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  • Mr Stephen Charles Hitchen is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to this appointment, Stephen was Ambassador to The Republic of Iraq from July 2023 to February 2025. Before July 2023 he performed …

  • Stephen Hughes joined HS2 in April 2019, being a highly experienced local government leader, having served as Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council for nearly 10 years. Stephen previously held an executive role at Brent…

  • Steve is Actuarial Director responsible for Quality, Compliance and Risk. He is a member of GAD’s Management Board and Executive. He provides Management Board oversight of the Insurance and Investment team. Steve joined GAD …

  • Stephen joined the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) after 10 years’ experience in the biotechnology industry, latterly as Research Director of Cantab Pharmaceuticals. From 1980 to 1990 he was a…

  • Stephen Jack was appointed as Chairperson of the Independent Living Fund’s board of trustees in April 2007. Stephen is a chartered accountant who has held senior management positions in a number of international financial se…

  • Stephen Kelly was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Government and Head of the Efficiency and Reform Group in September 2012. Stephen has been on the board and held executive roles at UK FTSE and US NASDAQ companies. He …

  • Stephen became a Senior Director in Immigration Enforcement in March 2014. He has been a civil servant since 1985, and has held policy, strategy and finance roles at the Cabinet Office, Department for Education and on second…

  • Stephen Kinnock was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 8 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Aberafan Maesteg in July 2024.

  • Stephen is Chief Land and Development Officer for Homes England. He leads the Development Directorate, with the agency now one of the largest land and master developers in the country. He has strong commercial and profession…

  • Stephen Lightfoot became the Chair of the MHRA on 1 September 2020, having been a Non-Executive Director of the agency since September 2015. He is also Chair of the NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB) and was previously t…

  • Mr Stephen Lillie CMG became the Director for Defence and International Security at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in September 2022. A senior career diplomat, Stephen has extensive experience of c…

  • Stephen has a background in education, working in a range of schools and a university school of education before joining Ofsted. At Ofsted, he initially focused on the inspection of schools causing concern, before gaining ex…

  • Stephen Marston spent most of his professional career working in the education service, particularly higher and further education.  He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire from 2011 to 2023.  He was elect…

  • Stephen Martin joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable on 9 May 2022. He had previously been a police officer in Northern Ireland for nearly 34 years, retiring as the T/Deputy Chief Constable in Janua…

  • Mr Stephen McCormick was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He joined the FCO in 1990 and has held several posts, most recently the Deputy Head of Mission in Baku, Azerbaijan. Stephen has two children. 2015 Deputy Head of Mi…

  • Stephen joined the SIA in January 2009 as interim Director of Service Delivery. Career Stephen was previously the Director of Strategy and Business Development for Shared Services at the Home Office. He led the design and cr…

  • Stephen McPartland was Minister of State (Minister for Security) between 7 July 2022 and 6 September 2022. He was elected Conservative MP for Stevenage in May 2010. Stephen completed his first degree in History at the Univer…

  • Stephen took up the role of Director of Strategy, Communications and Private Office on 9 November 2015. Stephen joined the civil service in 1992, working in HM Treasury in a range of posts, including welfare reform, educatio…

  • Stephen Morgan was appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) on 7 September 2025. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education) at the Department for Education between …

  • Stephen Morris has worked in the health service for more than 20 years. He has occupied senior leadership roles in mental health and acute services as well as at the Department of Health and a Strategic Health Authority.

  • Stephen Newson is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He is currently working as a mining consultant on a range of underground projects in the UK and overseas. Stephen has over…

  • Stephen Oram (appointed in 2009) worked for 28 years at director level in the regional and national newspaper industry and as a Chief Executive of daily, weekly and free regional newspapers. He was Director of the Newspaper …

  • Stephen has been the Legal Adviser to HM Treasury since 2003. He was appointed to the TSol Board in 2004. His previous roles include: Director, Legal Services A at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food then Department …

  • Stephen Phillips took up the role of Deputy High Commissioner on 14 November 2016. Before coming to Malawi Stephen worked in the Ministry of Defence in London and previously for UKTI DSO in Brunei. Stephen worked in a number…

  • Stephen Phipson was the Head of the Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) within UKTI. Stephen previously held the position of Director for Security Industry Engagement within the Office for Security and Counter Terro…

  • Stephen has been a member of EGAC since September 2018. His appointment is due to end on 30 September 2024.

  • Stephen Rimmer joined the Home Office in 1984 and worked in a variety of policy posts, both at the Home Office headquarters and in the Northern Ireland Office until 1993. Stephen’s career history includes: Deputy Governor of…

  • Stephen Speed is Director of Energy Development at DECC, looking after UK oil and gas reserves including new shale gas plays, the environmental regulation of offshore oil and gas activity and the management of the legacy of …

  • Stephen Tetlow MBE was appointed as a Non-executive Director of DVLA in February 2024. Education Stephen is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a chartered engineer. He has a BSc in Engineering from…

  • Steve Townsend joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980. His first posting was in Caracas, Venezuela, and he was then sent to Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). After a spell in London in Polic…

  • Stephen Tromans is a barrister practising at 39 Essex Chambers, London. He was Joint Head of Chambers from 2011 to 2015. He has worked as an academic at Cambridge (1981 to 1987) and as a solicitor (1987 to 1999). He became a…

  • Stephen is Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of Jersey. In addition he is a trustee director of an occupational pension scheme, where he chairs the Investment Committee, a member of the Audit Panel of Lewisham Council, …

  • Stephen White has over 35 years’ experience in and around the policing landscape. From frontline firearms officer to Chief Executive for the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner and Acting Police and Crime Commissioner for a…

  • Stephen Williams was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in October 2013. He was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West in May 2005. Education He attended Mountain …

  • Steve Addison joined Cefas in 2014. He has over 25 years’ experience in the marine, shipping and finance industries, with extensive banking and business development experience in both the shipping and the oil and gas sectors…

  • Steve Allen joined High Speed Two Limited in October 2015 as Chief Financial Officer. He has lead responsibility for financial, commercial, information management and resourcing matters for HS2 Ltd. Steve joined from Transpo…

  • Steve became Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Podgorica in June 2019. Previously he was the Economic Consul in the British Consulate-General Guangzhou (2013-2018), covering economic policy issues for South China…

  • Steve Auld is the Deputy High Commissioner to Solomon Islands. He joined the FCO in 1990 and has served in Moscow, Lagos, Tripoli, Yaoundé and Luanda with shorter stints in Nuku’alofa and Juba. He has covered various roles o…

  • Steve was the Country Head in Zambia. He took up this role in November 2019. He previously led all DFID’s economic development work in Zambia. Earlier in his career he worked at Ofgem as a Commercial Director and before that…

  • Steve has over 28 years’ experience in complex, high hazard chemical waste processing facilities from project conception through steady state operations. With domestic and international experience in nuclear energy, chemical…

  • Steve Brine was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care from June 2017 to March 2019. Steve was elected MP for Winchester and Chandler’s Ford in 2010. Education Steve was educated at Bohunt …

  • Steve Burnett was appointed to the Agency Board in October 2014. He retired in 2009 after a long career in the financial services sector. His other current appointments and experience include: Senior Independent Director, Li…

  • Steve has over 25 years of diverse project experience gained working for clients and contractors on projects including rail, airports, museums, oil and gas, nuclear and power distribution/generation within the UK, Asia and M…

  • Steve Clinch joined the Marine Accident Investigation Branch as Deputy Chief Inspector in 2004 and became Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents in August 2010. For the first 14 years of his career, Steve sailed on tankers, gas…

  • Steve has held a variety of lead roles within Sellafield Ltd, including engineering and operations within the high level waste plants, Infrastructure and Thorp. Steve is responsible for leading the enterprise plant engineeri…

  • Steve Crocker is a non-executive board member at the Department for Education, joining in March 2025. Steve has impressive local authority leadership expertise in children’s social care with a deep understanding of service d…