Director

Lorna Gratton

Biography

Lorna joined UKGI in October 2021. She has had a varied career both in and out of government. She is an experienced senior civil servant having been a director at DCMS and served as Private Secretary to two Prime Ministers. Prior to this, she was a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group working primarily in utilities and financial services. She began her civil service career in the Treasury. Lorna was a Member of the Board of Trustees for Teach First from 2015-2021 and for Westminster Kingsway College for over 3 years before that. She started her career as a secondary school maths teacher in Peckham.

Lorna currently sits on the board of Post Office Limited having been appointed to this position in May 2023. She previously sat on the board of Sheffield Forgemasters after this was acquired by MOD in 2021.