First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive

John-Paul Marks CB

Biography

John-Paul (JP) Marks started as First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs on 6 April 2025.聽

Since January 2022, he had been Permanent Secretary to the Scottish 바카라 사이트, where he was responsible for the development, implementation and communication of government policies and Principal Accountable Officer, leading the Civil Service in the Scottish 바카라 사이트.聽

He was appointed Director General, Work and Health Services at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in April 2019. Before this, he was a Director General for Operations on temporary promotion from March 2018.聽

Previous roles in the Civil Service include:聽

  • Operations Director and Area Director for South of England聽
  • Strategic Design and Planning Director in the Universal Credit Programme聽
  • Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions聽
  • Head of Corporate Relations and International Policy at the UK Pensions Regulator聽
  • Speechwriter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury聽
  • Policy Adviser, Assets, Savings and Wealth, HM Treasury聽

His roles outside the Civil Service include:聽

  • Trustee, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Fund聽
  • Trustee, St Giles Trust
  • Trustee, Treloar Trust聽

First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive

HM Revenue and Customs바카라 사이트� (HMRC) First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive chairs the Executive Committee, and is responsible for delivering the department바카라 사이트檚 strategy, business objectives and performance.

They are the Principal Accounting Officer and are accountable to Parliament for the department바카라 사이트檚 expenditure and performance.

HM Revenue & Customs

Previous roles in government

  • Permanent Secretary for the Scottish 바카라 사이트
    • 2022 to 2025
  • Director General, Work and Health Services
    • 2019 to 2021
  • Director General, Universal Credit Operations
    • 2018 to 2019