04 August 2010

Independent Challenge Group membership list

As set out in the Spending Review Framework, June 2010, the Government has appointed an Independent Challenge Group (ICG) of civil service leaders, complemented by a handful of external experts, to bring independent challenge to the spending review process. The group will have a remit to think innovatively about the options for reducing public expenditure and balancing priorities to minimise the impact on public services. The group membership list is as follows:

Adrian Beecroft, Former Apax Chief Investment Officer and Senior Managing Partner
Alexis Cleveland, Director General for Corporate Services Group, Cabinet Office
Andrew Campbell, Acting Director General, Local Government and Regeneration, Communities and Local Government
Andrew McCully, Director for Supporting Children & Young People, Department of Education
Anita Charlesworth, Chief Information Officer, Department for Culture, Media and Sports
Antonia Romeo, Director, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Bill Crothers, Executive Director of CIO & Commercial, Home Office
Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Legal Services Commission, Ministry for Justice
Christopher Whitty, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Research, Department for International Development
David Barrass, Former Interim Chief Executive, Royal Mint
David Goldstone, Director of Finance at GOE, Department for Culture, Media and Sports
David Payne, Director of Finance & Planning, Department for Transport
Douglas Flint, Executive Director, HSBC
Hunada Nouss, Director General, Finance, Department for Work and Pensions
Joanna Killian, CEO, Essex/Brentwood Council
John Nash, Chairman and Founder, Sovereign Capital
Jon Day, Principle Advisor, Ministry of Defence
Jonathan Portes, Chief Economist, Cabinet Office
Jonathan Powell, Finance Director, Government Communications Headquarters
Kate Mingay, Corporate Finance Director, Department for Transport
Keith Luck, Director of General Finance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kevin Curley, Chief Executive, NAVCA
Kevin White, Director General of HR, Home Office
Oliver Robbins, Deputy National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister (Intelligence, Security and Resilience), Cabinet Office
Paul Kirby, Partner, KPMG
Paul Martin, CEO, Sutton Council
Philip Pavitt, Chief Information Officer, HM Revenue and Customs
Philip Rutnam, Director General, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Ravi Gurumurthy, Strategy Director, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Richard Douglas, Finance and Chief Operating Officer, Department for Health
Richard Sharp, Former Chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Principal Investment area in Europe
Robin Mortimer, Director, Climate Change Adaption, Air Quality, Landscape & Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sarah Davidson, Director of Public Service Reform, Scottish Government
Sharon White, Director General, Strategy, Ministry of Justice
Stephan Wilcke, Chief Executive Officer, Asset Protection Agency
Stephen Marston, Director of Higher Education and Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Stephen Meek, Director of Young People: Qualification, Strategy & Reform, Department for Education
Terry Moran, Chief Executive of the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service, Department for Work and Pensions
William Jordan, Chief sustainability and Operating Officer, Office of Government Commerce