Dame Helen Ghosh | |
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| Master of Balliol College, Oxford | |
| Assumed office 3 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sir James Drummond Bone |
| Director General of the National Trust | |
| In office 12 November 2012 – 2 April 2018 | |
| Chairman | Sir Simon Jenkins Tim Parker |
| Preceded by | Dame Fiona Reynolds |
| Succeeded by | Hilary McGrady |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
| In office 1 January 2011 – November 2012 | |
| Secretary of State | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Sir David Normington |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 7 November 2005 – 31 December 2010 | |
| Secretary of State | Margaret Beckett David Miliband Hilary Benn Caroline Spelman |
| Preceded by | Sir Brian Bender |
| Succeeded by | Bronwyn Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Helen Frances Kirkby 21 February 1956[1] Farnborough, Hampshire, England |
| Spouse | Peter Ghosh (m. 1979) |
| Relations | William Taylor Kirkby (father), civil service scientist Eileen Marguerite Winifred Howe (mother), librarian |
| Children | Olivia Ghosh Dr William Ghosh |
| Residence(s) | King's Mound and the Master's Lodgings, Balliol College, Oxford (official residences of the Master of Balliol) |
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford Hertford College, Oxford |
| Occupation | university college administrator |
| Profession | civil servant, charity administrator, university administrator |
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh, DCB (/ɡəʊʃ/; gauche;[2] née Kirkby; born 21 February 1956)[1] is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College, Oxford since 2018.[3] She was previously Director-General of the National Trust from November 2012 to April 2018.
From 1979 to 2012 she was a British civil servant. She was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from January 2011 to November 2012, and prior to that was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from November 2005 to the end of 2010. On appointment at DEFRA, she was the only female permanent secretary to head a major department of the British Government.[4]
- ^ a b "Civil service". The Times. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Moreton, Cole (3 March 2013). "Dame Helen Ghosh says: 'I believe the Government will talk to the National Trust'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Election of new Master". 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Bawden, Anna (21 March 2007). "The gender agenda". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2010..