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  • Sigurd Reinton was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at Monitor on 1 January 2012. Until 2013, Sigurd was a director of NATS Holdings, which provides the air traffic control services for UK and North Atlantic airspace, a…

  • Silla Maizey was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the CCS in September 2015. She was formerly Managing Director of British Airways Gatwick and also held executive roles as Customer Director, Procurement Director and sen…

  • Simeon Onaji took up the position of UK Deputy Head of Mission and Development Counsellor to Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros in May 2026. Prior to that, he served as First Secretary Development at the British Embassy…

  • Simon was a police officer for 35 years, the last 8 as the Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary. Simon was also the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for child protection during which time he led the law enforcement re…

  • Simon Ball was appointed as a non-executive director of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in July 2023. As well as sitting on the departmental board, Simon has been appointed to chair the department’s Audit and Ris…

  • Simon Banham joined the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in the Netherlands as Head of Investment in 2013. He has held the position of Country Director, Netherlands since 2021. Simon is responsible for leading the pro…

  • Simon has a strong background in international shipping, as his abbreviated career history shows below: 1974-1990 Shell Tankers UK Ltd (culminating as Master) 1990-1996 Crescent Shipping Ltd – General Manager 1996-2006 Stena…

  • Simon Barrett was appointed Executive Director for Communications, Private Office, Parliament and Legislation at the Ministry of Justice in September 2025   Simon has previously worked as:   Director of Communications in the…

  • Simon Baugh was appointed the Chief Executive of Government Communications in October 2021. He has twenty years’ experience in strategy and communications roles in the public and private sectors. His previous roles include: …

  • Simon Baynes was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State jointly at the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office between 8 July 2022 and 8 September 2022.

  • Simon joined us as our first CEO in December 2018. His experience ranges from the early stage development of Crossrail to the innovative delivery of Heathrow Express and most recently as Programme Director for the £5 billion…

  • Simon joined the Prison Service in 1986 as a forensic psychologist at what is now HMP Northumberland. His roles since then have included: Head of Resettlement and Psychology for Thames Valley and Hampshire Deputy Director an…

  • Simon Bowen is the Interim Chair for Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N), having previously been appointed as Industry Adviser to lead the set-up of the organisation. Simon started his career as an engineering officer in …

  • Simon Bowles was appointed in March 2009 and brings a wealth of experience having worked for a number of large global businesses. He was previously chief financial officer at Fiberweb and has held various senior financial po…

  • Simon Boyden was appointed as British High Commissioner to Eswatini in May 2021 and took up his role in July. Previously Simon was Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from January 2019 to February 2021. He was P…

  • Simon Burton has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British High Commission Port Moresby since August 2016.

  • Simon Case was Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service from September 2020 to 15 December 2024. Before this he was appointed Permanent Secretary at No10, focusing on Covid-19 and the response to the pandemic. He has …

  • Simon Century is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Housing Bank, having joined Homes England in 2025 as Chief Investment Officer. He is responsible for leading the Bank’s investment strategy and partnerships to acc…

  • Simon Chesterman joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in January 2014 as the CNC ’s deputy chief constable and was promoted to chief constable on 1 April 2019. He is also the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead expert on a…

  • Simon Cholerton joined the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) in 1993 after completing his PhD in Physics at Cambridge University. His career has spanned defence research, international relations, operational policy and equipment a…

  • Simon Claydon is the Director of Civil Service Pay, Policy and Pensions at the Cabinet Office. Simon was previously, from June 2021 to May 2023, the Director of People, Capability and Change at the Department for Levelling U…

  • Simon Collins is the Chairman and Senior Partner at KPMG. Mr Collins has a background in investment banking (with SG Warburg and NatWest Markets) and in debt markets, particularly with large corporate loans and buy-outs.

  • Mr Simon Collis CMG joined the FCO in 1978 and after studying Arabic has served mainly in the Middle East and South Asia. His first posting was to Bahrain. He has been British Ambassador to Iraq, Syria and Qatar. He was Brit…

  • Simon David Tonge has been British High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea since 20 July 2014. Prior to this appointment he was British Ambassador to Ivory Coast. Simon Tonge joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Septe…

  • Simon Devonshire has worked for a number of prestigious corporate businesses across a diverse range of industries – from fmcg (Heinz, Spillers); travel (Thomas Cook) retail (The Post Office, Total petrol); and telco (Virgin …

  • Simon joined Dstl as Chief Operating Officer in November 2024. Before he joined Dstl , Simon worked in various roles within defence and wider government, including: service and programme delivery experience in the Defence In…

  • Simon Dow is former interim chair and member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. He is also the Executive Chair of the London Housing Foundation, a charitable body that supports agencies working to reduce street…

  • Simon Earwicker was appointed Division Head of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Sciences ( CBR ) Division in April 2015. Simon joined the Civil Service in 1992 as a Scientific Officer and has wide experience within Dstl…

  • Simon Evans worked as a chief officer in the magistrates’ courts service, and served as a justices’ chief executive and a justices’ clerk in Cumbria. He subsequently took office as the first Area Director of Her Majesty’s Co…

  • Simon was the interim Head of the Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Organisation (DSO). During that time, he maintained his previous role as DSO’s Director Operations and Security. Previous roles in D…

  • Simon Featherstone, CMG was British High Commissioner to Malaysia from October 2010 until his death in service in August 2014. Career at Foreign & Commonwealth Office Consul General Shanghai (1994-96) and Political and E…

  • Simon Fell is the Prime Minister’s Anti-Fraud Champion. He was appointed to the role on 13 December 2023 in succession to Anthony Browne. Before being elected as Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness, Simon was Strateg…

  • Sept 2009 - : HM Consul-General, British Consulate-General Osaka July 2006: Deputy Director Trade & Investment & Head Advanced Engineering, British Embassy Tokyo Jan-May 2006: Refresher Japanese language training, FC…

  • Self-taught artist, photographer, filmmaker and broadcaster Simon Frederick was born in London to Grenadian parents. His photographs made history when his collection entitled ‘Black Is The New Black’ became the largest acqui…

  • Simon joined the RAIB in 2004 and was Deputy Chief Inspector from 2009 to 2015. His previous railway career included: six years as the Head of Operations and Safety with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (later to become HS1); te…

  • Simon Fryer joined the Department for Education in January 2013 as Deputy Director for Human Resources Strategy & Business Partners. In November 2014, following a cross-government competition, he was appointed Director o…

  • Simon joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1990 as a Communications specialist. 1993 - 1996 Seconded to the Cabinet Office 1997 - 1998 Western European Department, Nordic section and Nazi Gold conference unit 1998…

  • Simon joined the Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd Board in September 2019 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is an accomplished executive and non-executive with a focus on people and transformation. Simon enjoys st…

  • Simon Hall, Director for EU Exit and Trade, APHA, joined in June 2011. His previous roles include: Veterinary Director for APHA Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland roles at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Af…

  • Simon Harley – is Professor of Lower Crustal Processes in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. An international expert on the evolution of continental crust, his research integrates geological mapping wi…

  • Simon Hayes joined HM Land Registry as the Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar on 11 November 2019. Simon replaced Mike Harlow who has been Acting Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar since January 2019. Simon joine…

  • Simon Henry was a Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of the Defence Audit Committee from January 2018 to April 2022. He has over 30 years’ experience working within manufacturing, marketing and finance at Royal Dutch Shell…

  • Simon Hoare was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024.

  • Simon Hughes is GDF Executive Director at Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), with over thirty years’ experience leading and regulating infrastructure across the nuclear, water and environment sectors. Formerly NWS Director of Com…

  • Simon was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in July 2022. Career Simon has more than thirty years’ experience in commercially oriented Board-level finance and risk roles. He has held roles within large private…

  • Simon Judge joined the civil service in 1985. He spent the first half of his career in a variety of roles in HM Treasury, ranging from water privatisation to running the Treasury’s own Information Services team. Since then h…

  • Simon Kendall began his career with the British government in 1996 and has extensive experience of policy-making in both the international trade and domestic security sectors. His first position with UK Export Finance was fo…

  • Simon Kirby served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) from July 2016 until June 2017. He was elected as the MP for Brighton Kemptown in May 2010. Education Simon has a BSc(Hons) degree in Mathematical Mode…

  • Simon Lebus became the interim Chief Regulator of Ofqual on 1 January 2021. He has a wealth of experience in education technology and curriculum delivery, most notably as Chief Executive of Cambridge Assessment from 2002 to …