Jonathan Andrew de Sievrac Stephens is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 civil servant, currently serving as the Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

The Permanent secretary, in most departments officially titled the permanent under-secretary of state , is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis...

 of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet....

.

He served as Managing Director of Public Services at HM Treasury from 2004, replacing Sir Nicholas Macpherson

Nicholas Macpherson

Sir Nicholas Macpherson, KCB is a senior British civil servant, serving as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury since 2 August 2005. He succeeded Sir Gus O'Donnell upon the latter's promotion to Cabinet Secretary....

 when he transferred to become Managing Director of Budget and Public Finances. In 2006, he was appointed Permanent Secretary of DCMS to replace Dame Sue Street

Sue Street

Dame Sue Street, DCB, was the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2001 to 2006. She was responsible for the overall strategy, delivery and expenditure for the whole department...

 on her retirement.

External links

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport