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Aaron Bell was appointed Assistant Government Whip on 14 November 2023.
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Aarti Thakor joined the Charity Commission’s legal services directorate in 2008. Up to April 2018 she was head of legal compliance, providing advice on the highest risk and most complex investigations into charities and othe…
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Abda Sharif OBE was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen in September 2023. Abda joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (now Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) in 2003, working in the …
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Abi Tierney was appointed Director General, HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration in February 2020. Abi is Director General leading customer services and was appointed to the role of Home Office Ethics Adviser in J…
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Abigail Seager was appointed Director of the Authorisations, VMD in May 2018. Since 2016 Abigail has been Head of the EU Exit and International Office at the VMD. Before this, from 2006, she was Head of the General Assessmen…
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Abigail Seager was previously appointed as Director of the Authorisations, VMD in May 2018. Since 2016 Abigail has been Head of the EU Exit and International Office at the VMD. Before this, from 2006, she was Head of the Gen…
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Abisola comes from a software development background and has experience in digital delivery within the public and private sector as well as in the tech startup scene in Africa. In government, Abisola has previously worked wi…
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Adam Bye was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa in September 2020. Adam has served in a number of diplomatic roles. These include Deputy Director in Americas Directorate covering relations with the US, Canada…
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Adam Drury arrived in Kigali in 2020 and became Deputy High Commissioner in 2022. He has previously been posted to Nigeria, where he worked on conflict and security issues. Adam joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Developme…
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Adam is Co-Head of UKEF’s Business Group, with particular responsibility for large corporate and buyer financing, and international origination across all sectors. Adam is also a member of the Executive Committee. Adam has…
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Adam Holloway was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. He was previously Assistant Government Whip between 8 July 2022 and 20 September 2022.
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Adam was appointed Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Hungary in April 2015. He joined the FCO in 2007 (after previously working for the Ministry of Defence) and has carried out consular work in Madrid and comm…
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Adam Marshall was appointed non-executive director of the Trade Remedies Authority in June 2021. He currently works across a portfolio of business roles, including senior advisor positions with HSBC UK and the Chartered Mana…
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Adam Sambrook is the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bucharest. He took up his assignment in April 2014. Adam Sambrook joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2001, with his first role as Desk Of…
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Adam was previously Executive Director of Provider Sustainability at Monitor, the healthcare sector regulator whose responsibilities transferred to NHS Improvement on 1 April 2016. He joined Monitor in August 2015. He has 23…
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Adam is currently the Chairman of Digital Radio UK, and sits on the board of Bletchley Park and The Sixteen (one of the UK’s leading choral groups). Adam has worked in broadcasting and telecoms in the UK, US, France and Japa…
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Adam was formally appointed CEO and Comptroller General in December 2022 (having been Interim CEO from September 2022). Previously, Director for Business and International Policy, and a member of the IPO’s Board, Adam was re…
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Adele Downey was the Chief Executive at the Disclosure and Barring Service. She was also an executive member of the DBS board. Adele took on this role at the DBS in June 2016. Before this role Adele held a variety of differe…
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Educated at Bromsgrove School, Ben Key joined the Royal Navy in 1984 as a University Cadet, subsequently graduating in Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London. He qualified as both helicopter aircrew and as a Princ…
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George Zambellas was educated in Zimbabwe, and at Stowe and Southampton University, graduating in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He joined the Royal Navy in 1980 from the aerospace industry and qualified as a pi…
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Sir Mark Stanhope was appointed as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, the professional head of the Royal Navy, in 2009. He is responsible to the Secretary of State for the fighting effectiveness, efficiency and morale …
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Born in Bebington, Cheshire and educated at Birkenhead School, he joined the Royal Navy in 1978 and, after training at BRNC Dartmouth, he read for a degree in Geography at Mansfield College, Oxford. His Fleet training, follo…
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Tim Fraser was educated at Lord Williams’ School in Oxfordshire and joined the Royal Navy in 1982. A surface warfare officer, he has had the privilege of commanding 4 ships: the patrol craft HMS Archer (1989 to 1991); the T4…
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Admiral Sir Tony Radakin is the professional head of the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces and principal military adviser to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Defence. Appointed Chief of the Defence Staff in Novembe…
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Adrian Belton became Chair of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Board on 1 August 2019. Adrian was Chief Executive of the Government’s Food and Environment Research Agency ( FERA ) from 2009 to 2014, havin…
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Adrian Davis was Governor of Montserrat from April 2011 to August 2015. His previous postings have been in Bangladesh, Thailand, Egypt, the Philippines, and China. Mr Davis is married with two grown up children, one living i…
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Adrian Hannell was appointed Interim Director of Finance and Digital at the Legal Aid Agency in September 2017. He joined the Legal Aid Agency in April 2016 as Deputy Director of Finance. Before that, Adrian worked as financ…
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A graduate from the University of Northumbria with a First-class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Adrian is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and has a Licence in Manufacturin…
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Adrian was appointed as a Non-Executive Director for the Home Office until January 2020.
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Adrian Lee arrived in Baku in December 2011 to assume the role of Deputy Head of Mission, however, since April 2013 has been Chargé d’Affaires. During the course of his career Adrian has served in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Brazil…
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Adrian Long became Director of Corporate Affairs for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) in February 2020. Adrian was previously Director of People, Communications and Engagement at DVSA from 2017 to 2020. He jo…
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Adrian Masters joined PHE from NHS Improvement as Director of Strategy on 1 July 2016. Adrian’s prior roles include: Managing Director of Sector Development (which covered responsibility for pricing, policy, economics and kn…
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Adrian joined the Planning Inspectorate Board in October 2023. Adrian joined British Land as Head of Planning following his time working for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council, as Chief Planner at Dartford …
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Adrian Scott was appointed Director, Electronic Monitoring at the National Offender Management Service (now HMPPS) in October 2015 and has more recently taken on additional responsibility as Director for the Prison Reform Po…
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Adrian joined the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in 2005 from British Nuclear Fuels Limited. His career has included strategic roles in research and development and technology; project delivery; commercial and finance bot…
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Adrian Tucker joined Homes England in July 2021 as the Chief Information and Data Officer, he also has Executive responsibility for the agency’s Evolve programme, which seeks to evolve the Homes England digital services land…
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Adriènne Kelbie CBE is the independent Chair of Nuclear Waste Services ( NWS ). She brings sector experience from her role as Chief Executive of the Office for Nuclear Regulation, the UK’s nuclear safety regulator where she …
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Ady Dike was appointed to the Agency Board in February 2021. She is an enterprise agile architect and coach who supports leaders to align and execute strategy in line with organisational goals. Ady has over two decades’ expe…
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Aftab is a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. Aftab Chughtai MBE is an accomplished business professional and respected community leader with more than 30 years of experience in the private and p…
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Aidan Liddle, UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. He was appointed Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in July 2018. He joined the Fo…
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Aileen is an award-winning communications director with a career spanning both the public and private sectors. She brings with her a wealth of experience, having held directorships at the Government’s innovation Agency, Inno…
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Her Excellency Ailsa Terry CMG started as the British High Commissioner to Malaysia in August 2023 in succession to Charles Hay MVO. Before taking up the post of High Commissioner, Ms Terry was the Director of the FCDO’s ina…
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot in 1977 and after flying training, joined No 72 Squadron, flying Wessex helicopters, beginning an association with the Support Helicop…
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Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston CBE ADC is the Chief of the Air Staff, in command of the Royal Air Force, leading a Whole Force of some 35,000 Regular and Reserve personnel, and 5,000 Civil Servants, supported by thousands of…
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Brought up in Derbyshire and educated at the local Secondary School, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton joined the Royal Air Force in 1988 as a University Cadet and studied Engineering at Clare College Cambridge. He spen…
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Sir Stephen was appointed in 2009 as Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the Royal Air Force. He joined the RAF in 1976 and his career includes: appointment as Director of Air Operations in MOD in 2002 promotion…
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier was the Chief of the Air Staff from July 2016 to July 2019. Prior to assuming his current appointment in July 2016, he was the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability) in the …
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Lord Peach was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the Western Balkans in December 2021. Previously Lord Peach was the 32nd Chairman of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO )…