Department for Culture Media and Sport
our structure
DCMS is managed by our Permanent Secretary, three Directors General, and three non-executive Directors who make up the DCMS Board. The Board is supported by four governance teams including an executive committee, made up of our Directors.
Jonathan Stephens
Permanent Secretary
- Leads the Department in order to achieve the Secretary of State's objectives
Chairs the DCMS Board
Accounts to Parliament for Departmental expenditure
Nicholas Holgate
Director General, Corporate Strategy and Services
Directly responsible for Departmental Strategy and Services, including:
- Corporate Planning, Strategy and Change
- Human Resources
- Information Services
- Finance
Directors and senior managers:
Director, Change – David Roe
Head of Information Services – Mark O’Neill
Head of Human and Business Resources – Ros Brayfield
Head of Finance and Planning – Tanya Armour
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Andrew Ramsay
Director General, Partnerships and Programmes
Directly responsible for Departmental sector and programme teams including:
- Culture sector
- Media sector
- Sports and Leisure sector
- Programmes teams
Directors:
Director, Culture – Mick Elliott
Director, Media – Jon Zeff
Director, Sports and Leisure – Paul Bolt
Director, Programmes – Graham Turnock
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Jeremy Beeton
Director General, Government Olympic Executive
Directly responsible for Government Olympic Executive, including:
- Build and Finance
- Legacy
- Staging
Directors and Senior Managers:
Director, Build and Finance – David Goldstone
Director, Legacy – David Brooker
Director, Staging – Nicky Roche
Head of GOE Operations – Shaun Cove
Head of GOE Communications – Sarah Jones
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Other Executive Committee members directly reporting to the Permanent Secretary, include:
Paul Kilgarriff
Director, Legal Services
Paddy Feeny
Director, External Affairs
Rita Patel
Principal Private Secretary
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Non-Executive Directors:
Parminder Vir
- Established Ingenious World Cinema at Ingenious Media Investments
- Business Advisor for the Creative Industries to the London Development Agency, Diversity Advisor to MTV, ITV and RSC
Darra Singh
- Chief Executive, Ealing Council
- Formerly, Chair of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion
Liz Forgan
- Chair, National Heritage Memorial Fund
- Formerly, Managing Director, BBC Network Radio
- Non Executive Director, Guardian Media Group, Arrowhead Productions, Das Web Radio Berlin
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