Richard Mottram

Sir Richard Mottram
Official portrait, c. 2000
Born
Richard Clive Mottram

(1946-04-23) 23 April 1946 (age 78)
NationalityBritish
EducationKeele University
OccupationChairman of Amey PLC
Known forBritish civil servant

Sir Richard Clive Mottram GCB (born 23 April 1946) is a former British civil servant, who retired in 2007 from his most recent senior post as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience in the Cabinet Office.[1]

He has served on the boards of a number of private and public sector organisations, including chairing the boards of Amey PLC from 2008-17 and of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) from 2008-2014. He was a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation from 1996-2019 and served on its Council of Management. He was a visiting professor in the department of government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2008-21. He is chair of the advisory board of the LSE's foreign policy think tank (LSE IDEAS) and lectures on its Executive Masters course and other LSE courses. He is a trustee of the Royal Anniversary Trust, which oversees The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

  1. ^ Mottram, Sir Richard (November 2011). "MOTTRAM, Sir Richard (Clive)". Who's Who 2012, online edition. A & C Black. Retrieved 8 March 2012.