British civil servant, university administrator (born 1956)
Dame Helen Ghosh
DCB
Master of Balliol College, Oxford
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2018
Preceded by
Sir James Drummond Bone
Director General of the National Trust
In office 12 November 2012 – 2 April 2018
Chairman
Sir Simon Jenkins Tim Parker
Preceded by
Dame Fiona Reynolds
Succeeded by
Hilary McGrady
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
In office 1 January 2011 – November 2012
Secretary of State
Theresa May
Preceded by
Sir David Normington
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office 7 November 2005 – 31 December 2010
Secretary of State
Margaret Beckett David Miliband Hilary Benn Caroline Spelman
Preceded by
Sir Brian Bender
Succeeded by
Bronwyn Hill
Personal details
Born
Helen Frances Kirkby
(1956-02-21) 21 February 1956 (age 68)[1] Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Spouse
Peter Ghosh (m. 1979)
Relations
William Taylor Kirkby (father), civil service scientist Eileen Marguerite Winifred Howe (mother), librarian
Children
Olivia Ghosh Dr William Ghosh
Residence(s)
King's Mound and the Master's Lodgings, Balliol College, Oxford (official residences of the Master of Balliol)
Alma mater
St Hugh's College, Oxford Hertford College, Oxford
Occupation
university college administrator
Profession
civil servant, charity administrator, university administrator
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh, DCB (/ɡəʊʃ/; gauche;[2]néeKirkby; born 21 February 1956)[1] is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College, Oxford since 2018.[3] She was previously Director-General of the National Trust from November 2012 to April 2018.
From 1979 to 2012 she was a British civil servant. She was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from January 2011 to November 2012, and prior to that was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from November 2005 to the end of 2010. On appointment at DEFRA, she was the only female permanent secretary to head a major department of the British Government.[4]
^ ab"Civil service". The Times. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^Moreton, Cole (3 March 2013). "Dame Helen Ghosh says: 'I believe the Government will talk to the National Trust'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^"Election of new Master". 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^Bawden, Anna (21 March 2007). "The gender agenda". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2010..
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