Jenny Harries
Jennifer Harries | |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency | |
| In office 7 May 2021 – 31 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Dido Harding (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Dyfed 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 by | Gina Radford |
| Succeeded by | Dr Thomas Waite (Interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jennifer Margaret Harries ~1960 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Education | Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| Profession | Public health physician |
| Website | gov |
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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.