Principal Navigations Helen MacNamara Former UK Deputy Cabinet Secretary

Helen MacNamara has had a very distinguished career as a senior civil servant in the UK government. She served as the deputy cabinet secretary and head of the Cabinet Secretariat, as director general for propriety and ethics, and as director general for housing and planning. Helen also worked in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, including on the London 2012 Olympics bid and as principal private secretary to Tessa Jowell. After her career in government, she joined the Premier League as director of policy and corporate affairs. Helen now chairs the Future Governance Forum think tank.

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