Ruth Hannant
InvestorDirector General for Society, Media and Culture (job share) at Department for Culture Media Sport
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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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.
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- EMINENCE TRANSPORT LIMITEDAdministrative Clerkcurrent2021 — present
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- Who is Ruth Hannant?
- 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.
- Where does Ruth Hannant work?
- Ruth Hannant is Director General for Society, Media and Culture (job share) at Department for Culture Media Sport.
- Where did Ruth Hannant go to school?
- Ruth Hannant studied at Wrotham School.