1. Ian Charles Watmore was born on 5 July 1958 and is a British management consultant and former senior civil servant under three prime ministers, serving from October 2016 as the First Civil Service Commissioner.
16 Facts About Ian Watmore
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Ian Watmore trained as an management consultant with Andersen Consulting, and ultimately became Accenture's managing director for the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2004.
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Fifteen months later, at the end of 2005, the Cabinet Office announced that Ian Watmore was that next month to succeed his boss Sir Michael Barber, as the second ever head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, reporting directly to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary.
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In June 2007, following the reshuffle when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister, Ian Watmore was appointed as the inaugural Permanent Secretary of the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, working for the Secretary of State John Denham.
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Eighteen months later, it was announced that Watmore would leave the Civil Service to be the new Chief Executive of The Football Association, succeeding Brian Barwick starting the job in June 2009.
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Ian Watmore resigned from this post nine months later, on 19 March 2010, and was replaced by Alex Horne, initially in an acting capacity and later as General Secretary.
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Three months later, following the General Election, Ian Watmore returned to government as the Chief Operating Officer of the Cabinet Office, heading up the newly formed Efficiency and Reform Group.
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Sixteen months after that, on 11 October 2011 it was announced that Ian Watmore would become Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, replacing Sir Gus O'Donnell, whose three roles were split after his retirement at the end of 2011.
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In September 2016, it was announced that Ian Watmore would succeed Sir David Normington as the independent First Civil Service Commissioner regulator of the Civil Service from 1 October 2016.
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Ian Watmore was a member of the advisory board of Westminster Business School from 2010 to 2013, and has been a board member of the Information Commissioner's Office since 2012.
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Ian Watmore has been a trustee of the Migraine Trust since 2008, serving as its Chair since 2010.
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Ian Watmore has been a Church Commissioner since 2014, and his wife is a priest in the Church of England in the Diocese of Chester.
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Ian Watmore is a lifelong supporter of Arsenal, and has had several sport related appointments.
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Ian Watmore has been a board member of the English Institute of Sport since 2002, and in March 2012, he joined the England Rugby 2015 board.
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Ian Watmore is the non executive chair of Quantum Sport, a sports agency which represents his son, Duncan, who is a professional footballer.
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Ian Watmore had been chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board since 1 September 2020.