Hayden Phillips

Who is Hayden Phillips?

Sir Gerald Hayden Phillips GCB is a retired British civil servant.

He was educated at Cambridgeshire High School for Boys, Clare College, Cambridge, and Yale University.

He joined the Civil Service as an Assistant Principal in the Home Office in 1967, and was Economic Adviser, 1970–72, Principal 1972–74, and Assistant Secretary, and Principal Private Secretary to the Home Secretary, 1974–76. From 1977 to 1979 he served as Deputy Chef de Cabinet to Roy Jenkins as President of the European Commission. He returned to the Home Office as Assistant Secretary from 1979 to 1981, and then as Assistant Under-Secretary of State from 1981 to 1986.

From 1986 to 1988 he was Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Office. From 1988 to 1992 he was Deputy Secretary in HM Treasury.

From 1992 to 1998 he was Permanent Secretary, Department for National Heritage. From 1998 to 2004 he was Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department.