Clare Moriarty

Dame Clare Moriarty
Chief Executive of Citizens Advice
Assumed office
April 2021
Permanent Secretary for the
Department for Exiting the European Union
In office
29 March 2019 – 31 January 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Sec. of State
Preceded byPhilip Rycroft
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Permanent Secretary for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
3 August 2015 – 29 March 2019
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Sec. of State
Preceded byBronwyn Hill
Succeeded byTamara Finkelstein
Personal details
Born (1963-04-06) 6 April 1963 (age 61)
England
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationCivil Servant

Dame Clare Moriarty DCB (born 6 April 1963) is the Chief Executive of Citizens Advice and a former British civil servant, who served as permanent secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2015 and 2019 and as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) from March 2019 until January 2020.[1] In November 2017, she was appointed the first civil service “faith and belief” champion, to represent all faiths and beliefs and promote interfaith dialogue.[2] After leaving the Civil Service when DExEU was closed, she took up a new role as chief executive of Citizens Advice in April 2021.[3]

  1. ^ "Clare Moriarty". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 January 2016. Clare Moriarty took up her appointment as Permanent Secretary for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ Rutter, Tamsin (10 November 2017). "Defra perm sec appointed first civil service faith champion". Civil Service World.
  3. ^ "Clare Moriarty appointed Citizens Advice Chief Executive" (Press release). Citizens Advice. 24 March 2021.