The long-running saga over the appointment of a new Permanent Secretary at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has come to an end with confirmation that Stephen Lovegrove has been selected to take up the role.
Lovegrove is currently chief executive of the Shareholder Executive, the body overseen by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) that manages government investments, government-owned companies, the Royal Mail, and the UK's Cyber Security Strategy.
He also sat on the board of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and is a Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation.
Lovegrove has been appointed after Prime Minister David Cameron controversially intervened in the appointment process to block the candidacy of the chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), David Kennedy, who had been endorsed by an interview panel of senior civil servants and Lib Dem Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey............
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/07/stephen-lovegrove-permanent-secretary-decc
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