Simon Case

Case was born on 27 December 1978 in Bristol, England.[4] He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in History.[3][4] While at Cambridge, he rowed and was President of Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club.[5] He then undertook postgraduate research in political history at Queen Mary University of London, and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2007.[3][4][6] His doctoral supervisor was Professor Peter Hennessy, and his thesis was titled The Joint Intelligence Committee and the German Question, 1947–61.[7]

Case joined the Civil Service in 2006.[3] He worked first within the Ministry of Defence as a policy adviser.[8] He then worked in the Northern Ireland Office and the Cabinet Office.[3] In 2012, he served as Head of the Olympic Secretariat, a temporary team within the Cabinet Office that was set up to oversee the delivery of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.[8][9]

From 2012 and July 2014, Case worked at 10 Downing Street as a Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and then as Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.[3] He then returned to the Cabinet Office, where he was Executive Director of the Implementation Group.[8] In March 2015, he joined Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) as Director of Strategy.[10]

On 8 January 2016, Case was announced as the next Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister in succession to Chris Martin who had died while in office.[3] He took up the appointment on 11 January 2016 until he was succeeded by Peter Hill on 10 May 2017.[3][10] On 23 June 2017, he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in recognition of his service in that role.[11]

In March 2017, Case was announced as the Director General for the UK–EU Partnership.[12] He took up the post in May 2017.[13] In this role he was "leading the UK Government's work on exiting and seeking a new partnership with the European Union within the UK Representation to the EU".[12] In January 2018, he was appointed Director General Northern Ireland and Ireland:[14] in this role, he acted as the lead civil servant for finding a solution to the Irish border issue post-Brexit.[15]

In March 2018, it was announced that Case would be the next Private Secretary to the Duke of Cambridge: he took up the appointment in July 2018.[16] Also in 2018, Case was appointed a Visiting Professor at King's College London, having previously been a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the university.[17]

In 2007, Case married Elizabeth Kistruck, chief finance officer for Hotels.com at Expedia Inc, they have three daughters.[4]