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Profiles of leading Civil Servants

Andrea Sutcliffe

Friday 09 May 2008 10:33

With more than 20 years experience of managing a broad range of health services, Andrea Sutcliffe tells Ruth Keeling about attracting a new generation of leaders into public service

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Rick Haythornthwaite

Monday 28 April 2008 0:15

Rick Haythornthwaite has enjoyed a tremendously diverse and eclectic career. Now chair of the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council, he tells Matt O’Toole about life at the heart of London’s business and artistic community

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Peter Wanless

Monday 14 April 2008 0:57

After a faststream civil service career and two key appointments at the Treasury, Peter Wanless has been tempted away by the opportunity to run the Big Lottery Fund. Here, he tells Matt Mercer about his time in government and his new role transforming communities and the lives of people in need.

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Lesley Strathie

Friday 28 March 2008 0:10

Lesley Strathie has risen fast and high since joining the civil service as a clerical officer in 1971. Here, she tells Matt Mercer about running Jobcentre Plus and delivering welfare services to hundreds of thousands of customers

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Bill Moyes

Friday 14 March 2008 18:53

Bill Moyes has accrued extensive experience of the civil service in both Whitehall and Edinburgh, as well as seven years with a leading bank. Now chairman of Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts, he tells Matt Mercer about his career and the challenges ahead

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Clare Harbord

Tuesday 26 February 2008 14:07

Radiating enthusiasm and energy, Clare Harbord is aiming high as she settles in as the MoJ’s new communications director. Here, she takes time out from teambuilding to tell Matt Mercer about her career and plans for the future

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William Sargent

Tuesday 12 February 2008 17:35

Equally at home amongst movie makers, civil servants and politicians, William Sargent splits his time between London and New York. Here, he tells Matt Mercer about his double life and why progress has been made in the drive for better regulation

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Paula Higson

Wednesday 30 January 2008 17:06

Paula Higson’s career has taken her from a start-up in Leamington Spa, through to a major consultancy, a utility and the BBC. Now responsible for managed migration, she tells Matt Mercer about her time at the Home Office – and why she is now happy to be a senior civil servant

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Professor Paul Wiles

Tuesday 15 January 2008 15:17

A lifetime in academia for Professor Paul Wiles has culminated in the role of chief government social scientist. Matt Mercer asks him about formulating social policy and anticipating the human machine

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Andrew Hudson

Friday 21 December 2007 12:25

From working on the poll tax to serving as Norman Lamont’s press secretary on Black Wednesday, Andrew Hudson has weathered a few crises in his civil service career. Here, he tells Matt Mercer about his time in Whitehall and his current responsibilities as chief executive of the Valuation Office Agency

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John Hirst

Friday 07 December 2007 17:39

John Hirst may have travelled the world during his long and successful career in the private sector but he’s not one to slow down. Here, he tells Matt Mercer about learning to fly and his new role as chief executive of the Met Office

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Nigel Smith

Tuesday 20 November 2007 17:40

After a long career in the private sector, Nigel Smith is now at the helm of the Office of Government Commerce, the agency responsible for delivering a step change in the government’s ability to procure public services. Here, he tells Matt Mercer about his first couple of months in post and his plans for the future

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David Locke

Tuesday 06 November 2007 12:02

As someone who has combined his career as a lawyer with a lifelong commitment to helping the disadvantaged, David Locke is ideally placed to prosper in his new role as the Charity Commission’s executive director of charity services, finds Matt Mercer

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Sir Jon Shortridge

Tuesday 23 October 2007 15:01

Sir Jon Shortridge has been the top civil servant in Wales for the past eight years and has, during a varied career in the principality, worked on issues as diverse as devolution, child abuse and local government reform. Here, he tells Matt Mercer about his career and his recently announced decision to step down

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