Overview
Terence Anthony Moran, CB (born 1960) is a British civil servant and public administrator. He was the Second Permanent Secretary in the Department for Work and Pensions (2012–13) and chief executive of the Disability and Carers Service (2004–07) and its successor, the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (2008–10).
Career
Early career
Born in 1960 into a working-class family from Rotherham, Moran joined HM Civil Service straight after finishing at a comprehensive school in 1977. He started work in a clerical role in the Department of Health and Social Security, but was eventually promoted into "delivery roles", before spending time working on policy; he was private secretary to Sir Nick Montagu (1990-91) and Sir Michael Bichard (1992-96). Moran eventually become an area manager in the Benefits Agency in 2001, before being appointed a regional director in Jobcentre Plus (which replaced the Benefits Agency) in 2002.
Senior civil servant
In 2004, he was appointed chief executive of the newly formed Disability and Carers Service; in the first year, he was paid a salary of £105,000–110,000. In July 2007, he moved to The Pension Service to succeed Alexis Cleveland as interim chief executive, serving until April 2008 when the agency was merged with the Disability and Carers Service into the Pension, Disability and Carers Service; he then became the chief executive of that agency, serving until November 2010. According to The Daily Telegraph, in 2010 he was earning between £155,000-159,000 a year in this role.
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