Moira Wallace

Moira Paul Wallace, OBE (born 15 August 1961) is a former British civil servant and academic administrator.

[1] Until October 2012 she was the first Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, having moved from her role as Director General of the Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group the Home Office in November 2008.

[2] Wallace was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on 13 November 2008.

[3] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours in August 1997.

[4] It was rumoured that her departure was prompted by the conflicting views of various politicians in charge of the DECC, especially over subsidies for renewable energy, and promoting the continued use of gas (most controversially from fracking).