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  • Steve McQuillan was appointed to the Authority Board in November 2010. He is currently the CEO of the listed UK Engineering group – Avingtrans plc. Career highlights: he was Director/CEO of the National Physical Laboratory (…

  • Steve joined Cefas in 2003, following a career in the electricity and gas retail sector. Steve was appointed as Operations Director on 1 August 2013.

  • Steve Morgan is Consular Regional Operations Manager for North Africa and HM Consul Morocco.

  • Steve Murphy holds several non-executive and advisory positions: AIF Rail Ltd – Owner DfT Operator Limited – non-executive director Irish Rail – non-executive Chair Network Performance Board – Chair HaslerRail (in their deve…

  • Steve O’Donoghue is our incoming Director of Corporate Services and joins us in February 2021. He has extensive experience in public sector finances, corporate governance, risk management and strategic HR and is a Fellow of …

  • Steve Oldfield was Director General, Commercial and Life Sciences at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) from 2019 to 2022. Steve was appointed Chief Commercial Officer at DHSC in 2017, joining from a career in t…

  • Steve began his career as a trainee planner having studied geography at Durham. He took a post graduate qualification and became an RTPI member in 1982. His early career was mostly in Development management in Epping Forest …

  • Steve Reece is a Chartered Mining Engineer and Fellow of IMMM. He is currently the Acting Siting and Engagement Director for Radioactive Waste Management Ltd. Over the last 25 years he has specialised in the field of using u…

  • Steve Riley became the interim IT Director General for the Department for Work and Pensions on 11 July 2014. Steve joined the former Department of Health and Social Security in 1974, straight from school, as a clerical offic…

  • Steve joined the IPO in 1991 and has held a number of operational and tribunal roles within the IPO. These roles covered patents, trade marks and designs, including as a Principal Hearing Officer deciding trade mark disputes…

  • Steve Rowe was a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care from March 2024 to January 2025. Steve is the former CEO of Marks and Spencer plc, having retired from the business in July 2022 after nearl…

  • Steve was on the NHS Top Leaders Programme and has most recently been Deputy Chief Executive at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. From 2011 to 2013 he was Chief Operating Officer for South Londo…

  • Steve has line management responsibility for centralised support services including finance, procurement, human resources, information governance and knowledge management. He has gained extensive experience of leading assura…

  • Until recently Steve was a Board member of Ofcom, the UK regulator responsible for digital communications. He set strategy for regulation in the UK, represented the UK internationally, was Ofcom’s Chief Technology Officer, a…

  • Steve Weiner was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Crown Commercial Service in September 2022 to chair its Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Steve has 8 years of board experience as a non-executive and is currently …

  • Steve Wilson has been reappointed as a non-executive director of the Coal Authority board from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. He is the managing director of wastewater service at Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and is responsible for …

  • Steven has been Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul since October 2020.  He is a career diplomat, who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1990. During his career, he has undertaken a wide range of roles and worked…

  • Steven Boyd was Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency from 2019 to 2023. Prior to the GPA, Steven was HMRC’s Estates Director delivering 13 major office buildings, planning the successful drawdown of a nationwide…

  • The Acting British High Commissioner Steven Chandler arrived in Fiji on 16 January 2013. Born in 1968, Steven joined the Diplomatic Service in 1987. He was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bangkok before comi…

  • Steven is the incoming CEO of Aldermore Bank, having recently stepped down as Group CEO of C. Hoare & Co, a leading UK Private Bank. Previously Steven was a Senior Executive at Barclays where he held a number of executiv…

  • Steven Dick died in Hungary on 24 March 2020 after contracting coronavirus. At the time, he was serving as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Budapest. Roles Dec 2019 to March 2020 Deputy British Ambassador…

  • Steven brings more than 30 years communications, media and digital experience having worked for BT since 1989 until retiring in 2021. His roles included leading teams across Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific focusing on glob…

  • Steven Mark Fisher was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova and took up his appointment at the beginning of September 2019. From 2009 to 2015, Mr Fisher served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Domi…

  • Steven is a Transformation Programme Manager at NHS England, leading work with Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and Trusts on Workforce Development, Transformation, Redesign and the Long-Term Workforce Plan. Before assuming th…

  • Steven Malby was the Interim Modern Slavery Envoy from May to October 2023. He is currently the Deputy Head of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Human Rights Department. Steven previously served as He…

  • Steven is an independent adviser on HMRC’s Customer Experience Committee. He is currently a Managing Director at InHealth, the largest independent medical diagnostic provider in the UK. Prior to that Steven was Vice Presiden…

  • Steven arrived in Quito as Deputy Head of Mission in May 2024. An experienced diplomat, he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2009 and has served in diverse roles in London and overseas. Prior to his current posti…

  • Steve O’Donoghue has been our Director of Corporate Services since February 2021 and was appointed an Executive Director of the Board in June 2021. He was our Interim Chief Executive from 14 March to 31 May 2025. Steve is pa…

  • Stewart Gilliland joined the DCLG board in December 2011and left in February 2013. Education Stewart studied business studies at the University of Sheffield and did the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard. Career Stewar…

  • Stewart is an experienced industrial leader with a reputation in leading business transformation both for recovery and growth. As someone who has invested in personal learning and development - coupled with an engineer’s int…

  • Stuart Anderson was Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) from 14 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 16 February 2023 to 14 November 2023 and …

  • Stuart was appointed to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in December 2021. Stuart qualified as a social worker 37 years ago and recently retired after 7 years as Director of Children’s Services in East Sussex Cou…

  • Stuart Gill OBE was appointed High Commissioner to Malta in April 2016 and took up his position in September 2016. Stuart began his career in the UK Government’s Department for Trade and Industry, before moving to the Foreig…

  • Stuart Howard is the Deputy Director of Legal and Information Assurance for the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG).

  • Previous career highlights include: Senior Director for Strategy, Communications and Advocacy, Competition and Markets Authority Partner at Brunswick Group LLP Special Adviser to the UK Prime Minister Head of Government Affa…

  • Stuart McMinnies is a non-executive board member of the Department for Education. He joined in May 2022. He is also Chair of the Department for Education’s Audit and Risk Committee. Stuart was a non-executive board member of…

  • Stuart Morgan joined Companies House in 1988 and is the Interim Director of Strategy and Communications. Stuart has a background in compliance, operational leadership and leading strategic change. He created and lead the int…

  • Stuart Payne was appointed as Chief Executive of the North Sea Transition Authority ( NSTA ) in January 2023, and has been part of the organisation since its creation in 2015, most recently as Director for Supply Chain, Deco…

  • Stuart Quickenden was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2017 to 2020. Stuart is the Managing Partner leading the Boston Consulting Group in the UK and Ire…

  • Stuart Rogers was appointed Chief Scientist, Cefas in August 2013. He joined the organisation in 1985 at the Lowestoft laboratory, working on the ecology and population dynamics of fish stocks in the southwest approaches. Af…

  • Stuart Skeates, appointed Director General for Strategic Operations on April 18, 2023, served in the Army for 34 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. Educated at the Judd School Tonbridge, King’s College London, and the …

  • Stuart Summers has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kuwait since August 2024. Before that, he was Head of the North Africa Unit in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), with responsibi…

  • Stuart joined High Speed Two Limited as Programme Development Director (Internal Sponsor) in March 2015 from KPMG where he spent four years as Director of the Major Projects Advisory practice. He has vast experience in provi…

  • Sue Baldwin was Regional Schools Commissioner for East of England and North-East London between 2017 and 2022. Before her appointment, Sue was the Department for Education’s Director for School Efficiency and the Director fo…

  • Sue Ferns is a Non-Executive Board Member of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ). Sue is Senior Deputy General Secretary at Prospect, the union for professionals. Her responsibilities in Prospect includ…

  • In May 2021 Sue returned to the Cabinet Office to take up the role of Second Permanent Secretary with responsibility for the Union and Constitution Directorate. Prior to that from 2018 to 2021 Sue served as the Permanent Sec…

  • Sue Higgins joined DCLG as Director General, Finance and Corporate Services on 1 August 2011. She also makes an invaluable contribution to our policy programme in localism and has worked on the review of local government fun…

  • Sue Husband was previously Head of Education for the UK at McDonald’s. She started her career with McDonald’s in 1987, as a 16-year-old crew member, whilst studying for A-levels. Sue went on to work in a variety of roles in …

  • Sue joined the Oil and Pipelines Agency ( OPA ) in October 2011 as the Human Resources Manager and is responsible for setting up the Human Resources function for the OPA . A human resources professional, with over 40 years’ …