Jonathan Phillips (civil servant)

Sir Jonathan Phillips, KCB (born 21 May 1952),^[1]^[2] is a retired British civil servant now serving as Warden of Keble College, Oxford.^[3]

Phillips was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office in 2005 to replace Sir Joseph Pilling),^[2] having been Director-General, Political since 2002. Just before he retired in 2010, the Northern Ireland Office transferred a large portion of its duties to the Northern Ireland Executive as part of devolution, and the job of Accounting Officer transferred to the Director-General, Political, Hillary Jackson.^[4] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2009 New Year Honours.^[5]

Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by Unknown	Director-General, Political, Northern Ireland Office 2002–2005	Succeeded by Robert Hannigan
Preceded by Sir Joseph Pilling	Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office 2005–2010	Succeeded by Hillary Jackson as Director-General

^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014. Sir Jonathan Phillips, Warden of Keble College, Oxford, 61
^ ^a ^b Great Britain, Northern Ireland Office (2005). Northern Ireland Office Autumn performance report 2005 (Cm. 6720). London, UK: The Stationery Office (TSO). p. 5. ISBN 9780101672023.
^ "Sir Jonathan Phillips elected new Warden of Keble".
^ Northern Ireland Office (19 July 2010). "Resource Accounts 2009/10" (PDF). pp. 1, 13. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 31 December 2008.

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