Simon Case
Simon Case | |
|---|---|
| In office 9 September 2020 – 15 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Mark Sedwill |
| Succeeded by | Chris Wormald |
| Downing Street Permanent Secretary | |
| In office 22 May 2020 – 1 September 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Heywood (2012) |
| Succeeded by | Samantha Jones (Acting; 2022) |
| Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 11 January 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Chris Martin |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hill |
| Private Secretary to the Duke of Cambridge | |
| In office 2018–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Head |
| Succeeded by | Christian Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1978 Bristol, England, UK |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Kistruck (m. 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA) Queen Mary, University of London (PhD) |
Simon Case CVO (born 27 December 1978) is a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service from September 2020 to December 2024.
Case was Downing Street Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from May to September 2020. That role had been vacant for eight years after Jeremy Heywood left in 2012. From January 2016 to May 2017, Case served under David Cameron and Theresa May as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. In September 2024, Case announced his intention to resign before the end of the year on health grounds.