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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and as a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) on 9 July 2024.
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Baroness Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister between 1979 to 1990. Read more about the life and achievements of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Baroness Twycross was appointed Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) on 11 July 2024 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 23 July 2024.
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Baroness Vere of Norbiton was Parliamentary Secretary at HM Treasury between 14 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from 23 April 2019 to 1…
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Baroness Verma served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from May 2015 until July 2016. She has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2006 and previousl…
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Baroness Wheeler MBE was appointed Captain of The King’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip) on 10 July 2024.
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Baroness Wilcox was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2010 until September 2012. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education She was educated at St Dunstan’s Abbey, …
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Barrie is a chartered mechanical engineer who has operational and management experience at nuclear plant, facility and site level. Barrie has most recently been the head of independent assurance, learning and regulatory affa…
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Barry Hooper joined HM Courts & Tribunals Service in November 2015. Barry has 20 years of commercial experience across a broad range of sectors. His commercial career began at the Rover Group where he spent 6 years as a …
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Barry Lowen was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Mali from January 2021 until July 2022. He was previously Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria. Mr Lowen has worked in India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UK Mission to the UN in Ne…
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Barry Topham is the Chief Information and Digital Officer at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Barry took on this role at the DBS in January 2017. Before joining DBS, Barry worked within the financial services sector. He h…
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Barry Wootton was appointed as non-executive director on the UK Hydrographic Office Board in July 2006. He brings both financial expertise and commercial experience to the board, having spent 25 years in financial director r…
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Bas was appointed Director General for Immigration Enforcement at the Home Office in November 2023, following a diverse career in public service. Born to Pakistani immigrants, he was raised in various locations and speaks se…
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Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan became Director General for Trade and Opportunities at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in February 2023. She was Director General for Trade and Opportunities in the Department for Business, …
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Full name: Becks Buckingham Dates Role August 2021 to present Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, British Embassy Caracas 2020 to 2021 Department for International Trade (DIT), Director Project DEFEND and Global Strategy Directora…
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Becky Bishop is HM Land Registry’s Interim Director of Human Resources and Organisation Development. Appointed to the organisation in April 2025, Becky brings over three decades of experience in human resources, organisation…
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Becky Edwards joined the Further Education (FE) Commissioner team in 2020 as an FE Adviser. She was appointed Deputy FE Commissioner in September 2023. She is a qualified accountant and has a Master’s degree in financial man…
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Becky Thomas became Director of Strategy, Policy, Digital and Technology for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) in October 2019. She had previously been Director of Strategy and Policy. Before that, Becky held …
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Becky Wood is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA). Before taking up this role, she was a partner at the consultancy firm EY, and prior to that was a Commerc…
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Belinda Howell is a sustainability strategy expert with extensive board experience in international multi-stakeholder organisations. She has advised PLC boards across a wide range of sectors from natural resources, renewabl…
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Belinda started her career in banking before joining the Civil Service in 2003. She worked for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), the UK Border Agency and the Minist…
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Ben Alexander has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He was a director at Deutsche Bank in London where he was co-head of derivatives trading and subsequently a partner of Close Brothers Private Equi…
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Ben Boddy was appointed as Consul General in August 2018. Prior to this he was Deputy High Commissioner in Brunei (2014-2018); held positions in the Overseas Territories Department, and Drugs and International Crime Departme…
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Ben joined NHS Improvement in June 2016. Before that, Ben was Director of the NHS Group at the Department of Health, with responsibility for managing the Department of Health’s relationship with NHS England and NHS Improveme…
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Ben Evans was the Deputy Head of Mission in La Paz since August of 2021 until November of 2023. Previous to this position he worked on EU Exit, Gibraltar and internal corporate functions. Prior to the civil service, he had a…
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Ben Fender was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia from February 2019 to February 2021. Prior to this, he was Head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Offi…
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Ben Golding was Acting Director General, Net Zero Buildings and Industry at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) between March and June 2021.
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Ben Goldsmith was appointed non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in March 2018. Ben Goldsmith is CEO of Menhaden Capital Management LLP which manages London-listed investment t…
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Ben Greenwood is HM Acting Consul General Milan and Director DIT Italy. He was head of Trade Policy in China and has a background in the former Soviet Union, having worked in Russia and Uzbekistan. Ben speaks Russian and Man…
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Ben Linscott was Director of Inspectors from 01 January 2017 - 12 August 2018. Ben had overall line management responsibility for all salaried Inspectors and for their support and professional development through training an…
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Ben Llewellyn-Jones is a British diplomat with a varied career covering many countries and issues. Most recently he was British Deputy High Commissioner (head of office) in Lagos, Nigeria. Prior to that he worked as the Depu…
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Ben Luckock has been Deputy High Commissioner since August 2009. He has previously served in Pakistan (2003-4) and short duration assignments of several weeks in Kenya, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Austria, Sri Lanka and S…
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Ben Lyster-Binns is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica and His Majesty’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua. Ben joined the Diplomatic Service in 1989 and has carried out a variety of ro…
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Ben took up his role as the new Deputy Head of Mission and Political-Security Counsellor, UK Mission to ASEAN, in January 2024. Ben is particularly interested in strengthening UK – Indo-Pacific relations and this is his thir…
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Ben Mellor has been the Director of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) India and Indian Ocean Directorate since 2021. He leads on UK relations with this critically important region – including Banglad…
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Ben was appointed Director of Overseas Territories at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in August 2017. In that role, he holds office as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory and Commissioner of the British Ind…
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Ben was the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Israel from January 2023 to September 2025. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 2009 following an undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge and experienc…
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Ben is a career diplomat and development professional. Ben Nicholson has been Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Malawi since July 2025. Curriculum vitae 2023 to 2025 British Office Sudan, Deputy Head of Mi…
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Ben joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2009. He served as Deputy British High Commissioner to Cyprus from September 2020 to February 2025, following temporary deployments as Deputy Ambassador to Tun…
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Ben Rimmington is Director General, Net Zero Buildings and Industry at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ). Ben previously held the same position in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial St…
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Ben Snowdon was the British Deputy High Commissioner in Rwanda from 2019 to 2022. Previously he was Head of the West Africa Team in Africa Directorate in London. Ben joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 2015 after…
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Ben joined BDUK in October 2021 as Deputy Director for Risk, Compliance and Governance. His role includes: governance, assurance, fraud and compliance, subsidy control, risk management, internal audit and data protection. Be…
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Benedict Llewellyn-Jones OBE has been British High Commissioner to Rwanda and non-resident Ambassador to Burundi since January 2011. Benedict joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2007. He has previously served in th…
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Benjamin Disraeli The Earl of Beaconsfield served as Prime Minister between 1868 to 1868 and 1874 to 1880. Read more about the life and achievements of Benjamin Disraeli The Earl of Beaconsfield in our past Prime Ministers s…
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Bernadette Conroy is Chair of the Board at RSH . Bernadette is an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director operating across a number of sectors. These include financial services regulation, where she is a NED for the Fin…
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Bernard Gray was appointed Chief of Defence Materiel for the MOD in January 2011. He has a 20-year association with defence issues and is the author of the Review of acquisition , prepared for the then Secretary of State for…
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Bernard Herdan has been a Non-executive director of the Disclosure and Barring Service since December 2012.
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Bernhard Garside is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1983. Bernhard has had postings in Muscat (Oman), Dubai (UAE), Lagos (Nigeria), Havana (Cuba), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and Khartoum…