Sue Owen

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ruth Owen

Head of the Operational Delivery Profession

Una O'Brien

Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health

Tim Moss

Chief Executive of Companies House

Malcolm McKibbin

Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service

Mark Lowcock

Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development  

Stephen Lovegrove

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Energy and Climate Change

Ed Lester

Chief Executive of the Land Registry

Chris Last

Head of Civil Service Human Resources

Sir Bob Kerslake

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government

Jonathan Jones

Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General

Sir Derek Jones

Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government

Bronwyn Hill

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Richard Heaton

Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office

Sir Simon Fraser

Permanent Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Martin Donnelly

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Robert Devereux

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Work and Pensions

Bill Crothers

Chief Commercial Officer

Ursula Brennan

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice

Mike Bracken

Executive Director of Digital for the UK Government

Alex Aiken

Executive Director of Government Communications

John Manzoni

Chief Executive of the Civil Service

For the last five years, Civil Service World has rounded off December by publishing a set of articles written by permanent secretaries and other key figures. This year, Matt Ross finds perm secs focusing on skills, Scotland, global threats – and the creeping advance of Xmas

Sir Jeremy Heywood

Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service