META Advisory Board

Last updated - 14th July 2010

META Advisory Board

The Association has a strong governance structure, overseen by an Advisory Board of top civil servants.

 Dame Helen Ghosh

Dame Helen Ghosh, DEFRA's Permanent Secretary, chairs the META Advisory Board. She is also DEFRA’s Diversity Champion, a member of the Civil Service Diversity Delivery Board, and a Mentor on META’s Growing Talent mentor.

 Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins is Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. He also holds the office of the Queen's Proctor, is Head of the Government Legal Service and a META Growing Talent Mentor.

  Andrew Ramsay

Andrew Ramsay is the Director General of Partnerships and Programmes at the Deparment for Culture, Media and Sport and a META Growing Talent Mentor.

 Gill Rider

Gill Rider is Head of the Civil Service Capability Group and the Head of Profession for Civil Service HR.

 Minouche Shafik

Minouche Shafik is Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Developmentand is a META Growing Talent Mentor.

 Jonathan Stephens

Jonathan Stephens is Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and a Growing Talent mentor.

 Claudette Sutton

Claudette Sutton is the Director of META and Project Director of the Growing Talent Programme.