David Williams | |
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Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence | |
Assumed office April 2021 | |
Sec. of State | Ben Wallace Grant Shapps John Healey |
Preceded by | Stephen Lovegrove |
Second Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care | |
In office March 2020 – April 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Sec. of State | Matt Hancock |
Preceded by | Office established[1] |
Succeeded by | Shona Dunn |
Personal details | |
Born | December 1968 | (age 55)
Education | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Occupation | Civil servant |
David Peter Williams CB (born December 1968[2]) is a British civil servant who has served as the permanent under-secretary of state for defence since April 2021, succeeding Stephen Lovegrove.[3] He served as the second permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom in March 2020.[3]
Prior to his current role, Williams served in various other administrative positions in both the Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Defence since 2015. He is a policy leaders fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Science and Policy.[4]
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours "for services to Government Finances."[4][5]
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