Alex Chisholm has become the sole Permanent Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and the Industrial Strategy after Sir Martin Donnelly stepped down from the joint role.
Donnelly is to help set up the new Department for International Trade in its formative stages.
Chisholm became joint Permanent Secretary for the Department for BEIS in July, shortly after taking up the role of Permanent Secretary at DECC.
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to serve as Permanent Secretary for BEIS, working with the ministerial team and departmental colleagues to establish the new department and deliver on the promise of a new industrial strategy,” he said.
BEIS Secretary Greg Clark added: “I look forward to working with Alex Chisholm as he leads the vital work of the new department in forging our industrial strategy, leading the government’s relationship with business, furthering our world-class science base, delivering affordable clean energy and tackling climate change.”
Image: Alex Chisholm (BEIS)
