{{Short description|Former British civil servant}} {{Infobox person | name = Jill Rutter | image = Rutter MIK4537-edited.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Civil servant | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | mother = | father = | children = | alma_mater = Somerville College, Oxford }} '''Jill Rutter''' is a former British civil servant. She is a senior research fellow of UK in a Changing Europe, and was previously the programme director at the Institute for Government (IfG) directing the organisation's work on better policy making and Brexit. She has written a number of reports on civil service and the implications of Brexit for Whitehall and Westminster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukandeu.ac.uk/experts/|title=Experts|website=UK in a changing Europe|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/andrew-castle/brexit-what-happens-boris-johnson-letters-eu/|title=Brexit: What Happens Now That Boris Johnson Has Sent Those Letters To The EU?|website=LBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>
Rutter's writing is frequently in the media and she is a regular commentator on radio and television.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2019/oct/23/yeah-but-no-but-politics-weekly-podcast|title=Yeah but, no but: Politics Weekly podcast|last1=Stewart|first1=Presented by Heather|date=2019-10-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-11-07|last2=Toynbee|first2=with Polly|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Walker|first3=Peter|last4=Rutter|first4=Jill|last5=Stephens|first5=Tom McTague Produced by Danielle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/person/jill-rutter|title=Jill Rutter|date=2013-10-28|website=The Institute for Government|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47338534|title=Ministers spend £100m on Brexit help|last=Young|first=Rob|date=2019-02-22|access-date=2019-11-07|language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Education == Rutter studied philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Somerville College Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/event/house-of-lords-dinner/|title=House of Lords Dinner – Somerville College Oxford|website=www.some.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> She speaks English, German, Spanish and French.
== Career == From 1978 until 1997, Rutter worked for HM Treasury. Her roles included Press Secretary to the Chancellor, Head of Treasury Communications, and Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary. At that time, Rutter was also working on areas such as tax, local government finance, and debt and export finance. From 1998 until 2003 Rutter worked for BP plc. Her roles included Performance Manager for Retail Iberia Business Unit, Integration Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, and Communications and Engagement Director for the Strategic Accounts team in London. From 2004 until 2009, Rutter was Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<ref>{{Citation|title=Presenting Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development, DEFRA| date=9 April 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllGz3NYJVw|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> From 2009 till 2019, Rutter was Programme Director of the Institute for Government. Since 2019, Rutter has worked for UK in a Changing Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jill-rutter|title=Jill Rutter - The Guardian|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/speaker/jill-rutter/|title=Jill Rutter|website=Battle of Ideas 2019|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-07|archive-date=2019-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107191117/https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/speaker/jill-rutter/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Selected works == *[https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Read%20before%20burning.pdf ''Read before Burning: Arm's Length government for a new administration''] (July 2010), with Tom Gash et al. *''Policy Making in the Real World'' (April 2011), with Michael Hallsworth and Simon Parker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Policy%20making%20in%20the%20real%20world.pdf|title=Policy Making in the Real World|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> *''Devolution as Policy Laboratory'' (January 2016), with Akash Paun and Anna Nicholl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Alliance%20Policy%20Laboratory%20paper%20v3.pdf|title=Devolution as Policy Laboratory|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
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