| DEPARTMENT | POST TITLE | APPOINTEE | PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT |
| Cabinet Office | Director, Social Exclusion Taskforce | Naomi Eisenstadt | Chief Adviser on Children and Young People's Services and Non-Executive Director, Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust |
| Director General, Office of the 3rd Sector | Campbell Robb | Director of Public Policy, NCVO |
| Government Chief Information Office/Head of e-GOV | John Suffolk | Cross-departmental Director General |
| Department of Communities and Local Government | Director General for Equalties | Susan Scholefield | Command Secretary, Permanent Joint HQ, Northwood, MoD |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Permanent Secretary | Jonathan Stephens | Managing Director, Public Services, HMT |
| Ministry of Defence | Science and Technology Director | Paul Stein | Managing Director, Roke Manor Research Ltd. |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Director General, Living Land and Seas | Peter Unwin | Director General of Corporate Strategy, DCLG |
| Foreign & Commonwealth Office | Director General, Finance | Keith Luck | Director of Resources, Met Police |
| Department of Health | NHS Chief Executive | David Nicholson | Chief Executive, NHS London |
| Permanent Secretary | Hugh Taylor | Acting Permanent Secretary |
| Director General, Workforce | Clare Chapman | Group Personnel Director, Tesco plc |
| Director General for Social Care | David Behan | Chief Inspector, Commission for Social Care Inspection |
| Home Office | Chief Executive, Identity & Passport Service | James Hall | Managing Director, NHS Operating Unit, Accenture |
| National Savings & Investments | Chief Executive Officer | Jane Platt | Formerly Chief Operating Officer, Reuters |
| HM Revenue & Customs | Chief Finance Officer | Stuart Cruickshank | Interim Finance Director, Morse plc |
| Department of Trade & Industry | Chief Executive, Shareholder Executive | Martin Bryant | Director of Strategy, Home Office |
| Treasury Solicitor's Office | Treasury Solicitor and Head of Government Legal Services | Paul Jenkins | Director General, Law, Governance and Special Policy Group, DWP |
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