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Vanessa has spent most of her 20 year civil service career focusing on security and law enforcement. Her previous posts include Director of Crime and Drugs Strategy in the Home Office, a secondment to the Metropolitan Police…
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Vanessa is a non executive board member at Companies House. Vanessa is an experienced commercial solicitor, beginning her professional career in a London city firm specialising in multinational commercial and insurance issue…
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Verity Robson is the Legal Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva, where she provides advice on public international law and negotiates…
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Vic Emery joined as Chair of the CNPA Board in September 2016. In the public sector, Vic has served three terms of public service to policing in Scotland - as Chair of the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) and more r…
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Vice Admiral Hally joined the Royal Navy in 1991. In 2012, he became Commander Logistics of the helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious, deploying to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. After tasking to provide humanitarian an…
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Vice Admiral Sir Andy Kyte was appointed as the Chief of Defence Logistics and Support (CDLS) with effect from September 2023. A career logistician, he has over 38 years’ service, including operational tours in Northern Irel…
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Vice Admiral Sir David Steel KBE, DL was Governor of Gibraltar between June 2020 and June 2024. Curriculum Vitae 2014 - present Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire; (from 2015) Chief Executive Officer, Leeds Castle Foundation an…
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Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder assumed the role of UK Military Representative to NATO and the European Union on 31 May 2013. Educated at Rugby School and Peterhouse, Cambridge (Pure Mathematics), he joined the Royal Navy in 197…
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I took over as British High Commissioner to Australia on 13 March 2019. I was previously British High Commissioner to Malaysia and prior to that New Zealand and Samoa and Governor of Pitcairn. These roles were fantastic, pro…
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Vicky Beer was the DfE Regional Director for the North West from September 2022 to April 2026. Vicky was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Before her appointment, Vicky was a nat…
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Vicky Bennett is General Counsel at Sellafield Ltd. She has a strong track record of advising organisations operating in complex, highly regulated environments, particularly within the nuclear sector. As General Counsel for …
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Vicky Ford was Minister of State for Development in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. Previously Vicky was appointed Minister for Africa at the Foreign, Commo…
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Vicky Foxcroft was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 22 July 2026. She was previously a Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) from 10 July 202…
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Vicky Ridley-Pearson is the Executive Director of Technology and Innovation at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Vicky became the Executive Director of Technology and Innovation at DBS in May 2026.
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Vicky joined HM Treasury (HMT) in March 2011, this was followed by a short secondment at the British Business Bank, before returning to HMT in July 2015 to lead the Government Financial Reporting Team. Since January 2019 Vic…
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Vicky Seymour was appointed as Head of the East Africa Department of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in April 2023. She shares this role with Lisa Mackie as part of a jobshare. Prior to taking up…
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Vic Annells started his appointment as HM Consul General at the British Consulate General Milan and Director General for Trade and Investment in Italy on behalf of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) as of 1 April 2011. Vic has…
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Victor arrived in Yerevan in November 2020. Since joining the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2003, he has served across a number of political and management roles in Latin America, including Quito, Mexico Ci…
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Victoria Billing was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark in March 2026 . In May 2026, she was accredited by His Majesty the King of Denmark and began her official posting. Victoria was FCDO Director …
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Victoria took up the post of Deputy Director for Corporate Services in October 2016. She worked most recently in the Scottish Government where she headed up the European Relations team before working on the Scottish Governme…
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Vic Busby became His Majesty’s High Commissioner to Malta in September 2025. Before this, Vic was Director Protocol and Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) from Sep…
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Victoria Cochrane was appointed as a non-executive member of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Board in November 2014 and also was the chair of the HMCTS Audit and Risk Assurance Committee until November 2020. Victoria i…
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Victoria Davies was the senior lawyer managing the Legal Transport Team at the Welsh Government until her appointment as Traffic Commissioner. Victoria Davies was appointed as the Traffic Commissioner for Wales in February 2…
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Full name Victoria Glynis Dean (née Courtney) Married to Marcus Scott Dean (September 2006 in Sussex, UK) Children Abigail Victoria Emily Dean, born July 2007 in Brussels, Belgium) Leo Hudson Rees Dean, born November 2010 in…
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Victoria Harrison was appointed British Ambassador to Slovenia in August 2024. After graduating in Russian from the University of Nottingham, Victoria joined the UK Diplomatic Service in 1997 and has served overseas as Secon…
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Victoria James took up post in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) as Head of Political Section at the British Embassy Abu Dhabi in July 2017. Victoria has worked in several government departments, including on Strateg…
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Victoria MacDonald has been Head of Advisory & Legislation Division in the Office of the Advocate General since 02 September 2019.
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Victoria was appointed to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in November 2025. Victoria has been a qualified teacher for 26 years. She has 14 years of school leadership experience in the primary school sector, incl…
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Victoria joined the Mining Remediation Authority as People and Engagement Director in June 2024. Victoria has a long-standing passion for the environment and has spent her career working in the environmental field for both t…
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Vijay Rangarajan was a Director General at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 2020 to 2024. His role initially focused on the Americas and Overseas Territories, and later on the Indo-Pacific, Middle East…
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Dr Vikas Shah MBE DL is a Non-Executive Board Member of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ). He is also Non-Executive Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. He was also a Non-Executive mem…
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Mr Talwar has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti and UK Representative to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). He joined the UK diplomatic service in 2003 and has had posti…
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Vincent Devine was appointed Government Chief Security Officer and Head of the Government Security Function in December 2021. Vincent joined the civil service in 1993 and has worked in a wide range of security and national s…
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Vindi has been Chairman of UK Government Investments Limited (UKGI) since September 2021 He is currently also Chair at Marie Curie, a Senior NED at GlaxoSmithKline, a NED of The Economist Group and Partner of CD&R. He ha…
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Virginia McVea is a lawyer who qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1993, specialising in European Law, Human Rights and Litigation in private practice. An expert in the duty of the state to protect life, she is a…
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Viscount Camrose was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology between 7 March 2023 and 5 July 2024.
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Lord Younger was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 January 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was elected as a Conservative hereditary peer in 2010 and has covered over 12 departments…
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Vivien is the Director and Chief Negotiator, Department for International Trade. Vivien was British Ambassador to Denmark from 1 October 2012 to 31 July 2016.
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Vivienne is Chairman of Vallourec SA, Senior Independent Director at Pearson plc, a Non-Executive Director of GSK and a member of the board of Stena International. In 2009 she retired from BP after 28 years with the company.…
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Volker was a Non-Executive Director on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Board from June 2015 to October 2022. He was also Group CEO of RWE Npower plc until the end of 2012 and prior to this, its Group CFO from 200…
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Warren Tucker was a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from November 2015 to August 2020. He is also a Non-Executive Director of: Tate & Lyle Plc …
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Warren has more than 25 years’ experience in senior finance leadership roles within the energy, oil and gas, utilities, professional services and construction sectors. He has a proven track record of creating, developing and…
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Warwick was the Director of Academies and Maintained Schools at the Education and Skills Funding Agency from 2020 to 2023. Before that he was Principal Private Secretary to 3 Education Secretaries at the Department for Educa…
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Wasim Mir took up his post as Deputy Head of Mission in Brazil in June 2014. Since January 2017 he acts as a Chargé d’Affaires till the new British Ambassador to Brazil presents credentials. Wasim joined the Foreign and Comm…
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Wayne Baker began his career as an instrument technician apprentice in 1995, progressing to assume major roles within the Defence Aviation Repair Agency including Commercial, Operational Excellence and Project Management. Wa…
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Wendy Barnes was Acting Chief Operating Officer, Operations Group at , from September 2011 to December 2012. Career Wendy has held several executive positions and lead several large change programmes in her 24 years of exper…
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Wendy Dabinett is the Director of Human Resources at GAD. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and achieved a MSc in Human Resource Management. Wendy is responsible for GAD’s HR S…
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Wendy Morton was Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) between 6 September 2022 and 25 October 2022. Previously she was Minister of State in the Department for Transport from 8 February 2022 to 6 September 202…