Bob Kerslake

Sir Robert Kerslake (born 1955), is the Head of the Home Civil Service, after the retirement of the former holder, the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell; Sir Bob also continues to be Permanent Secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government.^[1]

Career

Originally from Bath, he graduated in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, where he was also secretary of the students' union, later qualifying as a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and holding a number of posts with councils in London before becoming Chief Executive of the London Borough of Hounslow. He moved to Sheffield to take up the post of Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council in 1997. He departed to take up his post with the Homes and Communities Agency in March 2008.

In 2003 Kerslake was named in a Guardian list of the 100 most influential people in the public sector.^[2]
In 2004 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University for his "distinctive contribution to public service".^[3]^[4]
In 2004 he received a knighthood for services to local government.^[5]

Heads of the Home Civil Service

Sir Warren Fisher · Sir Horace Wilson · Sir Edward Bridges · Sir William Armstrong · Sir Douglas Allen · Sir Robert Armstrong · Sir Robin Butler · Sir Richard Wilson · Sir Andrew Turnbull · Sir Gus O'Donnell · Sir Bob Kerslake