Jeremy Pocklington CB is the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). He was previously Permanent Secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Sep 2021 to Feb 2023), and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Mar 2020 to Sep 2021).
Prior to this, he had roles as Director General for Housing, Planning and Building Safety at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Director General for Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Before joining DECC, Jeremy was Director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury responsible for policies on growth, business and infrastructure, and for advising on public spending for a number of government departments. From 2009 to 2012 he was Director of the Economic and Domestic secretariat at the Cabinet Office. He joined the Treasury in 1997 and has held a range of posts on financial regulation, tax, fiscal policy and corporate finance as well as working as an assistant private secretary to two Chief Secretaries.
Jeremy joined the BITC Board as a Trustee in October 2013.