Philip John Fletcher, (2 May 1946 – 10 February 2022) was a British public servant.

Career

From 1968 to 1995, he was a career

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, mainly working in the

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and rising to the rank of deputy secretary. He served as the final Receiver of the

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(1996 to 2000); and then led

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as its Director General (1 August 2000 to 31 March 2006) and as Chairman (1 April 2006 to 2012).

Personal life and death

Fletcher was an

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, and served as a Reader (lay minister) in the

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. He was a member of the

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from 2007 to 2016. His brother is

Colin Fletcher Colin Fletcher (14 March 1922 – 12 June 2007) was a pioneering backpacker and writer. In 1963, Fletcher walked the length of that portion of Grand Canyon contained within the 1963 boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. Although ...

, the former bishop of Dorchester. In the

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, he was appointed Commander of the

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(CBE). Fletcher died on 10 February 2022, at the age of 75.

References

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