Martin Donnelly (civil servant)

Sir Martin Donnelly
KCB CMG
Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Trade
In office
2016–2017
Prime Minister Theresa May
Minister Liam Fox
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Antonia Romeo
Personal details
Born Martin Eugene Donnelly
(1958-06-04) 4 June 1958
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Spouse(s)
Carol Jean Heald
(m. 1985; d. 1996)
Children 3

Sir Martin Eugene Donnelly, KCB, CMG (born 4 June 1958) is a British former civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade,[1] until leaving the Civil Service on 24 March 2017.

Career

Donnelly joined the Treasury in 1980. In 1988 he was Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and from 1989 in Brussels working in the Cabinet of Leon Brittan before returning to London in 1993. In 1995 he went on secondment to the French Ministry of Finance, returning to the Treasury in 1996. From 1998 to 2003 he worked in the Cabinet Office as Deputy Head of the European Secretariat and then moved to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office for a year.[1][2][3]

In 2004, Donnelly was promoted to be Director-General for Economics (later, for Europe and Globalisation) in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2008–09 he went on secondment to UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, returning to the Cabinet Office to lead the Smarter Government whitepaper. In 2010 he was briefly made acting head of the FCO after Sir Peter Ricketts became the UK's first National Security Advisor. After a few months, he was appointed as permanent secretary at BIS, succeeding Sir Simon Fraser, who replaced at the FCO.[3][4]

As of September 2015, Donnelly was paid a salary of between £180,000 and £184,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[5]

Public persona after leaving the Civil Service

Brexit

In February 2018, speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, he warned that Brexit would be "giving up a three-course meal… for the promise of a packet of crisps in the future."[6]

Personal life

Donnelly studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, international economics at the College of Europe in Bruges, and at the École nationale d'administration in Paris.[1]

Honours

Donnelly was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2002 Birthday Honours[2] and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 A & C Black (2015). "DONNELLY, Martin Eugene". www.ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who 2016 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 3.
  3. 1 2 "Martin Donnelly CMG - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  4. ↑ Biography
  5. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Leaving single market 'like swapping a meal for a packet of crisps', warns ex-trade chief". The Guardian. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B3.
Government offices
Preceded by
Incumbent
as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills		 Permanent Secretary of the
Department for International Trade
2016–March 2017		 Succeeded by
Antonia Romeo
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