The Departmental Board
It is chaired by the Secretary of State and its membership includes the Ministerial Team, the Permanent Secretary, Director General Finance, Director General Transforming Justice and the Departmental Non-Executive Board Members.
In addition the Permanent Secretary will chair the Executive Management Board (EMB) which is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Department. The EMB is attended by Directors General.
Kenneth Clarke QC MP
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Lord McNally
Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Crispin Blunt MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Jonathan Djanogly MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Nick Herbert MP
Minister of State (jointly with the Home Office)
Suma Chakrabarti
Permanent Secretary
Ann Beasley
Director General, Finance
Jonathan Slater
Director General, Transforming Justice
Jim Leng
Lead non-executive director
Anne Bulford
Non-executive director
David MacLeod
Non-executive director
Dame Sue Street DCB
Non executive director


