Stephen Augustus Lovegrove (born 30 November 1966) is an English civil servant and presently the Chief Executive

Chief executive officer

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 of the Shareholder Executive

Shareholder executive

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 (part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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).

Early years

Lovegrove was born in 1966, the second child of John and Zenia Stewart Lovegrove. His father was a Warwickshire

Warwickshire

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 industrialist and entrepreneur. Lovegrove was educated at Warwick School

Warwick School

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 and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

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, where he was awarded a first class degree in English in 1989.

Previous career

Between 1990 and 1994 Lovegrove worked for Hydra Associates, a strategic media consultancy. In 1995, he joined Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (subsequently Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

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), where he remained until 2004 and became head of the European media team.

Civil Service career

In April 2004, he joined the Shareholder Executive, becoming acting Chief Executive on 27 June 2007 and Chief Executive on 18 April 2008. In that capacity, he was also appointed to the Board of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Lovegrove's annual remuneration for this role is £185,000.

Family

In 1997, Lovegrove married the screen-writer Kate Constantia Brooke. They have two daughters.

Sources

• Who's Who (2009 edition)
• | Shareholder Executive web-site (accessed on 22 April 2010)
• | L.O.C.O.G. web-site (accessed on 22 April 2010)