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Barry Le Grys worked in the offshore oil industry before going to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and being commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers. He has since commanded at all levels up to and including brigade on…

Brigadier Doug Gibson arrived in Ottawa as the UK Defence Adviser (DA) in August 2020. Brigadier Gibson was commissioned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Engineers - the British Army’s Civil Engineers - at the R…

Brigadier Jonathan Calder-Smith was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1983. His early career was spent in Germany, Northern Ireland and the UK in a variety of Regimental and Instructional posts, most particularly with…

Brigadier Marcus Simson commissioned into The Queen’s Own Hussars, an armoured main battle tank regiment in 1989. Stationed in Germany at the tail end of the Cold War, he fulfilled a number of junior Regimental appointments …

Brigadier Orr is delighted to have arrived in Ottawa as the UK Defence Adviser (DA) in the British High Commission. Having spent time previously in Canada at CFB Gagetown, in the Tactics School (1995-1997), and in CFB Suffie…

Brigadier Best has served for 30 years in the British Army. During his career he has deployed many times on operations, including Cyprus, Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and South Sudan. Educated at the …

Born in 1959, Will Taylor joined the Royal Marines in 1979, and arrived in Canberra as the Defence Attaché on completion of a short tour in the Naval Command Headquarters. He served extensively in the Commando Brigade both a…

Elisabeth Clare (Libby) Green has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador in succession to Mr Christopher Campbell. She is a senior British diplomat that previously served as Head of Climate and En…

Ms Joëlle Jenny was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark in succession to Ms Emma Hopkins OBE in October 2024. Curriculum vitae Full name: Joëlle Elisabeth Selma Jenny   2021 to 2024 FCDO, Director, S…

Bronwen has held leadership positions in both private and public sector most recently as Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development for an NHS Trust. Bronwen sits as a lay member of the JCIO disciplinary panel,…

Bronwyn Hill was Permanent Secretary at Defra between 2011 and 2015. Bronwyn was previously Director General, Major Projects and London at the Department for Transport, responsible for transport’s contribution to the 2012 Ol…

Brooks Newmark was Minister for Civil Society from 15 July until 27 September 2014. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Braintree in May 2005. Education Brooks studied at Harvard College and Harvard Business School, an…

Bruce Bucknell is the British Deputy High Commissioner Kolkata. He represents the UK in the 13 Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagala…

Bruce Calderwood is a trustee of the Avenues Group, a charity specialising in supporting people with complex needs. He was for many years a senior official in DWP in a wide range of roles. He ended his civil service career a…

Dr Bruce Macaulay, D.Tech, BSc., C.Eng. MIEE Dr Bruce Macaulay, a Chartered Engineer, has 35 years experience within the disciplines of Electrical, Electronic, Software and Communication Systems Engineering. He has held a va…

Bruce Mann, who is a member of CIPFA, became the Cabinet Office’s Finance Director in December 2009. Bruce joined the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) in 1979. After early work in policy roles (especially nuclear issues), the Fal…

Bruce is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He has over thirty years’ experience within the UK nuclear industry in all aspects of radioactive waste management incl…

Bryan Clark was appointed Director, Digital and Change, at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in March 2015. Bryan has worked in technology for over 30 years including 15 years as Partner & European CIO of K…

Bryn Orton is the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Costa Rica and Nicaragua since 6 October 2022. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 2015, first serving in the Europe Directorate before moving to No 10 Downi…

Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy, Skopje

Béatrice Lightfoot was appointed Interim Director of Central Services and Transformation in April 2017. Previous roles include: Director – Digital and Technology, EFA and SFA Chief Technology Officer, SFA Head of Operational…

Caitlin was appointed Deputy Head of Mission on 11 November 2015. She joined the FCO in 1990 and has worked in Cyprus, the UK’s delegation to NATO in Brussels, Guatemala and Cuba. Caitlin has done a wide variety of work in L…

Caitlin joined the Cabinet Office in April 2025 as Director of Employee Experience and People Performance within the Government People Group. This is her first role in the UK Civil Service, where she leads the Inclusive Prac…

Caleb Deeks became Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform 2023. He shares the role with Gavin Lambert . He wa…

Cameron Fox joined UK Export Finance in January 2006 and has held a number of Finance positions within the organisation over this period. Prior to joining Cameron worked at HM Treasury on a number of finance projects. Camero…

Cameron Robson joined the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) in August 2016. Initially, he was the group chief internal auditor for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). In October 2019, he took on the role o…

Candida Morley was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the UK Export Finance Board in December 2020. She is a Director of UK Government Investments, the UK Government’s centre of excellence in corporate governance and c…

Captain Andrew Moll joined the Marine Accident Investigation Branch ( MAIB ) in 2005 as a Principal Inspector, and was Deputy Chief Inspector from 2010 until he took up post as the Chief Inspector in 2018. He obtained a Bach…

Captain Robertson has served for 30 years with the Royal Navy and has commanded a number of vessels. From 2010 to 2013, he worked at Navy Command Headquarters in Portsmouth with responsibility for capability management, forc…

Gary is a serving Captain in the Royal Navy; he is a Warfare Officer and a specialist hydrographer by trade. Over his 32-year career, he has had numerous and varying appointments, which include commands of hydrographic ships…

Captain Matt Syrett is the Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Liaison Officer for the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI).  Appointed as the defence customer Non-Executive Director for the UKHO board, Matt is fo…

Currently the Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Liaison Officer for the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI), and as Defence Customer Non-Executive Director for UKHO board, Pat is focused on meeting Defence need…

Carl Banton joined the Mining Remediation Authority in 2004 and has headed its environment, development, and public safety and subsidence departments. Before joining the Mining Remediation Authority, Carl worked for Alkane E…

Carl Emmerson is Deputy Director of the (Institute for Fiscal Studies ( IFS ), a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an editor of the annual IFS Green Budget and a Director of the Pensions Review. His research includes…

Carl Meewezen was appointed as Business Services Director for the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) in January 2015. Carl is a former director at the Cabinet Office, where from 2010 he led on performance management of the effic…

Carl joined UKEF in September 2019 from Lloyds Banking Group, where he spent 31 years in a variety of roles. He was a Relationship Director, managing and developing a portfolio of customers within the Manufacturing & Ind…

Carly became Director of Governance for the MHRA in September 2022.

Carmel was appointed the Director of Finance, Operations and Digital in January 2024. Her previous Civil Service roles include: Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, September 2020 to December 2023 (…

Carmen Saurez was appointed Chief Executive of the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) in June 2025 in a jobshare arrangement with Jessica Blakely. Jessica and Carmen joined the TRA from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and L…

Carol Ann Giffin joined DECA in June 2021 in a newly established role responsible for the strategic direction of the human resource function and the transformation programme management office. She is responsible for the peop…

Carol has a rich and diverse career leading some of the most transformative public-sector change programmes of the last two decades. As Executive Director for Government People Group, Carol leads a cross-government programme…

Carol Bristow was appointed HMRC Director General for Borders and Trade in April 2023, having been interim Director General since May 2022. Carol had held a variety of leadership roles since joining the Inland Revenue and tr…

Carol was appointed HR Director at the National Offender Management Service in November 2012. Her previous roles include: Head of HR, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Head of Organisational Development in the H…

Carol Gray started her role as Regional Director for East Midlands in September 2022. She was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for East Midlands and the Humber. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director in the East …

Carol is a corporate lawyer who was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for 20 years. She headed the firm’s UK corporate governance team, providing advice on company law, board governance, listed company regulation, cor…

Carolan Dobson was appointed as a panel member in 2005. Her appointment ended on 11 June 2015.

Carolan Goggin is Acting Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber. She was previously the deputy director responsible for children’s social care improvement and intervention in the North of England. Earlier in her care…