Ruth Hannant
InvestorDirector General for Society, Media and Culture (job share) at Department for Culture Media Sport
About
Ruth Hannant became a Director General at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in March 2021, sharing the role with Polly Payne, and the pair served as Interim Permanent Secretaries at DCMS in 2023. She previously held job-shared director-general and director roles at the Department for Transport, the Department for Education, and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, and worked at HM Treasury. Earlier in her career she was a Deputy Director in the Shareholder Executive and began in the Department of Trade and Industry, with a secondment at HSBC Investment Bank.
Colleagues at Department for Culture Media Sport
Andrew Pattinson
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Claudia Arney
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Emma Ward
Investor at Department for Culture Media Sport
Polly Payne
Director General for Policy (Jobshare) at Department for Culture Media Sport
Susannah Storey
Permanent Secretary at Department for Culture Media Sport
Tom Crick
Professor, MBE at Department for Culture Media Sport
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