Last updated: 04/11/2008

About the Civil Service

Permanent Secretaries Management Group

The membership of the Permanent Secretaries' Management Group
Role Members name Department
Role Members name Department
Chair Gus O'Donnell Cabinet Office
Members Alex Allan Cabinet Office
  Brian Bender Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
  David Bell Department for Children, Schools and Families
  Suma Chakrabarti Ministry of Justice
  Alexis Cleveland Director General, Transformational Government and Head of Cabinet Office Management, Cabinet Office
  Robert Devereux Department for Transport
  John Elvidge Scottish Government
  Jonathan Evans Security Service
  Helen Ghosh Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  Peter Housden Department for Communities and Local Government
  Bill Jeffrey Ministry of Defence
  Paul Jenkins Treasury Solicitors Department
  Leigh Lewis Department for Work and Pensions
  Iain Lobban Government Communication Headquarters
  Nicholas Macpherson HM Treasury
  Gill Morgan Welsh Assembly Government
  David Normington Home Office
  Jonathan Phillips Northern Ireland Office
  Peter Ricketts Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  Gill Rider Gill Rider, Director-General, Leadership and People Strategy, Cabinet Office
  Bruce Robinson Northern Ireland Civil Service
  John Scarlett Secret Intelligence Service
  Minouche Shafik Department for International Development
  Nigel Smith Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce
  Keir Starmer Crown Prosecution Service
  Jonathan Stephens Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  Lesley Strathie HM Revenue & Customs (Chief Executive)
  Hugh Taylor Department of Health
  Moira Wallace Department of Energy and Climate Change
  Ian Watmore Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills