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Ruth took up her position as the UK’s Deputy Head of Mission to Myanmar in March 2021. She was previously political officer in Myanmar from 2007 to 2011. Ruth’s diplomatic career has spanned over 15 years. Previous work has included...
Prior to assuming her role as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Riga in April 2018, Ruth worked as Economic and Prosperity Officer at the British Consulate General Istanbul. Ruth joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in...
Ruth joined HS2 in July 2021. She is a member of both the Executive Team, reporting directly to Chief Executive Mark Thurston, and the HS2 Board. Ruth will head up the new Commercial Directorate, where she will have responsibility for...
Dr. Ruth Wiseman has been Deputy Head of the Embassy in Sarajevo since August 2018. She has come to Sarajevo from Canberra, Australia, where she headed up the Foreign and Security Policy Team at the British High Commission. Her last...
Ruth Tomlinson is a Legal Director in Home Office Legal Advisers in the Government Legal Department. She leads the policing, crime and national security team, as well as being Legal Director for the Northern Ireland Office. Ruth qualified as a...
Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne became Directors General for Culture, Sport and Civil Society at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as a job-share in March 2021. They are responsible for arts, heritage and museums, tourism, the...
Ruth 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...
Ruth Bailey joined MHCLG on 4 March 2019 as Director for People, Capability and Change. Ruth was previously People Director at the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Katy Ransome is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Mali. Previously she was the Head of Gender and Conflict, in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation Directorate. Katy was Her Majesty’s British High Commissioner...
Polly Payne and Ruth Hannant became Directors General for Culture, Sport and Civil Society at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as a job-share in March 2021. They are responsible for arts, heritage and museums, tourism, the...
Madeleine Arnot was a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner from January 2019 to September 2023. Madeleine is Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education and Emeritus Fellow, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, and co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Global Human...
Regional TB centres of the Yangon and Mandalay Regions account for 65% of all notified RR-TB cases countrywide
Statement for the Special Rapporteur report on Myanmar, as delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.
Lindsy has been Resident British Commissioner to Antigua and Barbuda since October 2019. Her previous posting was as Consular Regional Manager for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Lindsy joined the FCDO in 2003...
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