Dame Lesley Ann Strathie, Dame Lesley Ann Strathie, DCB (née Cooke; 24 September – 14 January ) was a British senior civil servant. Lesley Ann Cooke was born in Stranraer, Scotland in She married David Strathie in ; the couple divorced in ).
Dame Lesley Strathie, chief executive and Dame Lesley Strathie was “unusual amongst senior civil servants”, according to her boss and former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell, “in that she’d worked her way up”.
She passed away on 14 Lesley Strathie, who has died at the tragically young age of 56, was an exceptional civil servant, both in terms of her own career – rising from clerical assistant to permanent secretary – and in the legacy she leaves of improved public services.
Dame Lesley Strathie, who has Strathie, who was made a DBE in , developed many outside interests in the arts and sport – principally the plays of Shakespeare and Arsenal FC.
Her son died in Who was Lesley Strathie? Dame Lesley Ann Strathie, née Cooke, DCB was a British senior civil servant. Strathie was born in Stranraer Scotland in She married David Strathie in and had one son and one daughter.
Dame Lesley Ann Strathie, DAME Lesley Strathie, former CEO of HM Revenue & Customs, has died. Dame Lesley stood down from the role in November for health reasons, having been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year. The former Jobcentre Plus chief executive joined HMRC in November , having also held posts at DWP and the Department for Education.
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Lesley Strathie was the rarest of the rare; a civil servant who rose from the very lowest rank in the Civil Service to be not only the Permanent Secretary of one of the largest and most historic. Dame Lesley Strathie, who Dame Lesley Ann Strathie, DCB (ne Cooke 24 September 14 January ) was a British senior civil servant. Lesley Ann Cooke was born in Stranraer, Scotland in She married David Strathie in the couple divorced in ). They had two children a son (who predeceased his parents) an.