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<p><b>Peter Thomas Marshall Hill</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">CVO</a></span></span> is a British <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">civil servant</a> and a former <a href="/wiki/Special_advisers_(UK_government)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special advisers (UK government)">political advisor</a>. He was appointed CEO of the 26th <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="United Nations Climate Change Conference">United Nations Climate Change Conference</a> of the Parties (<a href="/wiki/COP26" class="mw-redirect" title="COP26">COP26</a>) in September 2019, having previously been <a href="/wiki/Principal_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill worked within <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" title="Peter Mandelson">Peter Mandelson's</a> and his successor <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ashton" title="Catherine Ashton">Catherine Ashton's</a> cabinet when they were the <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner_for_Trade" title="European Commissioner for Trade">European Trade Commissioner</a> between 2006 and 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party's</a> return to government in 2010, Hill worked in the office for security and counter-terrorism when <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> was <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Hill moved from the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> to work in the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign Office</a> as the Director of Strategy to three former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Foreign Secretaries</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>, Theresa May, appointed Peter Hill as her Principal Private Secretary in May 2017 following his predecessor <a href="/wiki/Simon_Case" title="Simon Case">Simon Case's</a> appointment as the Director General for the UK-EU Partnership, to coordinate the process of the consequences of invoking <a href="/wiki/Article_50_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union">Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill resigned after Boris Johnson's election as May's successor on 24 July 2019, but remained in the post until his successor was announced.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">Commander of the Royal Victorian Order</a> (CVO) in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Birthday_Honours" title="2020 Birthday Honours">2020 Birthday Honours</a> for services to the Royal Household.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a 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