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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 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 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, renewable energ…
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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 took up his appointment as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Israel in January 2023. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 2009 following an undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge and experi…
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Ben Nicholson has been Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General at the British Office Sudan (Addis Ababa) since July 2023. Ben is a career diplomat and development professional. Previous postings have included Sudan (Develo…
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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…
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Bernice became Executive Director for Repayments and Customer Compliance in March 2018. She joined the Student Loans Company (SLC) in February 2016 as Director of Change and Programme Management. Previously, Bernice was a ma…
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Beth Cadman is Deputy Head of Mission for the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in South Sudan. Beth has been based at the British Embassy in Juba since November 2023. Beth joined the Department for Internati…
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Beth Russell has recently been appointed as the Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and is based in the Darlington Economic Campus. Beth has worked in the Treasury since 2000 in a range of policy roles across tax, wel…
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Beth became Deputy National Security Adviser and Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Resilience and Security in the Cabinet Office in February 2020 after 20 years working in the civil service, mostly on national security is…
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Beth West joined High Speed Two Limited as Commercial Director in October 2012. Her previous roles include: Head of Commercial for Thames Water’s Thames tideway tunnel project Principal in the corporate finance team at Trans…
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Betsy was Director General Chief Operating Officer in Defra from September 2014 to January 2019. Prior to joining Defra she spent 12 years at Centrica/British Gas in a number of different roles. Her most recent role was as S…
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Bev is an experienced non-executive director, having held a range of non-executive roles within the public sector including Vice Chair, Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director. She has a background in HR and organisa…
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Bev was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee for the Coal Authority in April 2023. Bev has been pursuing a non-executive director career since April 2022. She currentl…
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Beverley Bell was the Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain. Previous roles in government Traffic Commissioner for the north west of England 2000 to 2017 Senior Traffic Commissioner 2012 to 2017 Career Beverley worke…
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Beverley Simpson was the British Consul General in Denver from November 2011 to December 2015.
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Beverley Taylor was Deputy Official Solicitor between 2012 and 2014.
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Beverley Tew is the Lead Non-Executive Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. She was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2020 and served as Interim Lead Non-Executive Director before …
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Bharat Joshi is His Majesty’s Ambassador to Angola and São Tomé e Príncipe (non-resident), a position he has held since October 2024. Bharat was born in Croydon, United Kingdom in 1969. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth…
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As Chief Operating Officer, Bhaskar leads UKEF’s operations and business management, technology, operational risk, directing digital transformation and change programmes. He is also responsible for developing and delivering …
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Bhavna Sharma has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires since May 2023. She is a diplomat, political scientist and an international development expert with a wide-ranging and varied career in the…