Madeleine Alessandri

Madeleine Kay Alessandri CMG (born 1965) is a British civil servant in with a career in the security and diplomatic services. As of February 2020, she is the Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office, replacing Sir Jonathan Stephens following his retirement.[1]

Alessandri studied Economics with International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, and then joined government service in 1988. After a number of roles in overseas national security and diplomatic service, including serving as Political Counsellor at the British Embassy in Japan from 2004–2007, following Colin Roberts,[2], Alessandri ultimately became a director in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alessandri was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2017 for her "services to British foreign policy", whilst serving as a director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[3]

From July 2018 until early 2020, Alessandri transferred to the Cabinet Office, where she served as one of the UK's Deputy National Security Advisers alongside David Quarrey, supporting the prime minister on national resilience and security.[4] She also serves as National Honorary Chair of the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship since January 2020.[5]

Offices held
Government offices
Preceded by
Unknown		 Deputy National Security Adviser
2018–2020		 Succeeded by
Unknown
Preceded by
Sir Jonathan Stephens		 Permanent Secretary
of the Northern Ireland Office
2020–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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References
  1. "Appointment of Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office". Gov.uk. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. Mackie, Colin (2020-01-08). "A Directory Of British Diplomats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  3. "Madeline ALESSANDRI". London Gazette. 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. Turner, Dr. Christian; Alessandri, Madeleine (2019-04-20). "Defence & security focus: Two of the PM's key advisers share their thoughts". Civil Service World. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  5. "Civil Service Retirement Fellowship appointment". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
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