Alan Hitchman

Sir Edwin Alan Hitchman, KCB (16 November 1903 – 2 July 1980), commonly known as Alan Hitchman, was an English civil servant. He worked in the ministry during the Second World War. and moved to HM Treasury where he worked on plans for post-war reconstruction and was involved the devaluation of the pound. He was then Permanent Secretary of the new Ministry of Materials from 1950 to 1952 That year, he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, serving until 1955 when it became the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF); he was Permanent Secretary of this new ministry until 1959. From 1959, he sat on the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, serving as its chairman from 1964 to 1966.