Ruth Hannant
Biography
Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne became Directors General for Rail Strategy and Services Group at the Department for Transport (
DfT) as a job-share in December 2017.
Prior to
Directors of Higher Education Reform at the Department for Education (
DfE)
BIS)
BIS from
Before job-sharing with Polly, Ruth was a Deputy Director in the Shareholder Executive (now
UK Government Investments) where she led work on Post Office reform, Royal Mail and Postal Policy, the government’s shareholdings in
NATS and
CDC and the restructuring of British Energy. Ruth started her career in Department of Trade and Industry (
DTI) working on exports, employment relations and energy. She also spent 9 months on secondment at
Polly Payne
Biography
Polly Payne and Ruth Hannant became Directors General for Rail Strategy and Services Group at the Department for Transport (
DfT) as a job-share in December 2017.
Prior to
Directors of Higher Education Reform at the Department for Education (
DfE)
BIS)
BIS from
Before job-sharing with Ruth, Polly worked in
HM Treasury for over a decade in a variety of economic and policy roles. Polly previously worked at the University of Sussex, in Mongolia for the Asian Development Bank, and in Zanzibar as part of the Overseas Development Institute fellowship programme.
Previous roles in government 2017 to 2021