Mavis McDonald
Dame Mavis McDonald, DCB (born 23 October 1944) is a British academic and civil servant. She served as Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and was named Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in 2004.[1]
Career[]
In 1966, after completing her BSc in Economics and Politics at the London School of Economics, she joined the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. From 1995-2000, she served as Director General at the DOE and then the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). She was named Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, responsible for the Modernising Government agenda (2000-2002). She retired from the Civil Service in 2005. Although she never attended Birkbeck College she was named as one of the College's independent Governors.[2]
McDonald's affiliations can be found here.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ London Gazette notice of McDonald's DCB appointment, london-gazette.co.uk; accessed 30 March 2016.
- ^ Birkbeck College profile, ibid.
External links[]
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- British civil servants
- Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Permanent Secretaries of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister