Dame Mavis McDonald, DCB (born 23 October 1944) is a British academic and civil servant. She served as Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and was named Dame Commander of the

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(DCB) in 2004.

Career

In 1966, after completing her BSc in Economics and Politics at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, she joined the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. From 1995-2000, she served as Director General at the DOE and then the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). She was named Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, responsible for the Modernising Government agenda (2000-2002). She retired from the Civil Service in 2005. Although she never attended

Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public university, public research university, located in Bloomsbury, London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the federal Universit ...

she was named as one of the College's independent Governors.Birkbeck College profile, ibid.
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As an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment on 2nd September 1991 Mavis McDonald signed the Order to Dissolve Telford Development Corporation. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1980/made

References

External links

Interview with ''The Guardian''
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Mavis 1944 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics British civil servants Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath Permanent Secretaries of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Place of birth missing (living people) Civil servants in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government