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  • Charlotte Inman has been with the RPA since 2022 working in field team delivery, regulation and enforcement. Prior to this Charlotte was a science advisor leading compliance and enforcement in the Animals in Science Regulati…

  • Charlotte Moar joined HM Revenue and Customs as a Non-executive Director on the Audit and Risk Committee in September 2024. She is a qualified accountant and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Cha…

  • Charlotte Moar joined the Student Loans Company in May 2019.  She is a qualified accountant and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Charlotte held Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive pos…

  • Charlotte Morgan is a Chartered Accountant and Corporate Treasurer and is the Audit Committee Chair for UK Export Finance.  She is a member of the Court of Governors and chairs the Audit & Risk Committee at Westminster U…

  • Charlotte (Charlie) Pickles is Director at Reform. She was previously Reform’s Deputy Director and Head of Research. Prior to returning to Reform, Charlie was Managing Editor at UnHerd.com, the comment and current affairs si…

  • Charlotte (Charlie) Pickles is Director at Reform. She was previously Reform’s Deputy Director and Head of Research. Prior to returning to Reform, Charlie was Managing Editor at UnHerd.com, the comment and current affairs si…

  • Charlotte is the British High Commissioner to Mauritius. Charlotte was most recently Deputy Director for West Africa and Africa-wide security policy at the FCDO. She has served overseas in Africa and the Middle East. Curricu…

  • Charmian Leaver is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tbilisi. She took up her post on 1 December 2024. Charmian joined the FCDO in 2012 after a career in the Royal Navy which included a posting to British Emba…

  • Charmion Pears was appointed as a Non-executive Director and Chair of DVLA’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee in February 2024. Education Charmion has been a chartered accountant with the Chartered Accountants of Australia…

  • Charu was appointed Director General, Capabilities and Resources in July 2018. She is responsible for the Home Office’s people, finance, estates, commercial, projects and programmes portfolio management, performance, risk, a…

  • Cheryl is the Commercial Director responsible for Ministry of Justice Core Services and ALBs (part of MoJ Finance Group). She joined the MoJ in 2013 with over 30 years Commercial and Procurement experience gained from the Pr…

  • Cheryl McCuaig was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in February 2022. Career Cheryl has more than 35 years’ experience in the technology sector, with a career in investment banking, commercial and retail banking…

  • Neil was appointed RPA’s Interim Chief Executive Officer on 9th June 2025. Before joining RPA, Neil served as Chief Executive of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) from February 2021. Prior…

  • Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was installed as 11th Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth on 1 September, 2013 at St John’s Wood Synagogue in London. The Chief Rabbi holds many positions of leadership, including Associate President o…

  • Chloe Smith was previously appointed Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from 28 April 2023 to 20 July 2023 while the Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP was on maternity leave. She was previously Secretary of S…

  • Chloe Squires is the Director General for Homeland Security in the Home Office. Prior to this appointment, she was Director National Security in the Home Office and led on a range of national security issues including: aspec…

  • Ms Chloë Adams joined the FCO in 2004. She has been British Consul General Montreal from 2018 to 2024. Her previous overseas postings include British Embassy Paris (from 2014 to 2018) and the UK Mission to the United Nations…

  • Chris Armitt joined the CNC in July 2015, after a 25 year career with Merseyside Police, having joined as a PC in 1989 after eight years’ of service with the Royal Engineers. During his career, Chris has fulfilled a wide ran…

  • Chris Barton is His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Europe. He started the role in August 2021. Prior to his appointment Chris spent 8 years leading on trade issues in the UK government, as Director for: Trade Policy and Ex…

  • Chris Boardman was appointed as National Active Travel Commissioner in June 2022 by the Transport Secretary. Before this Chris was Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester and the first ever Greater Manchester Cycling a…

  • Chris Born was appointed Interim Managing Director of Healthcare UK in February 2016. Chris is a former NHS CEO who has worked as a senior consultant specialist with Healthcare UK at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) for the la…

  • Chris Brown was appointed Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Harare in July 2012, after a spell as Senior Advisor to David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the No 10 Policy Unit.  An economist, he has spent most of his career …

  • Christopher John (Chris) Campbell was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador in succession to Ms Katherine Ward LVO OBE. He arrived in Ecuador on 27 August 2020 to take up his role and presented the co…

  • Chris Chalmers has been Head of DFID China since 2011. He joined DFID in 2000 and previously worked for Voluntary Service Overseas and BBC World Service. Chris has a degree in history.

  • Chris has worked in HR for 35 years and is a qualified leadership coach and business psychologist. He has spent the last 15 years in various HR director roles working in private, public and third sector organisations.

  • Chris was appointed as the Chief Technology Officer for the UK Health Security Agency in October 2022. His previous business transformation and digital leadership roles include: Group Chief Information Officer for Lloyd’s Re…

  • Chris Elmore was appointed Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) on 10 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Bridgend in July 2024.

  • Chris Fitzpatrick joined the Export Guarantee Advisory Council in July 2011. Chris is a materials scientist who established his own business manufacturing high-performance adhesives in the East Midlands. This business grew q…

  • Chris Flatt was appointed Director in November 2018. He leads on strategy, rights and legacy matters. He first joined the Northern Ireland Office in 2002, working on various policy issues including the legacy of Northern Ire…

  • Chris Flatt was appointed Director (Strategy) in November 2018. He leads on strategy, rights and legacy matters. He first joined the Northern Ireland Office in 2002, working on various policy issues including the legacy of N…

  • Chris Gibb has worked in the rail industry for more than 40 years, with board roles at train operators and Network Rail. Chris joined British Rail from school as a clerk in 1981, aged 17. After 20 years of operational roles …

  • Chris Grigg is Chair of the National Wealth Fund and of Evelyn Partners, the wealth management company. He was also appointed non-executive Chair for Melrose plc, the aerospace company, in March 2025. In his executive career…

  • Chris Hadkiss, Chief Executive, APHA, joined in January 2013. His previous roles include: Home Office Advisor on Forensic Science Executive Director, Forensic Science Service Ltd Operations Director, Forensic Science Service…

  • Chris Hall joined the Cabinet Office in 2012. He was appointed interim Government Chief Commercial Officer in December 2015, a role he held until March 2016. Previously Chris led the Complex Transactions Team in the Crown Co…

  • Chris began his career with BNFL at Berkeley Centre, working on the radiological characterisation of both ILW and LLW. He joined Studsvik in 2006 to enhance and expand their characterisation business and between 2008 and 201…

  • Chris Higson is a professor in accounting practice at London Business School, where he was formally the Chair of the Accounting faculty. He holds degrees in philosophy and economics, and a doctorate in finance from London Bu…

  • Chris was appointed Director, Market Access and Budget at DExEU in October 2017. He is an experienced civil servant with a background in EU single market issues and in domestic policy development. Chris joined the department…

  • Chris is the Executive Director for HM Prison and Probation in South West, South Central and Public Protection, and took up post in October 2023.

  • Chris Jones is Director, Strategy and Engagement. He oversees the development and implementation of Ofsted’s strategic priorities, its work with government, legal and communications functions, the private office and corporat…

  • Chris is the Director for Justice, Security and Migration and the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for the Department for Exiting the European Union. He was appointed as DExEU CSA in October 2017. His academic background is Ph…

  • Chris Larmer joined the Student Loans Company (SLC) in 2021 as Executive Director of Operations. Before joining SLC, Chris was the Customer and Strategy Director at Co-operative Bank. He has also held senior Customer and Ope…

  • Chris was the Head of Civil Service Human Resources, based in the Cabinet Office. He transformed HR into a smaller, more professional service. He introduced a graduate entry programme for HR and now the Civil Service is the …

  • Chris Martin was the Prime Minister’s Principal Private Secretary and Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office from December 2011 until November 2015. Chris took up his role as the senior official at 10 Downing Street…

  • Chris has held a variety of roles in the IT sector before joining the Civil Service in 2012. At the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in Parliament and at the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, he has worked on securi…

  • Chris was re-appointed as a Non-executive Director and Audit and Risk Committee member of DVLA in February 2023 for an interim period to cover a vacancy on the Board. Education Chris has a BSc in Economics and Accounting fro…

  • Chris was appointed as Commerical Director for the East West Railway Company on 22 November 2017. Chris started his career as a government economist, before spending over 20 years at KPMG, ultimately as partner and Head of U…

  • Chris O’Connor was the British Consul General in Los Angeles from August 2013 until September 2017. Before this, Chris was UK Ambassador to Tunisia from 2008-2013. He has worked in British embassies in Cairo, Riyadh and Beir…

  • Chris Pilgrim has held a number of senior, and Board level roles in the UK and overseas in the Steel, Petro-Chemical, and Food sectors, with particular responsibility for HR, people, and organization. He was most recently Ch…