has been appointed
Permanent Secretary at the Department
for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, having held the
position on an interim basis for three months.
She was formerly Director General for EU Exit Delivery
at Defra from
April 2018 to March 2019. Before that, she was leading the
Building Safety Programme in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Much of her career has been at the HM Treasury where she started
as an economist and worked on tax, macroeconomic policy and debt
management. Roles included private secretary and speechwriter to
the Chancellor, and leading on public services expenditure
including health, education and housing.
She has worked in a number of other government departments on
policy and delivery in health and children’s services including
as Deputy Head of Sure Start, and as Director General for
Community Care at the Department of Health and Social Care, with
responsibility for social care and community services.
Her board experience includes roles on the boards of NS&I,
the Debt Management Office and the UK Border Agency. She was
Secretary to ’s Independent Public
Service Pensions Commission.
She is a senior sponsor of the Civil Service Jewish Network.
