Jenny Harries

Jennifer Harries
Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency
In office
7 May 2021 – 31 May 2025
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Preceded byDido Harding (Acting)
Succeeded byDyfed Alsop (Acting)
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
In office
7 June 2019 – 31 March 2021
Serving with Jonathan Van-Tam (from 2017)
Aidan Fowler (from 2020)
Preceded byGina Radford
Succeeded byDr Thomas Waite (Interim)
Personal details
BornJennifer Margaret Harries
~1960
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
EducationHaberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
ProfessionPublic health physician
Websitegov.uk/government/people/jenny-harries
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Dame Jennifer Margaret Harries DBE is a retired British public health physician and civil servant. She was the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency and head of NHS Test and Trace from May 2021 until June 2025. She was previously a regional director at Public Health England, and then Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England from June 2019 until her UKHSA appointment in 2021.