New chief executive for Identity and Passport Service
Friday 22nd September 2006
Sir David Normington, Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, announced today
that following an open competition and with the approval of the Prime Minister,
James Hall has been appointed as the first Chief Executive of the Identity
and Passport Service. He will take up his post on 11 October.
As Chief Executive reporting to the Permanent Secretary, James Hall will have
overall responsibility for the organisation, operation and management of the
Identity and Passport Service including the successful introduction of Identity
Cards and the National Identity Scheme. He will play a crucial role
in developing cross-Government policy on identity management and will sit on
the Home Office’s Executive Board.
Notes to Editors
James Hall spent his career
since 1976 with Accenture and its predecessor organisations. In 1994,
he was appointed as the Managing Partner for Accenture in the UK, a post he
held until 2000. He then spent five years as Managing Partner with responsibility
for technology and systems integration across Accenture and was a member of
the CEO’s Executive Leadership Team. He was most recently responsible
for Accenture’s £2bn contract as a Local Systems Provider with
the NHS in England.
The Identity and Passport
Service was established as an executive agency of the Home Office on 1 April
2006. It builds on the strong foundations of the UK Passport Service
to provide passport services to the public and, as part of the National Identity
Scheme established through the Identity Cards Act 2006, will be responsible
for the introduction of Identity Cards. The development of the National
Identity Scheme builds on the changes being made to passports to provide a
secure and straightforward way to safeguard personal identities from misuse.
James Hall is the first
Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service. He takes over from
Alan Barnish who has been leading the Agency on an interim basis.
