Sir Philip Rutnam

Sir Philip Rutnam became Chairman of the National Churches Trust in September 2022.

Born in Orpington in 1965, Sir Philip Rutnam was educated at Dulwich College, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Harvard University where he was a Kennedy Scholar. He joined the Civil Service in 1987 where he held posts at the Treasury.

He also worked for Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong and later joined Ofcom where he helped building the organisation from inception and was Partner, Competition and Regulation, and a member of the Board.

He served as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport from 2012 to 2017 and at the Home Officer from 2017 until 2020, and was also Acting Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2010.

He was knighted in 2018 and is married with three children. His family are active members of Church of England congregations in London and Herefordshire.