Ruth Stanier is currently Director for Customs and Indirect Tax, and will take over her new role from interim Director General David Richardson on his planned retirement later this summer.
Stanier said that she was delighted to have the opportunity to help create the best possible tax, customs and payment systems for the UK.
“I’m keen that over the months ahead we go further in bringing customer insight to the heart of all our work on policy and design, and continue to strengthen our policy partnership with HM Treasury,” she said. “I’m really looking forward to discussing with teams across the group how we can best approach this next stage together and help make the group an even better place to work.”
Stanier joined HMRC as Director of Indirect Tax in March 2016, and has led on Customs and Indirect Tax since early 2017. Since joining the Civil Service in the 1990s, she has led a range of policy work in different departments including the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Transport and the Department of Health.
