David Williams (civil servant)

David Williams CB
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2021
Sec. of State	Ben Wallace Grant Shapps John Healey
Preceded by	Stephen Lovegrove
Second Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
In office March 2020 – April 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Sec. of State	Matt Hancock
Preceded by	Office established[1]
Succeeded by	Shona Dunn
Personal details
Born	December 1968 (1968-12) (age 56)
Education	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Occupation	Civil servant

David Peter Williams CB (born December 1968[2]) is a British civil servant who has served as the permanent under-secretary of state for defence since April 2021, succeeding Stephen Lovegrove.[3] He served as the second permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom in March 2020.[3]

Prior to his current role, Williams served in various other administrative positions in both the Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Defence since 2015. He is a policy leaders fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Science and Policy.[4]

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours "for services to Government Finances."[4][5]

References

1. "Department of Health & Social Care". HM Government. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
2. "BABCOCK LAND DEFENCE LIMITED". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
3. "David Williams". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
4. "David Williams". Centre for Science and Policy. Centre for Science and Policy. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
5. "New Year Honours list 2020". GOV.UK. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2023.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Stephen Lovegrove	Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence 2021–present	Succeeded by incumbent