Elizabeth Gardiner

Elizabeth Gardiner
CB
First Parliamentary Counsel
Assumed office
24 November 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded by Richard Heaton
Personal details
Born (1966-03-19) 19 March 1966
Nationality British

Elizabeth Anne Finlay Gardiner, CB (born 19 March 1966) is a British solicitor and senior civil servant who has served as the First Parliamentary Counsel since November 2015.[1][2]

Gardiner has worked at the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel since 1991, and as a director-general-graded Parliamentary Counsel from 2003 until her promotion in 2015,[1] where she succeeded Richard Heaton.[2][3] As of September 2015, as a Director-General Gardiner was paid a salary of between £175,000 and £179,999, making her one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[4]

Gardiner was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2013.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "GARDINER, Elizabeth Anne Finlay". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  2. 1 2 "First Parliamentary Counsel appointed: Elizabeth Gardiner - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Cabinet Office on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ↑ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2013. pp. 1–36.
Government offices
Preceded by
Richard Heaton		 First Parliamentary Counsel
24 November 2015 -		 Incumbent
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