Phil Wheatley

Philip Martin Wheatley CB (born 4 July 1948) is a British prison officer, formerly the Director General of the National Offender Management Service and before that, the Director General of HM Prison Service.

Having attended Leeds Grammar School, Wheatley read law at the University of Sheffield, immediately joining the Prison Service as an officer in 1969 on graduation.

He retired in June 2010. Jack Straw, Justice Minister during Wheatley's time as Director General of NOMS, praised him as "an extraordinarily dedicated individual" with "a record of public service that is second to none". Wheatley has since taken up employment as consultant to G4S, which operates prisons and justice services in the UK and elsewhere. His successor is Michael Spurr who was previously the Chief Operating Officer of NOMS.

Phil Wheatley has two children.

Employment History 1969–70 Officer, Hatfield borstal, HM Prison Leeds; 1970–74 Assistant governor, HM Prison Hull; 1974–78 Training specialist, HM Prison Service College; 1978–82 Assistant governor, HM Prison Leeds; 1982–86 Deputy governor, HM Prison Gartree, Leicestershire; 1986–90 Governor, HM Prison Hull; 1990–92 HM Prison Service East Midlands area manager; 1992–95 Assistant Director of Custody, HM Prison Service; 1995–1999 Director of Dispersals (in charge of six highest security jails); 1998–2003 Deputy Director General, HM Prison Service; 2003–2008 Director General, HM Prison Service; 2008–2010 Director General, National Offender Management Service.