Stephen Lovegrove

Sir Stephen Augustus Lovegrove KCB (born 30 November 1966) is a British civil servant and presently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.[2] In January 2021, it was announced that Lovegrove would assume the position of UK National Security Adviser, at the end of March 2021.[3]

Sir Stephen Lovegrove

KCB
Lovegrove in 2018
Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Defence
Assumed office
April 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Sec. of StateSir Michael Fallon
Gavin Williamson
Penny Mordaunt
Ben Wallace
Preceded byJon Thompson
United Kingdom National Security Adviser
Assumed office
1 February 2021[1]
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDavid Quarrey (acting)
Permanent Secretary of the
Department of Energy
and Climate Change
In office
4 February 2013 – March 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Sec. of StateEd Davey
Amber Rudd
Preceded byMoira Wallace
Personal details
Born
Stephen Augustus Lovegrove

(1966-11-30) 30 November 1966
Spouse(s)Kate Brooke
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford

Early years

Lovegrove was born in 1966, the second child of John and Zenia Stewart Lovegrove. His father was a Warwickshire industrialist and entrepreneur. Lovegrove was educated at Warwick School and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was awarded a first class degree in English in 1989.

Career

Between 1990 and 1994 Lovegrove worked for Hydra Associates, a strategic media consultancy. In 1995, he joined Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (subsequently Deutsche Bank), where he remained until 2004 and became head of the European media team.

In April 2004, he joined the Shareholder Executive, becoming acting Chief Executive on 27 June 2007 and Chief Executive on 18 April 2008. In that capacity, he was also appointed to the Board of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and acted as chairman of (the no longer trading) British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.

He was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy and Climate Change with effect from 4 February 2013.[4] In March 2016, after three years in that post, the Government announced his appointment as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.

Since February 2016 he has also served as a non-executive director of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, one of the principal operating companies of the Grosvenor Group.[5]

Lovegrove was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 New Year Honours[6] and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[7]

Family

In 1997, Lovegrove married the screenwriter Kate Brooke. They have two daughters and live in London.

Sources

Offices held
Government offices
Preceded by
Moira Wallace		 Permanent Secretary of the
Department of Energy
and Climate Change
2013–2016		 Department abolished
Preceded by
Jon Thompson		 Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Defence
2016–		 Incumbent
Preceded by
The Lord Sedwill		 National Security Adviser
2021–		 Incumbent

References
  1. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-affairs-appointments-in-no10-and-cabinet-office
  2. "New Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Defence - News stories - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. "International Affairs Appointments in No.10 and Cabinet Office". UK Government. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. Department of Energy & Climate Change Press Notice Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, 7 January 2013
  5. Grosvenor Group web-site, Stephen Lovegrove - Non-Executive Director (accessed on 19 October 2018)
  6. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 3.
  7. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B3.
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