Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender KCB (25 February 1949 – 4 November 2021) was a British civil servant, who served as the Permanent Secretary of three departments, two of which were re-organised whilst he was at their helm.

Having returned briefly to DTI to lead the regional development directorate in 1993, in 1994 Bender was promoted to Deputy Secretary, heading the European Secretariat.

[2] MAFF was renamed and expanded to form the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2001, which he led until 2005, being replaced by Dame Helen Ghosh.

[1] Sir Brian was a governor of Dulwich College since 2009, a trustee of Lloyd's Register Foundation from 2013, and a non-executive Director of Pool Re and of the Financial Reporting Council each from 2014.

[1] Bender was appointed twice to the Order of the Bath; originally, a Companion (CB), and later as a Knight Commander (KCB) in the 2003 Birthday Honours.