Gareth Davies CB
Biography
Gareth Davies is Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.
Previously he has served as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business and Trade and Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Trade.
Gareth has also been the Second Permanent Secretary and a director general in the Department for Transport. His responsibilities included decarbonising transport, technology, international and security.
Earlier in his career he was a director general in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He has led the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and was a private secretary in Downing Street.
Gareth started his career in PricewaterhouseCoopers working across Central and Eastern Europe and has worked for AIA, the life insurance company based in Hong Kong.
Permanent Secretary
The role of Permanent Secretary carries with it the responsibility of Principal Accounting Officer, ensuring that the resources authorised by Parliament are used for the purposes authorised by Parliament.
Other responsibilities include:
- agreeing with the Home Secretary the overarching strategy for delivering ministerial objectives
- leading, and managing the department to ensure that it operates as effectively and efficiently as possible
- reporting to the Home Secretary and to Parliament on overall performance
Previous roles in government
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Permanent Secretary
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Permanent Secretary, DIT
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Second Permanent Secretary
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Director General Aviation, Maritime, International and Security
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Director General, Business and Science, BEIS
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Director General, Business and Science, BIS
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Executive Director, Cabinet Office