Sir Robin Urquhart Young, KCB (born 7 September 1948) is a British retired civil servant.
[2] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Between July 1997 and May 1998, he was Head of Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, Cabinet Office.
From June 2001 to March 2005, he was Permanent Secretary at the Department of Trade & Industry.
[2][4][5] After leaving the Civil Service in 2005, he went into business and was chairman at Dr Foster Intelligence,[1] East of England International (EEI),[6] Apex Communications,[7] Circle Anglia,[8] and A4e.