, Public Services Directorate 2001-03,  Director, Public Spending 2003-04, Managing Director, Public Services Directorate 2004-06; Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2006-

WALLACE, Ms Moira

STARMER, Mr Keir

STRATHIE, Ms Leslie

SAWYERS, Sir John

EVANS, Mr Jonathan

MATHESON, Ms Jil

SMITH, Mr Nigel

TEE, Mr Matt

HEYWOOD, Mr Jeremy

LOBBAN, Mr Iain

LAWS, Mr Stephen

JENKINS, Mr Paul

ELVIDGE, Sir John

MORGAN, Dr Gillian

PHILLIPS, Sir Jonathan

ROBINSON, Mr Bruce

ALLAN, Mr Alex

CUNLIFFE, Mr Jon

 BA (English); MA

Department of the Environment 1980-85;
Department of Transport 1985-90: Principal 1985,
Private Secretary to Secretaries of State 1985-88, Transport Industry, Finance 1988-90; HM Treasury 1990-2007: Assistant Secretary, Pay Group 1990-93, Seconded to International Financial Institutions and alternate member European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1993-95, Debt and Reserves Management 1995-97, Deputy Director: Macroeconomic Policy and Prospects 1997-98, International Finance 1998-2000, Director, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance 2000-01, Managing Director: Finance Regulation and Industry Directorate 2001-02, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance Directorate/International and Finance Directorate 2002-07, Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury 2005-07; Prime Minister's Office 2007-: Head of International Economic Affairs, Europe and G8 Sherpa 2007-, European Policy Adviser and Director-General of Secretariat 2007, Adviser on International Economic Affairs and Europe 2007-; Prime Minister's Adviser on Europe and Global Issues, Cabinet Office 2008-

WELLAND, Professor Mark

HARTNETT, Dave

BRENNAN, Ursula

Ministry of Defence

57

St Leonard's-Mayfield Convent, Sussex, University of Kent at Canterbury

BA (English and American literature)  

Graduate trainee, Greater London Council 1973-75;
Department of [Health and] Social Security / Department for Work and Pensions 1975-2004:
Private Secretary to Chief Medical Officer 1978-79, Secretary to ‘Battered Baby’ Enquiry 1979-80, Policy on Resettlement Units, Retirement Pension 1981-85, Secretary to Social Security Advisory Committee 1985-88,
Social Security Finance Division 1988-89,
Head, Policy Branch 1989-93, Director, Planning and Customer Business, IT Services Agency 1993-95,
Director, Benefit Support and Development Directorate/Change Management Directorate, Benefits Agency 1995-97,
Director, Disability Benefits Policy 1997-99,
Group Director, Working Age and Children Group 1999-2004; Director-General, Natural Resources and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2004-06;
Chief Executive, Office for Criminal Justice Reform 2006-07;
Ministry of Justice:
Organisational Review 2007, Director-General, Corporate Performance 2008; Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence 2008-

 None