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Helen Ghosh (Helen Frances Kirkby) was born on 21 February, 1956 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, is a British civil servant, university administrator (born 1956). Discover Helen Ghosh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Helen Frances Kirkby
Occupation university college administrator
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 21 February, 1956
Birthday 21 February
Birthplace Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Her husband is Peter Ghosh (m. 1979)

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1956

Dame Helen Frances Ghosh, ( Kirkby; born 21 February 1956) is a former British civil servant who has been Master of Balliol College, Oxford since 2018.

Ghosh was born Helen Frances Kirkby in Farnborough, Hampshire, in 1956, daughter of William Kirkby, a civil service scientist, and his wife, Eileen (née Howe), a librarian.

She was educated at Farnborough Hill, an all-girls private Catholic school.

1976

She studied modern history at St Hugh's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976.

1979

From 1979 to 2012 she was a British civil servant.

Ghosh joined the Department of the Environment in 1979 as an administration trainee.

In 1979, she married Peter Ghosh, an associate professor of Modern History at Oxford, who has, since 1982, been Jean Duffield Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford.

They have a son, William, and a daughter, Olivia.

1980

She then undertook postgraduate study at Hertford College, Oxford, graduating with a Master of Letters (MLitt) in 1980; her thesis concerned the history of Italy in the 6th century.

1981

From 1981 to 1983 she was assistant private secretary to Michael Heseltine, the Secretary of State for the Environment.

1986

She was private secretary to the Minister for Environment and Housing from 1986 to 1988, and was head of the Housing Policy and Home Ownership Team from 1992 to 1995.

1995

In July 1995 she joined the Cabinet Office on loan, as deputy director of the Efficiency Unit.

1997

She left the post in May 1997 to become director of the London East and European Programmes at the Government Office for London.

1999

Between May 1999 and November 1999, she was head of the New Deal for Communities Programme at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

She then joined the Department for Work and Pensions as director of the Children's Group.

2001

She rejoined the Cabinet Office in October 2001, as head of Central Secretariat, and, in 2003, became director general for Corporate Services at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), where she played an important part in the transformation programme merging the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise to form the new department.

2005

She was appointed permanent secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in November 2005.

2008

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2008.

2010

In 2010, The Tablet named her as one of Britain's most influential Roman Catholics.

2011

She was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from January 2011 to November 2012, and prior to that was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from November 2005 to the end of 2010.

On appointment at DEFRA, she was the only female permanent secretary to head a major department of the British Government.

She replaced David Normington as permanent secretary at the Home Office in January 2011.

She was elected a Rhodes Trustee in 2011.

2012

She was previously Director-General of the National Trust from November 2012 to April 2018.

In November 2012, she stepped down from her role at the Home Office to become director general at the National Trust.

2018

In April 2018, Ghosh left that role to become Master of Balliol College, Oxford, succeeding Drummond Bone.

Ghosh was a board member of the National School for Government, and a committee member and former chair of the Blackfriars Overseas Aid Trust, based in Oxford.