Stephen Lovegrove
Sir Stephen Lovegrove David Williams | |
|---|---|
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | |
| In office 4 February 2013 – March 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Sec. of State | Ed Davey Amber Rudd |
| Preceded by | Moira Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Augustus Lovegrove 30 November 1966 |
| Spouse | Kate Brooke |
| Residence(s) | London, England |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Sir Stephen Augustus Lovegrove
Early life
Lovegrove was born in 1966, the second child of John and Zenia Stewart Lovegrove. His father was a Warwickshire industrialist and entrepreneur. Lovegrove was educated at Warwick School and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was awarded a first class degree in English in 1989.
Career
Between 1990 and 1994 Lovegrove worked for Hydra Associates, a strategic media consultancy. In 1995, he joined
In April 2004, he joined the
He was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy and Climate Change with effect from 4 February 2013.[3] In March 2016, after three years in that post, the Government announced his appointment as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.
Since February 2016 he has also served as a non-executive director of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, one of the principal operating companies of the Grosvenor Group.[4]
Lovegrove was appointed
In January 2021 it was announced that Lovegrove would become National Security Adviser at the end of March 2021.[1] The announcement came as David Frost was pulled out from assuming the role seven months after being appointed.[9]
Lovegrove has been criticised by Conservatives including Jacob Rees-Mogg for endorsing Black Lives Matter, which Lovegrove claims is not a political organisation.[10][11]
Personal life
In 1997, Lovegrove married the screenwriter Kate Brooke. They have two daughters and live in London.
Sources
- Who's Who (2009 edition)
- Shareholder Executive web-site (accessed on 22 April 2010)
- L.O.C.O.G. web-site (accessed on 22 April 2010)
References
- ^ a b "International Affairs Appointments in No.10 and Cabinet Office". UK Government. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "New Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Defence - News stories - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Department of Energy & Climate Change Press Notice Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, 7 January 2013
- ^ Grosvenor Group web-site, Stephen Lovegrove - Non-Executive Director (accessed on 19 October 2018)
- ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B3.
- ^ Corpus Christi College website, Emeritus, Honorary, Claymond and Foundation Fellows, accessed on 25 May 2021
- ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N3.
- ^ Morales, Alex (29 January 2021). "U.K. Names Lovegrove National Security Adviser Instead of Frost". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Top MoD mandarin: supporting BLM is 'not political'". The Spectator. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ Stone, Jon (22 February 2022). "Jacob Rees-Mogg says senior civil servants should not endorse Black Lives Matter". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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