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Defra's senior officials' meetings, January to March 2024
Updated 29 August 2024
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| Senior Official's Name | Date | Name of individual or organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Bettesworth | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Kate Smaldon | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Lucy Smith | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Christine Middlemiss | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| James Cruddas | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Mark Thompson | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Emma Campbell | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Christian Cubitt | 2024-02-01 | Water UK | Introduction meeting with Communications Director to build relationships and understand the current issues in the water sector. |
| Christian Cubitt | 2024-02-19 | Thames Water | Introduction meeting with Communications Directorto build relationships and understand the current issues in the water sector. |
| Christian Cubitt | 2024-02-22 | Southern Water | Introduction meeting with Corporate Affairs Directorto build relationships and understand the current issues in the water sector. |
| Toby Nation | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Tessa Jones | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-01-16 | Mike Lewis | Meeting to discuss approaches to Government innovation |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-01-17 | Jeremy Darroch | Meeting about the National Oceanography Centre |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-01-23 | UK Atomic Energy Authority Culham | Visit to learn about advances in Fusion at Culham |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-01-23 | Milk Development Council Animal Health | Meeting to discuss vaccine development and manufacture in the UK |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-01-24 | Zoological Society of London | Tour, meeting on badger, biodiversity, record digitisation |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-01-25 | UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) | Attandance at Decade Advisory Board |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-02-12 | UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre) | Discussion on sustainable business models for national and global biodiversity data |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-02-19 | Imperial College London | Roundtable discussion + dinner on the need for science in a carbon-constrained world |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-02-21 | University of Oxford | Talk & dinner on 'Why Governments need Scientists’ |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-02-28 | University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre | Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute talk at National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-03-05 | Imperial College London | Attended Imperial's Strategy Launch |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-03-06 | Roger Morgan-Grenville | Meeting to discuss the Independent Expert Assessment of Crustacean Mortality in the North-East of England |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-03-06 | Royal Society | Royal Society, City of London launch reception |
| Gideon Henderson | 2024-03-21 | Royal Society & Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences | Attend & speak at Royal Society & Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences bilateral meeting |
| Ceri Morgan | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-03 | Microsoft | Meeting to discuss supplier relationship, issues and engagement |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-10 | Amazon Web Services | Introductory meeting to discuss key takeaways from the re:Invent 2023 event, supplier relationship &support to existing challenges |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-11 | Microsoft | Meeting to discuss with supplier relationships and priorites |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-18 | Michael Page Recruitment Consultancy | Meeting to discuss transformation recruitment services offer |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-24 | DXC | To discuss supplier relationship, issues and engagement |
| Chris Howes | 2024-02-05 | IBM | IBM provided an a session their AI technology |
| Chris Howes | 2024-02-06 | Gartner | Meeting to discuss supplier relationship, issues and engagement |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-06 | Multiverse | Meeting to discuss how Multiverse help public bodies deliver on their digital/data strategies |
| Chris Howes | 2024-03-01 | Gartner | Meeting to discuss platform engineering |
| Chris Howes | 2024-01-12 | Global Resourcing | Meeting to discuss Global Resourcing supporting recruitment on a wider scale |
| Chris Howes | 2024-03-06 | Gartner | Meeting to undertake a review supplier services provided by the supplier |
| Chris Howes | 2024-03-28 | Kyndryl | Introductory meeting to discuss supplier services and current engagement |
| Jenny Stewart | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gerry Kaspers | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| James Greenway | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Victoria Moore | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Iain King | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Colin Banno Thornton | 2024-01-03 | Faculty AI | Initial meeting to discuss their service offering |
| Colin Banno Thornton | 2024-01-16 | Gartner | Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs internal Platform Engineering meeting on our current practices |
| Colin Banno Thornton | 2024-01-24 | Hitachi Solutions | Intial meeting to discuss their service offer |
| Colin Banno Thornton | 2024-01-02 | Cognizant | Delivery Strategy Workshop on their service offer |
| Colin Banno Thornton | 2024-03-20 | Cognizant | Meeting to undertake a review supplier services provided by the supplier |
| Colin Banno Thornton | 2024-03-21 | CapGemini | Supplier providing update on progress to date on the future grants project |
| Emma Bourne | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Chris Hobley | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Clare Jeffreys | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Colin Dingwall | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sally Randall | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Einav Ben-Yehuda | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Edd Parry | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Rebecca Shrubsole | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Dianne Jeans | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| David Hill | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Deborah Hankins | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Edward Barker | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sebastian Catvosky | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| David Hallam | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gabrielle Edwards | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Mike Rowe | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Andrea Ledward | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gareth Baynham-Hughes | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-01-18 | Správca Zálohového Systému | Discussion about the Slovak system administrator’s development |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-01-18 | Slovak Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Environment | Discussion about relevant environmental policy areas related to UK and Slovakia |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-01-23 | Anglian Water; Bristol Water; Northumbrian Water; Pennon; Severn Trent; Southern Water; SW Water; Thames Water; United Utilities; Water UK; Wessex Water; Yorkshire Water. | Water Company Rountable |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-01-30 | Blavatnik School of Government | Catch up meeting on third sector work |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-02-08 | Sheffield City Council | Discussion about energy recovery from waste |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-02-20 | Institute of Grocery Distribution | Discussion about farming and government policies |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-02-20 | UK Hospitality | Discussion about farming and government policies |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-02-20 | National Farmers Union | Discussion about farming and government policies |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-02-22 | National Institute of Agricultural Botany | Discussion about funding for innovation in agriculture |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2024-03-11 | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board | Introductory meeting with new CEO |