Phil Wynn Owen: Director General for Strategy and Pensions, DWP

Phil Wynn Owen is currently the Director General for Strategy & Pensions and reports to the Permanent Secretary of DWP, Sir Richard Mottram. He is responsible both for department-wide strategy across DWP and strategic policy development in Government pensions policy.

Phil Wynn Owen was previously the Director responsible for the Financial Sector in the Treasury, and before that the Director of the Regulatory Impact Unit in the Cabinet Office, from 1999 to 2003. Previous jobs in the Treasury have included Team Leader roles responsible for Tax Policy, Tax and Budget, and Transport Teams. He was also Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary from 1991 to 1993, and Assistant Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1984 to 1986. He has an MBA from the London Business School