After joining the Civil Service, he held a variety of posts at the HM Treasury, including Head of Private Finance Policy, and Principal Private Secretary to three Cabinet Ministers including Michael Portillo, both when Portillo was Chief Secretary to the Treasury and later as Secretary of State for Employment. Wanless later held senior positions within the Department for Education and Skills and its successor the including Director of School Performance and Reform and Director of Strategy and Communications.
Wanless was CEO of the Big Lottery Fund between February 2008 and May 2013 when he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). He is a non-executive director of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), which operates academy schools in South East England.
In July 2014, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that he would be leading a review into historical sex abuse claims.
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