Alex Chisholm

Sir Alexander James Chisholm KCB (born 2 January 1968) is a British civil servant and regulator, who has served as Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and the chief operating officer of the United Kingdom's Civil Service since April 2020.

Sir Alex Chisholm
Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary
Assumed office
14 April 2020
DeputyJames Bowler
Sue Gray
Cabinet SecretaryMark Sedwill
Simon Case
ChancellorMichael Gove
Steve Barclay
Kit Malthouse
Nadhim Zahawi
Oliver Dowden
Preceded byJohn Manzoni
Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service
Assumed office
14 April 2020
HeadMark Sedwill
Simon Case
Preceded byJohn Manzoni
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office
5 September 2016  14 April 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
MinisterGreg Clark
Andrea Leadsom
Alok Sharma
Preceded byMartin Donnelly
Succeeded bySarah Munby
Personal details
Born (1968-01-02) 2 January 1968
ChildrenAidan Chisholm, Ciarán Chisholm, Gabriel Chisholm
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
INSEAD

He was previously the permanent secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from September 2016 to April 2020 and permanent secretary at the Department for Energy and Climate Change during 2016. Chisholm was previously the chief executive of the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority and chair of the Irish Commission for Communications Regulation, and has held senior positions in the media, technology and e-commerce industries.

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