Alex Chisholm

Sir Alex Chisholm
Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary
In office
14 April 2020 – 2 April 2024
DeputyJames Bowler
Sue Gray
Cabinet SecretarySir Mark Sedwill
Simon Case
ChancellorMichael Gove
Steve Barclay
Kit Malthouse
Nadhim Zahawi
Oliver Dowden
Preceded bySir John Manzoni
Succeeded byCat Little
Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service
In office
14 April 2020 – 2 April 2024
HeadSir Mark Sedwill
Simon Case
Preceded bySir John Manzoni[a]
Succeeded byCat Little
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office
5 September 2016 – 14 April 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
MinisterGreg Clark
Andrea Leadsom
Alok Sharma
Preceded bySir Martin Donnelly
Succeeded bySarah Munby
Personal details
Born (1968-01-02) 2 January 1968 (age 56)
ChildrenAidan Chisholm, Ciarán Chisholm, Gabriel Chisholm
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
INSEAD
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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.

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.
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