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Ceri Smith is Director General, Office for Investment at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). From April 2021, he was Director General, Strategy and Investment at the Department for International Trade ( DIT ). He jo…
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Ceri joined Companies House in 2015. Ceri has a degree in mathematics from Cardiff University and started her career in the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), where she held a variety of different roles. She began as a pate…
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Chan is an experienced Chief Executive and NED with significant social housing experience. He is formerly Group Chief Executive of East Midlands Housing where he led and oversaw significant change. He is a Board member of th…
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Chandru Iyer is the Deputy High Commissioner to Karnataka and Kerala. He was appointed in November 2022. In addition, he is also His Majesty’s Deputy Trade Commissioner for Investment for South Asia with a mandate to further…
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Chantal joined the Homes and Communities Agency now known as Homes England in January 2017 as the Interim Chief Risk Officer for both the agency and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Prior to joini…
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Chantel Kelly joined the Insolvency Service on 26th April 2021, previously working within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for 26 years in various finance roles. These roles included leading teams on Benefit Accoun…
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Charles Alexander worked at Rothschild from 1974-99, latterly as Managing Director of international corporate and project finance, specialising in cross-border Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and Europe. From 1988…
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Charles Amies joined the Homes and Communities Agency in December 2008 as Head of Area for the South East Midlands area, and was appointed as the agency’s acting director for the Midlands in September 2013. His previous role…
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Charles served as Chief Executive Officer of UK Government Investments from March 2020 until January 2026, having joined in May 2018 as Head of the Financial Institutions Group. Prior to this, he had spent his entire career …
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Charles Edmund Garrett joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1987. His career has been divided between Europe with postings in Cyprus and Switzerland, and East Asia with postings in Hong Kong and Taipei. More recen…
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Charles Farr was appointed as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment at Cabinet Office in December 2015. Charles was the Director General of the Office for Security and …
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Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey served as Prime Minister between 1830 to 1834. Read more about the life and achievements of Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Charles was the Head of DFID Jordan. He took up this role in July 2019. Before coming to Amman he was the interim Head of Finance and Control Department in Whitehall. His previous roles in DFID include: deputy Head of Privat…
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His Excellency Charles Hay MVO started as the British High Commissioner to Malaysia in March 2019 in succession to Vicki Treadell CMG MVO. Prior to Malaysia, Mr Hay was the British Ambassador to South Korea from 2015 to 2018…
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Charles Hendry was Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Energy & Climate Change from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Wealden on 7 June 2001. Education Charles was educated at …
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Charles Lochrane is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and after long service has retired from his role as partner and proprietary partner at Strutt & Parker, a large firm of Chartered Surveyors. In…
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Charles Moore was appointed as the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia in January 2021. He is a career diplomat, having joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1982, serving in overseas postings to Zimbabwe, Oman, B…
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Charles Nicholas King was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia in May 2025, succeeding Michael Nithavrianakis MVO. He joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in 2004 …
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Charles Randell was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2016 to 2018. Charles has been an independent director of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulatio…
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Charles Redfearn joined UK Export Finance in 1995. He is the acting General Counsel for UK Export Finance, and a member of the executive committee and management board.
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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, served as Prime Minister between 1765 to 1766. Read more about the life and achievements of Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham in our past Prime Minister…
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Charley Williams is currently chargé d’affaires at the British High Commission Bridgetown covering Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia, and St Christopher & Nevis.…
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Charlie is a senior data leader with extensive leadership experience turning data into a sustainable resource in a number of large enterprises. He draws on best practice experience from retail, utilities, telcos, insurance a…
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Charlie Elphicke served as Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from May 2015 until July 2016. He is also a campaigner for fathers’ rights, leading to government adopting his proposal to give children a right t…
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Charles has 38 years industry experience gained from leading IT globally as Deputy Group Global CIO at BP, as CEO of Global IT Services at Prudential and as Interim CIO at Thames Water. He has worked as an independent consul…
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Charlie Massey has worked in a variety of roles across government, including: Director General for Acute Care and Workforce July 2016 to October 2016 Director General for Strategy and External Relations at the Department of …
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Charlie Pate has been in the UK Civil Service since 1999. After a number of roles working on welfare issues and local government performance, Charlie headed HM Treasury’s early engagement on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic G…
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Charlie is Group Chief Financial Officer and Board member of International Workplace Group Plc, the world’s largest office provider with its Regus and Spaces brands across 120 countries, employing 10,000+ people and a member…
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Charlie Taylor became Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales in March 2017. His tenure came to an end in March 2020. Before taking up this role he led the Government’s review of the youth justice system, Char…
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Charlotte Briscall worked previously as the Head of Digital Experience at Sainsbury’s where she was instrumental in the work to design and develop their customer, colleague and supplier facing digital services. Charlotte bri…
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Charlotte Fenton became the Deputy High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia in January 2020. Charlotte joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 1997 in the office of the Permanent Under Secretary. She…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Charlotte Pierre was British High Commissioner to Mauritius from 2021 to 2025. Charlotte was previously Deputy Director for West Africa and Africa-wide security policy at the FCDO. She has served overseas in Africa and the M…
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Charlotte Surun OBE is Deputy Head of Mission in Kyiv. She has previously served in Central and South East Asia and has led teams in the FCDO focused on Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…