About David Williams
Born 1968. David Williams is a civil servant.
David Peter Williams (born December 1968 ) is a British civil servant who has served as the permanent under-secretary of state for defence since April 2021.
Career From 2015, Williams served in various administrative positions in both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Defence. In March 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom, he was appointed second permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care.
He is a policy leaders fellow at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Science and Policy.
Honours Williams was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours "for services to Government Finances."
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British under-secretary of state for defence (2021-)
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David Williams was born in 1968.
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