Simon Case

Simon Case
Assumed office
9 September 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Preceded bySir Mark Sedwill
Downing Street Permanent Secretary
In office
22 May 2020 – 1 September 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded bySir Jeremy Heywood (2012)
Succeeded bySamantha Jones (Acting; 2022)
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
11 January 2016 – 10 May 2017
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byChris Martin
Succeeded byPeter Hill
Personal details
Born (1978-12-27) 27 December 1978 (age 45)
Bristol, England, UK
Spouse
Elizabeth Kistruck
(m. 2007)
Children3
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge (BA)
Queen Mary, University of London (PhD)

Simon Case CVO (born 27 December 1978) is a British civil servant who has served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service since September 2020.

Case was Downing Street Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from May to September 2020.[1] That role had been vacant for eight years after Sir Jeremy Heywood left in 2012. From January 2016 to May 2017, Case served under David Cameron and Theresa May as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[2]

In September 2024, Case announced his intention to resign before the end of the year on health grounds.

  1. ^ "Prince William loses right-hand man to Downing Street". HELLO!. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "PM's new Principal Private Secretary: Simon Case". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. Retrieved 10 January 2016.