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Kristen McLeod

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Chief Strategy Officer at British Business Bank

London Area, United Kingdom

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About

Kristen McLeod is Chief Strategy Officer at the British Business Bank, having joined from HM Treasury, where she advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Growth, Investment and Business from October 2022. Earlier roles include Director of the Office for Life Sciences across the Department for Business and Trade and the Department of Health and Social Care, Senior Responsible Officer for the UK Testing Programme, Director of Strategy, Performance and Planning at the Department of Health and Social Care, and Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health. Her career in the civil service spans 19 years.

Experience

  1. British Business BankChief Strategy Officercurrent2024 — presentUnited Kingdom
  2. HM TreasuryPolicy Advisor to the Chancellor2022 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)Director, Office for Life Sciences2017 — 2022London, United Kingdom
  4. Department of Health and Social CareSenior Responsible Officer, UK Testing Programme2020London, England, United Kingdom
  5. Department of Health and Social CareDirector of Strategy2015 — 2017London, England, United Kingdom
  6. Department of Health and Social CarePrincipal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health2013 — 2015London, England, United Kingdom
  7. Department of Health and Social CareDeputy Director, NHS Provider Policy2012 — 2013London, England, United Kingdom
  8. Cabinet OfficeDeputy Director, Flexible Resourcing and Development2011 — 2012London, United Kingdom
  9. Cabinet OfficeSenior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit2009 — 2010
  10. Department of Health and Social CarePolicy Advisor2005 — 2008

Skills & more

Central Government2Government6Human Resources1Policy10Public Policy5Public Sector15Stakeholder Engagement9Stakeholder Management3Strategy8

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Who is Kristen McLeod?
Kristen McLeod is Chief Strategy Officer at the British Business Bank, having joined from HM Treasury, where she advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Growth, Investment and Business from October 2022. Earlier roles include Director of the Office for Life Sciences across the Department for Business and Trade and the Department of Health and Social Care, Senior Responsible Officer for the UK Testing Programme, Director of Strategy, Performance and Planning at the Department of Health and Social Care, and Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health. Her career in the civil service spans 19 years.
Where does Kristen McLeod work?
Kristen McLeod is Chief Strategy Officer at British Business Bank.
Where did Kristen McLeod go to school?
Kristen McLeod studied at UCL (BA (Hons) First Class, History and French).

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