Cat Little | |
Honorific Suffix: | CB |
Office: | Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service |
Term Start: | 2 April 2024 |
1Blankname: | Cabinet Secretary |
1Namedata: | Simon Case |
Predecessor: | Sir Alex Chisholm |
Birth Date: | 1980 5, df=y |
Catherine "Cat" Joanna Little (born 19 May 1980) is a British civil servant, who is Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and the chief operating officer of the United Kingdom's Civil Service, replacing Sir Alex Chisholm in April 2024.[1] [2] [3] Prior to this she was the Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury from October 2022,[4] and was acting Permanent Secretary between September and October 2022.[5]
Little was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2023 New Year Honours for public service.