The Ministry of Justice board is chaired by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. It sets our clear high-level strategy.
- Rt Hon Jack Straw

- Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
- Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE

- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Suma Chakrabarti

- Permanent Secretary
- Rowena Collins-Rice

- Interim Director-General legal and judicial services
- Carolyn Regan

- Chief Executive, Legal Services Commission
- Phil Wheatley

- Director General of HM Prison Service for England and Wales
- Rt Hon David Hanson

- Minister of State
- Maria Eagle

- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Ursula Brennan

- Head of Ministry of Justice Organisational Review Team
- Helen Edwards

- Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service
- Professor Georges M Selim

- Non-executive director
- David Wood

- Chief Executive of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR)
- Michael Wills

- Minister of State
- Bridget Prentice

- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Rod Clark

- Director-General strategy
- Marco Pierleoni

- Director General finance and commercial
- Neil Ward

- Interim Chief Executive Her Majesty's Courts Service

