Phil Wheatley

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Philip Martin Wheatley CB [1] (born 4 July 1948) [2] is a retired British civil servant, formerly the Director-General of the National Offender Management Service and before that, Director-General of HM Prison Service. [3]

Having attended Leeds Grammar School, Wheatley read law at the University of Sheffield, immediately joining the Prison Service as an officer in 1969 on graduation. [2] He worked in a variety of prisons before becoming Governor of HM Prison Hull in 1986. In 1990, he moved to headquarters, where he held a variety of operational management jobs.

On 1 March 2003, he was appointed Director-General of HM Prison Service, the first Director-General to have previously been a prison officer. On 1 April 2008, the Prison Service was merged with the National Probation Service to create the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), which he subsequently led as Director-General.

On 14 June 2004, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on the Queen's Birthday Honours list. [1] [4]

He retired in June 2010. Jack Straw, Justice Minister during Wheatley's time as Director General of NOMS, praised him as "an extraordinarily dedicated individual" with "a record of public service that is second to none". [5] Wheatley has since taken up employment as consultant to G4S, which operates prisons and justice services in the UK and elsewhere. [6] His successor is Michael Spurr who was previously the Chief Operating Officer of NOMS. [7] [8]

Phil Wheatley has two children.

Employment History

Preceded by Director-General
HM Prison Service
2003–2008		Succeeded by
Himself
As Director-General, National Offender Management Service
Preceded by
Himself
As Director-General, HM Prison Service
 Director-General
National Offender Management Service
2008–2010		Succeeded by
Michael Spurr
As Chief Executive, National Offender Management
Preceded by
Helen Edwards
As Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service

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  2. 1 2 Hutson, Graham; Siret, Mal (2007-09-04). "Locked into a numbers game". The Times. London. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Phil Wheatley". Organisation chart. HM Prison Service. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Top Honours for Prison Service Staff". Press release. HM Prison Service. 2004-06-14. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Civil Service Live Network: Prisons chief to retire". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  6. ↑ Doward, Jamie (2010-12-12). "Former Prison Service boss Phil Wheatley to work for private security firm". The Guardian. London.
  7. ↑ Crook, Francis (2010-03-22). "Notes from the NOMS conference". Howard League.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  8. ↑ Ford, Richard (2010-01-14). "The quiet revolution in the justice system". London: Times Online. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
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