HM Treasury Independent Challenge Group

HM Treasury Independent Challenge Group

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