The Prime Minister has announced that he has appointed Mr , L.V.O., to be the
Prime Minister’s Appointments Secretary following the retirement
of Richard Tilbrook, C.V.O., at the end of June. Mr
Tilbrook will continue part-time as Clerk to the Privy Council
and retain responsibility for the appointment of Lord-
Lieutenants.
Mr Hellewell will work with the Archbishops’ Appointments
Secretary on the consultations for diocesan bishop and Crown
deanery appointments, attending meetings of the Crown Nominations
Commission.
Mrs Helen Dimmock in the Cabinet Office remains responsible for
parochial appointments where the Crown or Lord Chancellor is
patron and will continue with some deanery appointments.
Mr Hellewell is a serving civil servant, having been
Director of Honours and Information in the Cabinet Office since
the end of January, just as Richard Tilbrook was responsible for
the honours system prior to serving as Appointments
Secretary. Mr Hellewell has previously worked in Number 10
Downing Street under Prime Ministers Johnson and May, including
in the Policy Unit as Head of the Civil Society Unit and as the
Prime Minister’s Faith Adviser. He has also served as
Assistant Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales for 8
years, and ran the Lambeth Trust, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s
personal charity. He was appointed a Lieutenant of
the Royal Victorian Order, an honour in the personal gift of The
Queen, in 2015.
The competition to appoint the Prime Minister’s Appointments
Secretary was externally advertised and was overseen by the Civil
Service Commission.
