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As of September 2015, Donnelly was paid a salary of between £180,000 and £184,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|title = Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK|date = 2015-12-17|website = www.gov.uk|access-date = 2016-02-28}}</ref>
As of September 2015, Donnelly was paid a salary of between £180,000 and £184,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|title = Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK|date = 2015-12-17|website = www.gov.uk|access-date = 2016-02-28}}</ref>


Donnelly was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=61608|supp=yes|startpage=B3|endpage=|date=11 June 2016}}</ref>
Donnelly was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2002 Birthday Honours]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=61608|supp=yes|startpage=B3|endpage=|date=11 June 2016}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Donnelly studied [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] at [[Oxford University]], international economics at the [[College of Europe]] in [[Bruges]], and at the [[École nationale d'administration]] in Paris.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in [[2002 Birthday Honours|Birthday Honours for 2002]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Donnelly studied [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] at [[Oxford University]], international economics at the [[College of Europe]] in [[Bruges]], and at the [[École nationale d'administration]] in Paris.<ref name=":0" />


== References ==
== References ==

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Sir Martin Donnelly
KCB CMG
Permanent Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills
Assumed office
21 October 2010
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
MinisterVince Cable (until May 2015), Sajid Javid (since May 2015)
Preceded bySir Simon Fraser
Personal details
Born (1958-06-04) 4 June 1958 (age 66)

Sir Martin Eugene Donnelly KCB CMG (born 4 June 1958) is a British civil servant. He is, since 21 October 2010, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, replacing Simon Fraser.[1][2]

Career

Donnelly joined the Treasury in 1980. In 1988 he was Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and from 1989 in Brussels working in the Cabinet of Leon Brittan before returning to London in 1993. In 1995 he went on secondment to the French Finance Ministry, returning to the Treasury in 1996. From 1998 to 2003 he worked in the Cabinet Office as Deputy Head of the European Secretariat,[3] and then moved to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office for a year.[2][4]

In 2004, Donnelly was promoted to be Director-General for Economics (later, for Europe and Globalisation) in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2008–09 he went on secondment to UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, returning to the Cabinet Office to lead the Smarter Government whitepaper. In 2010 he was briefly made acting head of the FCO after Sir Peter Ricketts became the UK's first National Security Advisor. After a few months, he was appointed as permanent secretary at BIS, succeeding Sir Simon Fraser, who replaced at the FCO.[4][5]

As of September 2015, Donnelly was paid a salary of between £180,000 and £184,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[6]

Donnelly was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2002 Birthday Honours[2][3] and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[7]

Personal life

Donnelly studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, international economics at the College of Europe in Bruges, and at the École nationale d'administration in Paris.[2]

References

  1. ^ New Permanent Secretary for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, BIS/COI 11 October 2010
  2. ^ a b c d A & C Black (2015). "DONNELLY, Martin Eugene". www.ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who 2016 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b HM Government (15 June 2002). "Issue 56595 supplement". The London Gazette. p. B3. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Martin Donnelly CMG - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ Biography
  6. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  7. ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 11 June 2016.
Government offices
Preceded by Permanent Secretary of the
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

2010–present
Incumbent