Jonathan Mills CB MA MPhil

Jonathan Mills joined the Board of Governors in January 2022. He is also a member of the Finance and Performance Committee.

He is Director-General for Energy Supply at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, where he is responsible for ensuring that the UK’s energy system responds to the challenges posed by the global disruption of energy markets. Previously he was Director-General for Labour Market Policy and Implementation at the Department of Work and Pensions, where he was responsible for a wide range of programmes to help people into work.

He has worked in the Civil Service for more than twenty years, including more than ten years at HM Treasury and senior leadership roles at the Department of Energy and Climate Change and at the Cabinet Office. He has also worked in local government.

Jonathan was born and grew up in Leicestershire and went to school in Market Harborough and in Lutterworth. He brings to the board substantial experience of large-scale, complex leadership in public services as well as a firm belief in the potential of Leicester as a diverse, dynamic city.