Sir Hayden Phillips (opens in new tab)

Senior civil servant regarded as the ‘mandarin’s mandarin’ who worked in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and at the European CommissionWho do you send for when the mountain of flowers left by mourners at the gates of Kensington Palace for Diana, Princess of Wales threatens to catch fire from the heat of its decomposition? Or when you need to persuade a thousand senior Whitehall officials that they can no longer park on Horseguards? Or set up a National Lottery? Take action o...