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  • Tamara was appointed Executive Director for Strategy, Transformation and Assurance at the Environment Agency on 4 March 2024.

  • Tammy Sandhu MBE is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See. She took up her appointment in August 2026. She previously served as His Majesty’s Consul General in San Francisco, leading UK–US engagement across California and…

  • Tamsin Heath is currently the Deputy Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao. She arrived in Hong Kong and assumed the role in August 2019. Tamsin joined the Diplomatic Service in 2005 as a diplomatic service economist working…

  • Tamya Kerr has been with EDF Energy since December 2010 and is a finance professional with 25 years of experience. Tamya is a Trustee director of EDF Group pension scheme with 28,000 members and $5bn in net assets. Her most …

  • Tansi Harper is a non-executive director at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has represented patients and the public on NHS boards for 20 years and was the first chair of the Northamptonshire Sustainability a…

  • Tanya Collingridge is a career diplomat, whose career has taken her on postings to Warsaw, Vienna, Lagos, Tel Aviv, Bucharest, Brussels and Paris. Much of her career has been spent in multilateral and security policy work, i…

  • Tanya Robinson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, now Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in 2000. She took up her role as Deputy Head of Mission to the British Embassy, San Salvador in October 2021. Over th…

  • Tara Smith is the Chief Operating Officer at the Home Office. Prior to joining the Home Office Tara served as Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Business and Trade from May 2023 until 27 April 2026. Tara has also …

  • Non-executive director, UKHO The board’s role is to support and constructively challenge the executive committee and to apply scrutiny both in the development of business strategies, cases, plans and targets; and in assessin…

  • Tasha Harris became Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Yerevan in 2026. Tasha is a British diplomat with over twenty years’ experience in security, governance and international engagement. Her career has included …

  • Tasneem is the Chief People Officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Prior to joining the MHRA, Tasneem held HR Director roles within the Department of Work and Pensions and the Home Office,…

  • Tasneem is the Chief People Officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Prior to joining the MHRA, Tasneem held HR Director roles within the Department of Work and Pensions and the Home Office,…

  • Tasnim Khalid, Solicitor, is the founder and Managing Partner of “Private Client Solicitors” which is a boutique law firm that specialises in private wealth planning, charity law and practice.  Tasnim is ranked in leading le…

  • Tera Allas joined BIS as Director General for Strategy, Analysis and Better Regulation in January 2011. In addition to her departmental duties, Tera is also the Deputy Head of the Government Economic Service. She previously …

  • Terence Jagger spent his early career with Shell, American Express, Burmah Oil and Unigate. After a Masters degree in Finance, he joined the Civil Service in 1995, where he worked in the Ministry of Defence until 2011. His r…

  • Teresa Dent has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust since 2001, a charity whose remit is wildlife conservation with a special interest in game species. She is also a board member of t…

  • Teresa Kelly was appointed Deputy Further Education Commissioner in January 2016. Teresa has been involved with education and training for all of her professional career and represented the FE sector on a number of national …

  • Teresa Stanley was appointed Chief People Officer in July 2023. Teresa has a wide range of experience in Human Resources ( HR ), which includes working with the police force as well as within academia. She joined Dstl as a p…

  • Terry Fuller joined the HCA in December 2008. Before this, he was Managing Director, Major Projects and Affordable Housing for Taylor Wimpey Developments. Terry spent 12 years in public sector housing management, starting wi…

  • Terry Jones is the former Director General of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU). In this role, he led the organisation’s 750 staff and represented 42,000 farming and growing businesses across England and Wales, working with …

  • Terry Makewell was Chief Technology Officer at the UK Hydrographic Office from April 2018 to December 2023. He is a member of the British Council Digital Advisory Group. Prior to joining the UKHO, Terry was Chief Digital Off…

  • Terry was appointed Second Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions on 4 July 2012 and continued in his role as Chief Operating Officer which began on 3 October 2011. Terry joined the department in 1977 st…

  • Terry is a specialist in strategy and public sector reform and joined HM Land Registry in 2020 as Deputy Director for Strategy. Terry was previously Director of Strategic Planning at the Marine Management Organisation (MMO),…

  • Tessa is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Skills England, job sharing with Sarah Maclean . She has more than 20 years’ experience in the public sector including roles in the Department for Education and Cabinet Office.

  • Thalia was the Director of the Geospatial Commission, which is an independent Expert Committee within the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, tasked with advising the government on priorities f…

  • Baroness (Glenys) Thornton worked in the voluntary, co-operative and private sectors for over 30 years. During her career she was General Secretary of the Fabian Society, trustee of Action for Children, Jamie Oliver’s 15 Fou…

  • The Earl of Courtown was Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) from 13 July  2016 to 4 July 2024. Education He was educated at Eton College, the Berkshire College of Agriculture and …

  • Timothy Minto was a Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence between November 2023 and July 2024. He was elected to the House of Lords in October 2022, and appointed as a Minister in the Department of Business and Trade …

  • Alice Walpole took up her post as the British Ambassador to Luxembourg in July 2011. Immediately before that, she was the British Consul General in Basra, Iraq. Alice began her career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office i…

  • Zoë was appointed Chair of the Police Remuneration Review Body ( PRRB ) and the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body ( NCARRB ) by the Prime Minister in January 2022. She was appointed ex-officio member of the SSRB…

  • The Right Honourable Alan Milburn was a Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2010. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1998 to 1999, Secretary of State for Health from 1999 to 2003 and Chancellor of the Duchy of L…

  • Alec Shelbrooke was Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence between 6 September 2022 and 26 October 2022. Alec attended St George’s Church of England Comprehensive School in Gravesend, before going on to study Mechanic…

  • Alex Chalk KC was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice between 21 April 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence from October 2022 to April 2023 and was formerly HM Solicitor Ge…

  • Alex Norris was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 20 July 2026. He was previously Minister of State at the Home Office between 6 September 2025 and 20 July 2026. He was previously Parliamentary …

  • Alistair Burt was appointed UK Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions in July 2026 Alistair was Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the Department for Internat…

  • Alistair Carmichael was Secretary of State for Scotland from October 2013 to May 2015. He was elected as the MP for Orkney and Shetland in 2001. Education Alistair attended Port Ellen Primary School and Islay High School. He…

  • Alister Jack was Secretary of State for Scotland between 24 July 2019 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury and a Government Whip. He was Scottish Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway from …

  • Alun Cairns was Secretary of State for Wales between 19 March 2016 and 6 November 2019. He was elected as Conservative MP for the Vale of Glamorgan in May 2010 (re-elected 2015). Education Alun attended the University of Wal…

  • Amber Rudd was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women and Equalities between 24 July 2019 and 7 September 2019. Amber was previously Secretary of State for Work and Pensions between 16 November 2018 …

  • The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was previously the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and In…

  • Andrew Lansley CBE was appointed Leader of the House of Commons in September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire on 1 May 1997. Education Andrew was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and the Univ…

  • Andrew Mitchell was a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) between 25 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. On 12 April 2024 he was given the honorific title of Deputy Foreign Secretary. He …

  • Andrew Robathan was appointed Minister of State for Northern Ireland in October 2013. He was elected Conservative MP for South Leicestershire in 1992. Education Andrew was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood an…

  • Andrew Stephenson was Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 27 October 2022 to 13 No…

  • Andy Burnham became Prime Minister on 20 July 2026.  Andy was elected Member of Parliament for Leigh in June 2001. He served in government between 2007 and 2010 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Cult…

  • Angela Rayner was appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 20 July 2026. She previously held the same role between 5 July 2024 and 5 September 2025 when she was also Deputy Prime Minister…

  • Anna Soubry served as Minister of State (Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2015 until July 2016. Previously Anna was Minister of State at th…

  • Anna Turley was appointed Minister of State in the Home Office on 21 July 2026. She was previously Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Minister without Portfolio) from 6 September 2025 to 21 July 2026 and Junior Lord of…

  • Anne Milton was Minister of State at the Department for Education from 12 June 2017 to 23 July 2019. She was elected as MP for Guildford (revised boundary) in 2010. Education Anne was educated at Haywards Heath Grammar Schoo…