Alex Chisholm
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Sir Alexander James Chisholm KCB (born 2 January 1968) is a British civil servant and former regulator, who served as Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and the chief operating officer of the United Kingdom's Civil Service between April 2020 and April 2024.
Sir Alex Chisholm | |
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Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary | |
In office 14 April 2020 – 2 April 2024 | |
Deputy | James Bowler Sue Gray |
Cabinet Secretary | Mark Sedwill Simon Case |
Chancellor | Michael Gove Steve Barclay Kit Malthouse Nadhim Zahawi Oliver Dowden |
Preceded by | John Manzoni |
Succeeded by | Cat Little |
Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service | |
In office 14 April 2020 – 2 April 2024 | |
Head | Mark Sedwill Simon Case |
Preceded by | John Manzoni[lower-alpha 1] |
Succeeded by | Cat Little |
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
In office 5 September 2016 – 14 April 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Minister | Greg Clark Andrea Leadsom Alok Sharma |
Preceded by | Martin Donnelly |
Succeeded by | Sarah Munby |
Personal details | |
Born | (1968-01-02) 2 January 1968 (age 56) |
Children | Aidan Chisholm, Ciarán Chisholm, Gabriel Chisholm |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford INSEAD |
He was previously the permanent secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from September 2016 to April 2020 and permanent secretary at the Department for Energy and Climate Change during 2016. Chisholm was previously the chief executive of the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority and chair of the Irish Commission for Communications Regulation, and has held senior positions in the media, technology and e-commerce industries.