Simon Case
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Simon Case CVO |
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| Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 11 January 2016 – 10 May 2017 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Chris Martin |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 December 1978 Bristol, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth (m. 2007) |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater |
University of Cambridge Queen Mary, University of London |
Simon Case, CVO (born 27 December 1978) is a British civil servant. From January 2016 to May 2017, he served as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Case was born on 27 December 1978 in Bristol, England. He studied history at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2002. He then undertook postgraduate research in political history at Queen Mary, University of London, and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2007. His doctoral supervisor was Professor Peter Hennessy, and his thesis was titled The Joint Intelligence Committee and the German Question, 1947–61.
Case joined Her Majesty's Civil Service in 2006. He worked first within the Ministry of Defence as a policy adviser. He then worked in the Northern Ireland Office and the Cabinet Office. In 2012, he served as Head of the Olympic Secretariat, a temporary team within the Cabinet Office that was set up to oversee the delivery of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
From 2012 and July 2014, Case worked at 10 Downing Street as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and then as Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. He then returned to the Cabinet Office, where he was Executive Director of the Implementation Group. In March 2015, he joined Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) as Director of Strategy.
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