Ian Watmore

Ian Watmore
First Civil Service Commissioner
In office
1 October 2016  30 September 2021
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded bySir David Normington
Succeeded byGisela Stuart
Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary
In office
1 January 2012  June 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
MinisterFrancis Maude
Preceded bySir Gus O'Donnell
Succeeded byRichard Heaton
Chief Operating Officer of the Cabinet Office
In office
2010–2011
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
MinisterFrancis Maude
Permanent Secretary of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
In office
2007–2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
MinisterJohn Denham
Succeeded bySir Jon Shortridge
Head of Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, 10 Downing Street
In office
2005–2007
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded bySir Michael Barber
Succeeded byRay Shostak
Chief Information Officer of the Cabinet Office
In office
2004–2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
MinisterDouglas Alexander
Alan Milburn
John Hutton
Preceded byAndrew Pinder
Succeeded byJohn Suffolk
Personal details
Born
Ian Charles Watmore

(1958-07-05) 5 July 1958
Croydon, Surrey, England
ChildrenDuncan Watmore
Residence(s)Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Ian Charles Watmore (born 5 July 1958) is a British management consultant and former senior civil servant under three prime ministers, who served from October 2016 to September 2021 as the First Civil Service Commissioner.