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  • Steve Dann was the Border Force Chief Operating Officer from 2021 to 2024.

  • Steve Dodds took on the role of acting Deputy Head of Mission in March 2020, having moved to Armenia in October 2018 as Head of Political and Press Section. He will serve as DHM until the arrival of the new DHM. Steve has se…

  • Steve Dodgson was appointed as the Business Group Director of UK Export Finance in July 2006. He is also a member of the executive committee and the UKEF board. Steve has worked in the department for over 35 years and has he…

  • Steve Double was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) between 28 October 2022 and 13 November 2023. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Aff…

  • Steve Gardner is the Interim Executive Director of Technology and Innovation at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Steve became the Interim Executive Director of Technology and Innovation at DBS in March 2025.

  • Steve Gillespie was appointed Director of Finance and Governance at HM Courts and Tribunals Service in April 2011. Steve began his Civil Service career with the Employment Department in the North East, developing vocational …

  • Steve Gillespie began his civil service career with the Employment Department in the North East, developing vocational training programmes for young people. He worked on the project team that established the Government Offic…

  • Steve is an experienced commercial professional and leader with proven expertise in developing and implementing commercial and supply chain strategies in complex environments. During his time with Sellafield Ltd and the Nucl…

  • Steve Gooding was Director General of Roads, Traffic and Local Group at the Department for Transport from January 2013 to April 2015. Career Steve joined the civil service in 1983 and in addition to working at the Department…

  • Steve Hickling took up his appointment in Ahmedabad as the British Deputy High Commissioner to Gujarat and Rajasthan on 17 March 2023. Steve joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002 enjoying a varied overseas caree…

  • Steve Holliday FREng FEI was the Defra Lead Non-Executive Director and Defra Board member from February 2016 to December 2017. Steve is the former Chief Executive of National Grid plc. He is Deputy Chairman of Convatec and a…

  • Steve Hutchinson was appointed Deputy Further Education Commissioner in October 2016. He is a qualified accountant and independent consultant specialising in FE financial advisory work. He has acted as interim Finance Direct…

  • Steve Jarratt joined the Independent Living Fund in 2010, as Finance and Resources Director. Steve’s career has been spent in finance and he has worked in a number of private and public sector organisations, including: Jobce…

  • Steve is a MBA graduate from the University of Manchester’s business school, and is responsible for the delivery of multi million pound projects at Sellafield. He has extensive experience in all aspects of major project deli…

  • Steve McCarthy was appointed Minister (Defence Materiel) at the British Embassy in Washington in September 2014. Jointly with the Defence Attachė, he is responsible for all aspects of the UK-US defence relationship. In his p…

  • Steve McCrystal became a Non-Executive Director of CCS in September 2020. He is the Chief Enterprise & Technology Officer at Unilever plc and leads the Unilever Operations team based in the United Kingdom. Prior to joini…

  • 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 joined Companies House in August 2025 as Director of Portfolio, Change and Implementation. He is responsible for leading the organisation’s strategic change portfolio, ensuring the effective delivery of transformation…

  • 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…