23 January 2008
Downing Street today announced the appointment of Jeremy Heywood as Permanent Secretary, No.10 Downing Street. This is the most senior civil service post in No.10 Downing Street, reporting directly to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary.
This move follows the appointment by HM Treasury of Tom Scholar as Managing Director, International and Finance, with particular responsibility for domestic and global financial markets and institutions.
Notes for Editors
1. Jeremy Heywood CB, 46, is currently Permanent Secretary, Domestic Policy at the Cabinet Office, taking up this post in May 2007. He was previously Managing Director and co-head of the UK Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr Heywood occupied a range of senior civil service roles, most recently as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1999-2003). Prior to that, he had a variety of senior roles at HM Treasury including, Head of Securities and Markets Policy and Head of Corporate and Management Change, where he led the Fundamental Expenditure Review of the department in the mid 1990s. He also served as Principal Private Secretary to Chancellors Norman Lamont and Kenneth Clarke.
2. As Permanent Secretary in No.10, Mr Heywood will assume the responsibilities of Principal Private Secretary and overall head of 10 Downing Street, reporting to the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O’Donnell. He will work closely with Stephen Carter, appointed earlier this month as Chief of Strategy and Principal Adviser and the chief special adviser at 10 Downing Street. He will remain a member of the Cabinet Office’s board.
3. Tom Scholar, 39, has been Chief of Staff and Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister since 2007. From 2001 to 2007 he was Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and Minister (Economic) at the United Kingdom Embassy in Washington, D.C. From 1998 to 2001 he was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 1995 to 1997 he worked in the Treasury’s financial services directorate, where he was responsible for banking supervision, and was one of the lead officials preparing the new framework for financial stability and financial regulation announced by the Government in 1997.
4. These appointments were made with the agreement of the Prime Minister and Chancellor following a recommendation from the Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, and with the support of the First Civil Service Commissioner. They will take effect immediately. In addition, the Cabinet Office will announce shortly new domestic policy staffing responsibilities in the light of Mr Heywood’s move.
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