HM Treasury Independent Challenge Group
HM Treasury Independent Challenge Group
Contents
Activities
- As set out in the Spending Review Framework, June 2010, the UK Government appointed an Independent Challenge Group (ICG) of civil service leaders, complemented by a handful of external experts, to bring independent challenge to the spending review process. The group will have a remit to think innovatively about the options for reducing public expenditure and balancing priorities to minimise the impact on public services. The group membership list is as follows:
Members
- Adrian Beecroft, Former Apax Chief Investment Officer and Senior Managing Partner
- Alexis Cleveland, Director General for Corporate Services Group, Cabinet Office
- Andrew Campbell, Acting Director General, Local Government and Regeneration, Communities and Local Government
- Andrew McCully, Director for Supporting Children & Young People, Department of Education
- Anita Charlesworth, Chief Information Officer, Department for Culture, Media and Sports
- Antonia Romeo, Director, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Bill Crothers, Executive Director of CIO & Commercial, Home Office
- Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Legal Services Commission, Ministry for Justice
- Christopher Whitty, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Research, Department for International Development
- David Barrass, Former Interim Chief Executive, Royal Mint
- David Goldstone, Director of Finance at GOE, Department for Culture, Media and Sports
- David Payne, Director of Finance & Planning, Department for Transport
- Douglas Flint, Executive Director, HSBC
- Hunada Nouss, Director General, Finance, Department for Work and Pensions *Joanna Killian, CEO, Essex/Brentwood Council
- John Nash, Chairman and Founder, Sovereign Capital
- Jon Day, Principle Advisor, Ministry of Defence
- Jonathan Portes, Chief Economist, Cabinet Office
- Jonathan Powell, Finance Director, Government Communications Headquarters
- Kate Mingay, Corporate Finance Director, Department for Transport
- Keith Luck, Director of General Finance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Kevin Curley, Chief Executive, NAVCA
- Kevin White, Director General of HR, Home Office
- Oliver Robbins, Deputy National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister (Intelligence, Security and Resilience), Cabinet Office
- Paul Kirby, Partner, KPMG
- Paul Martin, CEO, Sutton Council
- Philip Pavitt, Chief Information Officer, HM Revenue and Customs
- Philip Rutnam, Director General, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Ravi Gurumurthy, Strategy Director, Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Richard Douglas, Finance and Chief Operating Officer, Department for Health
- Richard Sharp, Former Chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Principal Investment area in Europe
- Robin Mortimer, Director, Climate Change Adaption, Air Quality, Landscape & Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Sarah Davidson, Director of Public Service Reform, Scottish Government
- Sharon White, Director General, Strategy, Ministry of Justice
- Stephan Wilcke, Chief Executive Officer, Asset Protection Agency
- Stephen Marston, Director of Higher Education and Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Stephen Meek, Director of Young People: Qualification, Strategy & Reform, Department for Education
- Terry Moran, Chief Executive of the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service, Department for Work and Pensions *William Jordan, Chief sustainability and Operating Officer, Office of Government Commerce
