Dame Antonia Romeo DCB
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-14)

Antonia Romeo became the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office in April 2025, with responsibility for delivering the safer streets mission, secure borders, immigration and passports, homeland security, and protecting vulnerable people. Before this Antonia was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice for 4 years, with responsibility for criminal justice, prison and probation services, courts, legal services, and constitutional policy. Before that she was Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade with responsibility for trade policy, trade negotiations and market access, trade promotion and finance, inward and outward business investment, and the GREAT campaign. Antonia joined the Civil Service in 2000 as a professional economist following an early career in the private sector at strategic consultancy firm Oliver Wyman. She has held several senior roles in government, including: Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York and Director General Economic and Commercial Affairs USA, and Special Envoy to the US technology companies, based in New York Director General and Head of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, responsible for co-ordinating policy advice to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, and delivery of the Prime Minister’s top priorities Director General, Criminal Justice at the Ministry of Justice ( MOJ ), responsible for all criminal justice policy and major programmes Director General, Transformation at MOJ , responsible for reform and savings programmes, strategy, digital services, communications, group HR and group estates Executive Director, Enterprise and Reform at Cabinet Office, responsible for reforming the government’s governance and board model, working with businesses Antonia sits on the Civil Service Board and is Chair of the Senior Leadership Committee. Antonia holds an MA (PPE) from Oxford University, an MSc (Economics) from the London School of Economics, and an Advanced Management Programme diploma from Columbia Business School.

Antonia Romeo became the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office in April 2025, with responsibility for delivering the safer streets mission, secure borders, immigration and passports, homeland security, and protecting vulnerable people.

Before this Antonia was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice for 4 years, with responsibility for criminal justice, prison and probation services, courts, legal services, and constitutional policy. Before that she was Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade with responsibility for trade policy, trade negotiations and market access, trade promotion and finance, inward and outward business investment, and the GREAT campaign.

Antonia joined the Civil Service in 2000 as a professional economist following an early career in the private sector at strategic consultancy firm Oliver Wyman.

She has held several senior roles in government, including:
- Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York and Director General Economic and Commercial Affairs USA, and Special Envoy to the US technology companies, based in New York
- Director General and Head of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, responsible for co-ordinating policy advice to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, and delivery of the Prime Minister’s top priorities
- Director General, Criminal Justice at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), responsible for all criminal justice policy and major programmes
- Director General, Transformation at MOJ, responsible for reform and savings programmes, strategy, digital services, communications, group HR and group estates
- Executive Director, Enterprise and Reform at Cabinet Office, responsible for reforming the government’s governance and board model, working with businesses
Antonia sits on the Civil Service Board and is Chair of the Senior Leadership Committee.

Antonia holds an MA (PPE) from Oxford University, an MSc (Economics) from the London School of Economics, and an Advanced Management Programme diploma from Columbia Business School.