Chris Wormald

Sir Chris Wormald
Assumed office
16 December 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded bySimon Case
Permanent Secretary of the
Department of Health and Social Care
In office
1 May 2016  16 December 2024
MinisterJeremy Hunt
Matt Hancock
Sajid Javid
Thérèse Coffey
Steve Barclay
Victoria Atkins
Wes Streeting
Preceded byUna O'Brien
Succeeded bySamantha Jones
Permanent Secretary of the
Department for Education
In office
26 March 2012  30 April 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
MinisterMichael Gove
Nicky Morgan
Preceded byDavid Bell
Succeeded byJonathan Slater
Personal details
Born (1968-10-30) 30 October 1968
NationalityBritish
EducationSt John's College, Oxford
Imperial College London

Sir Christopher Stephen Wormald KCB (born 30 October 1968) is a British civil servant serving as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service since 2024.