Jonathan Phillips (British Civil Servant)

Sir Jonathan Phillips, KCB (born 1952)[1] is a retired British civil servant now serving as Warden of Keble College, Oxford.[2]

Phillips was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office in 2005 to replace Sir Joseph Pilling),[3] having been Director-General, Political since 2002. Just before he retired in 2010, the Northern Ireland Office transferred a large portion of its duties to the Northern Ireland Executive as part of devolution, and the job of Accounting Officer transferred to the Director-General, Political, Hillary Jackson.[4] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 2009.[5]

Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by
Unknown		 Director-General, Political,
Northern Ireland Office
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Robert Hannigan
Preceded by
Sir Joseph Pilling		 Permanent Secretary,
Northern Ireland Office
2005–2010		 Succeeded by
Hillary Jackson
as Director-General

References

  1. ^ Northern Ireland Office (23 September 2005). "Autumn Performance Report 2005". http://www.nio.gov.uk/media-detail.htm?newsID=12286. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "Sir Jonathan Phillips elected new Warden of Keble". http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/news/sir-jontah/. 
  3. ^ Northern Ireland Office (December 2005). "Autumn Performance Report 2005". p. 5. http://www.nio.gov.uk/nio_autumn_performance_report_2005.pdf. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 
  4. ^ Northern Ireland Office (19 July 2010). "Resource Accounts 2009/10". pp. 1, 13. http://www.nio.gov.uk/nio_resource_accounts_2009_10_1_-2.pdf. Retrieved 23 December 2011. 
  5. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 2. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2011.