Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull

Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull, of Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield KCB, CVO ( born January 21, 1945) is a former British civil servant, who most recently between 2002 and 2005 Cabinet Secretary ( Cabinet Secretary ) and head of the civil service ( Head of Her Majesty 's Home Civil service ) was and is since 2005 member of the House of Lords.

Life

Ascent to the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Public Service

After visiting the Enfield Grammar School Turnbull graduated at Christ 's College, University of Cambridge, and then joined the public service. In 1988 he became the first private secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and remained in this position between 1990 and 1992 and in their successor John Major. In 1998 he took over as Permanent Secretary of the Treasury (Permanent Secretary to the Treasury), the traditional second- highest office of the British public service and practiced from this until 2002.

Following this, he was on 1 September 2002 during the tenure of Prime Minister Tony Blair 's successor as Cabinet Secretary Richard Wilson and Head of the Home Civil Service and assumed the highest office within the British civil service. These offices he held for three years until its replacement by Gus O'Donnell, who already in 2002 Turnbull's successor as Permanent Secretary of the Treasury.

Upper House Member and functions in the private sector

After his retirement from public service, he was raised by a Letters Patent dated 11 October 2005 as a Life Peer with the title of Baron Turnbull, of Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield to the peerage. On 7 December 2005 took place its introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the House of Lords Lord Turnbull belongs to the group of non-party peers, the so-called Cross Bencher.

In addition, he held various positions in the private sector and is both director of the company Prudential plc, British Land Company plc and Frontier Economics Ltd. and CEO of investment company BH Global Ltd.. In addition, Lord Turnbull since 2009 Chairman of the Board of Dulwich College and serves as a Trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation ( GWPF ), a registered charitable organization and think tank with the aim of avoiding the supposed overreaction against global warming.