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Sir Christopher William Kelly, KCB (born 18 August 1946) is a former senior British Civil Servant who is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life and Chairman of the NSPCC.
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Early life
Born in Bromley, Kent, Kelly is the son of Dr. Reginald Kelly (1917–90), a former President of the Association of British Neurologists. He attended the independent Beaumont College. He studied Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Manchester.
Civil Service career
His first senior appointment in the Civil Service started when he was appointed Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary in 1971, a post he held until 1973. From 1978 to 1980 he was Secretary to the Wilson Committee of Inquiry into Financial Institutions. He held various other appointments in the Civil Service, including Director of Fiscal & Monetary Policy (1994–95). He was the Head of Policy Group in the Department of Social Security from 1995 to 1997.
He was the Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health from 1997 to 2000, while Frank Dobson and later Alan Milburn were the Secretary of State.
Post Civil Service career
A report written by him, and published in July 2004, looked into the agencies which dealt with Soham murderer Ian Huntley and why 'alarm bells' did not ring sooner that he should not be allowed to work with children.
Sir Christopher Kelly became the Chairman of the NSPCC in 2002, and in January 2005 became Chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
On 5 December 2007, Kelly was chosen by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to become the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.[1]
In October 2010 he was appointed chairman of the King's Fund.
Recognition
In 2001, he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
Personal life
He married Alison Durant in 1970 in St Marylebone and they have two sons (born 1974 and 1976) and a daughter (born 1980), and three grandchildren. He lives in north London. He is said to be a keen poker player.
References
- ^ "NSPCC chair to be sleaze watchdog". BBC. 5 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7128820.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
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Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Health
- Civil servants in HM Treasury
- Civil servants in the Department of Social Security
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- People from Bromley
- Alumni of the London Business School
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
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