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FCDO Permanent Under Secretaries, Directors General, and Finance and Commercial Directors' meetings, April to June 2025
Updated 25 September 2025
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| Senior Official's Name | Date | Name of individual or organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Langrish | 07/04/2025 | Judge on European Court of Human Rights | Meeting to discuss European Court of Human Rights |
| Sally Langrish | 07/05/2025 | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Panel to discuss International Courts and New Global Challenges |
| Sally Langrish | 24/06/2025 | Supreme Court Judge | Introductory meeting to discuss international engagement. |
| Sally Langrish | 26/06/2025 | Chatham House | Roundtable to discuss Rule of Law |
| Owen Jenkins | 30/04/2025 | European Council on Foreign Relations | To discuss international policy issues |
| Owen Jenkins | 12/05/2025 | European External Action Service | To discuss Indo-Pacific policy issues |
| Owen Jenkins | 09/06/2025 | European Union Gulf Envoy | To discuss Gulf policy issues |
| Melinda Bohannon | 03/04/2025 | Leslie Maasdorp, British Investment Investment | Introductory meeting with CEO of BII, to discuss BII's current performance, proposals for their next strategy and FCDO's wider strategy on investment. |
| Melinda Bohannon | 30/04/2025 | Minouche Shafik | Discussion on Development Strategy in a 0.3% world |
| Melinda Bohannon | 08/05/2025 | Shell Foundation | Meeting to underline the importance of the Shell Foundation partnership with FCDO in the context of an ODA-constrained environment; establish how we can maximise the impact of the existing relationship as well as considering areas for expanding it. |
| Melinda Bohannon | 09/05/2025 | Children's Investment Foundation Fund | To discuss the future of financing development, and early ideas on how to convene thinkers to consider this. |
| Melinda Bohannon | 12/05/2025 | Centre for Global Development | Discussion the future of development assistance and an upcoming development leadership conference. |
| Melinda Bohannon | 13/05/2025 | Centre for Global Development | Discussion on CGD Europe and the future of development under 0.3 |
| Melinda Bohannon | 27/05/2025 | Prevail | Introduction to Prevail and discussion around potential partnership with the FCDO on education and private philanthropy. |
| Melinda Bohannon | 04/06/2025 | Care International; Internatinoal Rescue Committee; Action Aid; Plan Interational; ODI | Meeting with CEOs of Operational Agencies on Impacts of ODA cuts on Women and Girls |
| Melinda Bohannon | 10/06/2025 | Myles Wickstead | UK Development Cooperation discussion |
| Melinda Bohannon | 11/06/2025 | McKinsey | Discussion on a recently published McKinsey article on the impact of the ODA changes. |
| Melinda Bohannon | 13/06/2025 | ODI Global / Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Lunch Discussion - A small group of foundation CEOs for an informal exchange on the future of global development cooperation |
| Melinda Bohannon | 17/06/2026 | BOND | Discussion on how the government's comprehensive spending review will shape Bond's revised organisational strategy fo 2026-2030 |
| Melinda Bohannon | 18/06/2025 | Save the Children | Discussion on the current aid landscape, the FS conference on development/aid architecture, humantiarian reset and key humanitarian contexts |
| Melinda Bohannon | 20/06/2025 | Quadrature Climate Foundation | Discussion about the work being done at Quadrature Climate Foundation |
| Melinda Bohannon | 26/06/2025 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Discussion on a proposal around a Future of Development Cooperation Commission that reforms the cooperation architecture. |
| Deborah Bronnert | 02/05/2025 | Oxford University | To attend dahrendorf lecture |
| Deborah Bronnert | 05/05/2025 | Royal overseas League | To attend at ROSL dinner for Malta HC |
| Deborah Bronnert | 13/05/2025 | International Business and Diplomatic Exchange Reception | Networking event with European Think Tanks |
| Deborah Bronnert | 21/05/2025 | Canadian Pensions | Discuss Canada/EU/UK investment opportunities |
| Deborah Bronnert | 17/06/2025 | Michael Maclay | To Discuss France/Germany UK relations |
| Deborah Bronnert | 24/06/2025 | International Business and Diplomatic Exchange Business Chair Breakfast | To brief IBDE members on European policy |
| Deborah Bronnert | 29/04/2025 | Vodafone | To discuss EU/UK growth agenda and technology security |
| Harriet Mathews | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Oliver Robbins | 22/04/2025 | London School of Economics | To discuss International economic and environment strategy issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 24/04/2025 | Meta | To discuss information technology and foreign policy issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 25/04/2025 | Lord John Kerr | To discuss foreign policy issues with former UK Permanent Secretaries. |
| Oliver Robbins | 30/04/2025 | International Rescue Committee | To discuss global humanitarian relief operations. |
| Oliver Robbins | 08/05/2025 | Bain Capital | To discuss organisational change issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 14/05/2025 | World Resources Institute | To discuss global climate finance issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 15/05/2025 | Lord Mark Sedwill | To discuss foreign policy issues with former UK Permanent Secretaries. |
| Oliver Robbins | 21/05/2025 | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | To discuss global infrastructure investment issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 22/05/2025 | GSK plc | To discuss the European Round Table for Industry (ERT). |
| Oliver Robbins | 27/05/2025 | Silver Lake | To discuss digital change within the FCDO. |
| Oliver Robbins | 30/05/2025 | International for Bank of America | To discuss international macroeconomic issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 05/06/2025 | PwC | To discuss economic diplomacy and organisation change issues |
| Oliver Robbins | 06/06/2025 | FGS Global | Franco-British Colloque |
| Oliver Robbins | 11/06/2025 | Eurasia Group | To discuss geopolitics issues. |
| Oliver Robbins | 13/06/2025 | L'Arche UK | To discuss foreign policy issues with former UK diplomat. |
| Oliver Robbins | 24/06/2025 | Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | To discuss the work of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. |
| Oliver Robbins | 25/06/2025 | Family of Harry Dunn | To discuss the Harry Dunn Review. |
| Corin Robertson | 23/06/2025 | KMPG | Corin met with staff at KPMG to discuss the future of Corporate Services Transformation |
| Corin Robertson | 25/06/2025 | Mott Macdonald | Corin met with staff at Mott Macdonald to discuss international development |
| Corin Robertson | 18/06/2025 | Dr Phil Budden, Senior Lecturer, MIT | Corin met with Phil to discuss the future of technology at FCDO |
| Corin Robertson | 23/05/2025 | James Poynton | Corin spoke to James over teams to discuss personal development |
| Christian Turner | 07/04/2025 | Jonathan Goldstein | To discuss Geopolitics with business person |
| Christian Turner | 08/04/2025 | Peter Frankopan | To discuss Geopolitics with adademic |
| Christian Turner | 11/04/2025 | Alastair Fernie | To discuss Geopolitics with think tank |
| Christian Turner | 19/05/2025 | Rob Jeffery | To discuss Geopolitics with business person |
| Christian Turner | 23/05/2025 | John Sawers | To discuss Geopolitics with former civil servant |
| Christian Turner | 29/05/2025 | Neha Sanghrajka | To discuss Geopolitics with NGO |
| Christian Turner | 03/06/2025 | Nick Carter | To discuss Geopolitics with former army officer |
| Christian Turner | 04/06/2025 | Prof. Dapo Akande | To discuss Geopolitics with academic |
| Christian Turner | 04/06/2025 | Sir Mark Lyall Grant | To discuss Geopolitics with former civil servant |
| Christian Turner | 17/06/2025 | Mark Leonard | To discuss Geopolitics with think tank |
| Christian Turner | 24/06/2025 | John Bew | To discuss Geopolitics with academic |
| Tim Jones | 23/06/2025 | SGS College | To share experience on delivering public services |
| Gareth Nugent | 24/04/2025 | Deloitte LLP | To discuss handover from Colin Martin-Reynolds to Gareth Nugent. |
| Gareth Nugent | 18/06/2025 | Chemonics UK | Introduction to the new CEO of Chemonics |
| Beverley Jandziol | 14/04/2025 | British Expertise International; Strategy International | To discuss ongoing changes in the Sector, both in the UK and globally. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 16/04/2025 | Deloitte LLP | Preliminary meeting following up an email to the Foreign Secretary regarding his recent announcements at the BCC Driving International Trade Conference on a new series of business engagement activities. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 16/04/2025 | Jaguar Land Rover | Preliminary meeting following up an email to the Foreign Secretary regarding his recent announcements at the BCC Driving International Trade Conference on a new series of business engagement activities. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 16/04/2025 | GSK plc | Preliminary meeting following up an email to the Foreign Secretary regarding his recent announcements at the BCC Driving International Trade Conference on a new series of business engagement activities. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 28/04/2025 | Kroll | To discuss Crown Agents in liquidation. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 02/05/2025 | Vodafone | Preliminary meeting following up an email to the Foreign Secretary regarding his recent announcements at the BCC Driving International Trade Conference on a new series of business engagement activities. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 09/05/2025 | Mott MacDonald | Regular programme meeting with supplier. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 12/05/2025 | Salesforce Inc | A call to discuss presentation at Salesforce forum |
| Beverley Jandziol | 13/05/2025 | DT Global UK | Regular programme meeting with supplier. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 13/05/2025 | Odgers Berndtson UK | Regular programme meeting with supplier. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 10/06/2025 | Salesforce Inc | A presentation on behalf FCDO Commercial at forum |
| Beverley Jandziol | 17/06/2025 | Pricewaterhouse Coopers | A call to discuss business engagement |
| Beverley Jandziol | 18/06/2025 | Chemonics UK | Introduction to the new CEO of Chemonics |
| Beverley Jandziol | 23/06/2025 | KPMG UK | To discuss future of corporate services transformation. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 23/06/2025 | McKinsey | To discuss the recent findings from the McKinsey report. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 23/06/2025 | Adam Smith International | To discuss future of corporate services transformation. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 24/06/2025 | Oxford Policy Management | A call to discuss delivering UK Overseas Development Aid programme. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 26/06/2025 | Multiple Suppliers | Roundtable discussion with 18 suppliers to build on the discussions from previous roundtable and provide an opportunity for suppliers to raise any questions - a record of attendees available if required. |
| Beverley Jandziol | 27/06/2025 | Multiple Suppliers | Roundtable discussion with 28 suppliers following the recent Spending Review with FCDO sharing what we know so far and allowing us to answer any questions- a record of attendees available if required. |
| Jonathan Allen | 22/04/2025 | Paradox Partners | Jonathan had an external coaching session |
| Jonathan Allen | 08/05/2025 | Paradox Partners | Jonathan had an external coaching session |
| Jonathan Allen | 05/06/2025 | King's College London, University College London, Chatham House, The International Institute for Strategic Studies | Jonathan hosted a session with experts on Russia. |
| Jonathan Allen | 13/06/2025 | Paradox Partners | Jonathan had an external coaching session |
| Jenny Bates | 02/04/2024 | King's College London | Engagement with key stakeholders at shell regarding our work on growth and climate finance, and to discuss 0.3 reduction. |
| Jenny Bates | 09/04/2025 | City Of London | Engagment with Alderman from City of London to discuss future ways of working with FCDO |
| Jenny Bates | 07/05/2025 | London School of Economics | Engagement with key stakeholders at regarding our work on growth and climate |
| Jenny Bates | 11/06/2025 | Shell | Shell - China State Council Conference at Asia House |
| Jenny Bates | 26/06/2025 | NIESR | Board meetings with NIESR staff and other trustees in capacity as unpaid trustee |
| Nick Dyer | 02/04/2025 | Gates Foundation | Regular meeting to discuss global health issues including multilateral health replenishments. |
| Nick Dyer | 08/04/2025 | Danish Refugee Council; Nonviolent Peaceforce; MercyCorps; Right 2 Protection. | During official visit to Kyiv, dinner hosted by British Embassy Kyiv with humanitarian non-governmental organisations. To understand the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. |
| Nick Dyer | 09/04/2025 | International Committee of the Red Cross | To discuss humanitarian access and engagement with Ukraine and Russia. |
| Nick Dyer | 01/05/2025 | Baroness Shriti Vadera | To discuss international financial institutions issues. |
| Nick Dyer | 07/05/2025 | Gordon Brown | To discuss international finance issues. |
| Nick Dyer | 28/05/2025 | Gordon Brown | To discuss international finance issues. |
| Nick Dyer | 30/05/2025 | Children's Investment Fund Foundation | To discuss proposal for an International Development Conference. |
| Nick Dyer | 30/05/2025 | Christian Aid | To discuss locally-led humanitarian action issues. |
| Nick Dyer | 06/06/2025 | Wellcome Trust | To discuss system reform in the global health sector. |
| Nick Dyer | 07/06/2025 | Minouche Shafik | To discuss Official Development Assistance. |
| Nick Dyer | 17/06/2025 | International Rescue Committee | To discuss a range of development issues including development system financing, reform of the humanitarian system, and key humanitarian priorities. |
| Nick Dyer | 17/06/2025 | Education Cannot Wait | To discuss reform of the global education sector. |
| Nick Dyer | 24/06/2025 | Cities and Infrastructure for Growth; GreenCo; Western Power; Private Infrastructure Development Group; Tony Blair Institute | Dinner given by the British Embassy Lusaka during official visit to Lusaka. To see how a range of UK levers are delivering energy reform and catalysing private sector investment. |
| Nick Dyer | 26/06/2025 | Standard Chartered; Price Waterhouse Cooper; NMS Infrastructure; Tertiary Minerals; First Quantum Minerals | To discuss UK-Zambia business issues with Chief Executive Officers of Lusaka based UK businesses. |