John Oliver Frank Kingman (born 24 April 1969) is a civil servant, and is the son of Sir John Frank Charles Kingman.
He was Second Permanent Secretary and managing director, public services and growth directorate at HM Treasury. On 3 November, 2008 he was appointed as chief executive of UK Financial Investments Limited.
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