Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender is the Permanent Secretary, of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of the United Kingdom Government. He was previously the Permanent Sectretary of the now defunct Department of Trade and Industry. The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-Secretary of State (although the full title is rarely used), is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. ... The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is a United Kingdom government department. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ...

Born on 25 February 1949, he was educated at Greenford Grammar School and then continued to obtain degrees in Physics at Imperial College, London (BSc physics 1970, PhD physics 1973). is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Royal School of Mines Entrance Imperial College London is a college of the University of London which focuses on science and technology, and is located in South Kensington in London. ...

He married Penelope Clark in 1974 and has two children, one son and one daughter.

Career history

Bender has held the following posts prior to his current role:

• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 1973-1989
• Private secretary to Secretary of State for Trade 1976-77
• Seconded to UK Permanent Representation to the European Community
• First Secretary, Trade Policy 1977-82
• Counsellor, Industry and Energy 1985-89
• Deputy Head, European Secretariat, Cabinet Office 1990-93
• Head, Regional Development, DTI 1993-94
• Deputy Secretary and Head of European Secretariat, Cabinet Office 1994-99
• Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office 1999-2000
• Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2000-01
• Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2001-05
• Permanent Secretary, Department for Trade and Industry 2005-2007

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See also

Sir Brian has written a short article entitled 'Once a Physicist' describing his previous career which can be seen at [1]