Stephen Lovegrove

This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch.

Stephen Lovegrove was appointed Permanent Secretary for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in February 2013.

Background

Prior to DECC, he spent 9 years at the Shareholder Executive and was appointed Chief Executive in June 2007. Before that he spent ten years at Deutsche Bank, where he was the head of the European media team working on a wide range of capital raisings, acquisitions and divestments in all the sub-sectors of the media industry. Before the City, Stephen spent five years as a strategic consultant.

Stephen also sat on the board of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and is a Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation.

Helping to secure investment for new nuclear

Energy and Climate Change Secretary of State, Edward Davey, said of Lovegrove's appointment:

This is an excellent appointment. Stephen’s proven commercial experience will be an invaluable addition to the Department’s capability. We need to attract billions in private sector investment to build new power stations and to upgrade the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes. Stephen and I worked together for nearly two years when I was a Minister at BIS, not least on the reform of Royal Mail, so I know he will be a huge asset to DECC.

CV

• 1966 Born in Warwickshire
• 1989 Awarded an English degree from Corpus Christi, Oxford
• 1990 Joins media industry consultancy Hydra Associates
• 1994 Moves to Deutsche Morgan Grenfell to work as an investment banker
• 2004 Recruited by Shareholder Executive, becoming chief executive in 2007; joins board of Locog and British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, and oversees sale of British Energy to EDF
• 2013 Made permanent secretary, DECC

Resources

• Matt Ross, Interview: Stephen Lovegrove, CivilService World, 1 May, 2013