John Oliver Frank Kingman

John Oliver Frank Kingman (born 24 April 1969) is a British civil servant, and is the son of Sir John Frank Charles Kingman. He is Second Permanent Secretary (currently acting Permanent Secretary) at HM Treasury.^[1][2]

Career

At the Treasury, Kingman was closely involved with the response to the financial crisis in the UK. In 2007-8 he led the response to the collapse of Northern Rock, and in October 2008 he led negotiations with RBS, Lloyds Banking Group and HBOS on their recapitalisation by the UK Government. In November 2008 he was appointed as the first chief executive of UK Financial Investments Limited, the company created by the UK Government to manage the banking holdings acquired during the crisis. ^[3][2]

From 2010-2012 Kingman worked at Rothschild & Co., the investment bank, where he was Global co-head of the Financial Institutions Group.

Previous roles in the Treasury have included Press Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit and Managing Director responsible for public spending control. In 2004 Kingman led a cross-Government 10-year review of UK science funding.

As of 2015, Kingman was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.^[4]

Personal life

Kingman is a Trustee of the Royal Opera House, a World Fellow of Yale University, and a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Oxford University.^[2]

References

1. Biography compiled by Dods Online
2. A & C Black (2016). KINGMAN, John Oliver Frank. Who's Who 2016 (online ed.) (Oxford University Press). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
3. Government announcement
4. "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-13.