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  • Colin Dingwall has been Director of Domestic Policy and Implementation at the Department for Exiting the European Union since July 2019. His previous roles include Director, Functional Support Team, EU Exit Implementation Gr…

  • Colin Faulkner is responsible for Scottish constitutional policy, including the Scotland Bill, as well as civil contingencies & resilience policy. He joined the Scotland Office in April 2012, acting as Principal Private …

  • Colin Gray joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2008. He has previously worked in the British Embassy to the Republic of Korea and has served as Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General in Lima since September 2017…

  • Colin Kennedy is Chief Executive of The Mary Peters Trust, a leading Northern Ireland Sporting Charity. He started his career with the Halifax Building Society and rose to the level of Group Manager Northern Ireland before b…

  • Colin joined the UK Space Agency in November 2018, and was appointed as interim Director of Regulation in September 2019. He has held a number of roles across the civil service, including Cabinet Office, Department for Exiti…

  • Colin Martin-Reynolds was Director for Organisational Improvement at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office until May 2025. Colin was the British Ambassador to Colombia from September 2019 to July 2022. A career …

  • Chair of Highways England from December 2014 to May 2020. Previously, Colin was appointed Chair of the Highways Agency in July 2014, he was also Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport (formerly BAA), a Non-Executive Director at…

  • Colin Perry was appointed Director at the NIO in December 2014. He leads on issues relating to the Northern Ireland economy and Protocol. Colin has also previously held the role of Director at the NIO for Legacy, Economy &am…

  • Colin has over 30 years experience working mainly in Human Resources for a number of large organisations. His experience includes shipbuilding, engineering, support services and energy including a period with British Energy …

  • Colin has an Honours degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Social Work (Queens University Belfast) qualifying as a social worker in 1987. He went on to obtain a post graduate certificate in Social Welfare Law and spe…

  • Colin brings over 40 years of expertise in corporate governance, company secretarial duties, and company law to Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS). He joined NRS as Deputy Company Secretary in January 2022 and was promoted t…

  • Colin Roberts arrived in Stanley on 28 April 2014 to take up the position of Governor in the Falkland Islands. Colin has worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 1989. During his career he has served in Japan and…

  • Mr Colin Wells arrived in the Kingdom of Eswatini in August 2024, taking up his new role as British High Commissioner. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Colin Neil Wells Year Role 2021 to 2024 Mauritania, Head of Mission 2020 to 2…

  • Colin Wilson is the Deputy Government Actuary. He is a former President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, having previously chaired their Finance, Investment and Risk Management board. Prior to joining GAD in 2009 h…

  • Colleen joined the Department for International Development in 2012. She has served with DFID and FCDO in the Overseas Territories, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Caribbean, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Colleen joined DFID in 2…

  • Colonel Dominic C. Morgan was commissioned in 1988 into the Royal Corps Of Transport. He served for 2 years as a troop commander in Germany, before being seconded to the Brigade of Gurkhas in Hong Kong for 5 years. His servi…

  • Tom Blythe joined the Royal Marines in 1989, passing out of the Commando Training Centre in November 1990. As a junior officer he served initially in Northern Ireland with 42 Commando and trained recruits before specialising…

  • Commander Carl Necker RN took up the appointment of QHM Plymouth in early February 2011 His previous roles include: navigating the mine countermeasures vessel HMS Brocklesby and the Devonport based frigate HMS Cornwall 2 yea…

  • Commodore Richard Powell joined the Royal Navy in 1980. After initial officer training, which included service in the South Atlantic during the 1982 Falklands campaign, he was appointed to the Hong Kong Squadron as a patrol …

  • Conrad Bailey is Director General Public Transport and Local Group at the Department for Transport ( DfT ). Conrad joined DfT in 2018. Between 2021 and 2024, he was the Director General Rail Strategy and Services Group. In 2…

  • Conrad is Director General of Public Spending in HMT. He joined the Treasury in 2003 and has held several roles including Press Secretary and then Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor from 2014 to 2017, working for …

  • Corhyn Parr is CEO of Nuclear Waste Services, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s waste management organisation. She was previously Director of Integrated Waste at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), a role whic…

  • Corin Robertson is the Director General, Finance and Corporate at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Curriculum vitae Full name: Corin Jean Stella Robertson Dates role 2022 to 2023 Interim Director Ge…

  • Corinne Kitsell was appointed Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in Vienna in October 2020. At the same time, sh…

  • Craig has more than 20 years’ experience working across operational, strategic and programme roles at Sellafield Ltd, LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). He is a Chartered Environmentalist …

  • Craig is Investment Director at the UK Space Agency, responsible for leading the Agency’s work to catalyse investment in the UK space sector. Craig was Innovation Lead for Space at Innovate UK from 2014 – 2019, and then spen…

  • Craig started as the Principal Private Secretary at the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland in July 2021. Craig joined the Office in March 2018 as the Head of the Constitutional Policy team where he advised Ministe…

  • Craig Fulton has been Deputy High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean since August 2017. He has served overseas previously in Uganda, Pakistan and Singapore. From 2013-2017, Craig was Deputy Director in the Ea…

  • Craig joined the MMO in June 2015 on a 2 year secondment from the Environment Agency. During a 20 year career with the Environment Agency Craig has held a range of senior and executive level positions including, Head of poli…

  • Craig was the Chief Data Officer for the UK Government, working in the Government Digital Service. He is a Data and AI leader with 20+ years of experience building companies, leading transformation strategies, navigating com…

  • Crispin Blunt served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Reigate on 1 May 1997. Crispin was educated at Wellington College, The Royal Mili…

  • He was Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for South Asia from February 2018 to March 2020. Crispin Simon was appointed British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India and Director General of the Department for Intern…

  • Crystal Akass and Ruth Bailey joined the Cabinet Office as Human Resources (HR) Director in March 2015. They were appointed as a job share and both work 3 days a week. Crystal and Ruth worked together in the UK Border Agency…

  • Cynthia was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England on 24 May 2024. Cynthia Alers was recently Audit and Risk Committee Chair and a member of the Governance Committee at Orwell Housing Association, as well as…

  • Cynthia Dubin is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the CMA. Cynthia is an Independent Non-Executive Director of ICE Futures Europe, Inc., where she is Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee. She is also an Independent …

  • Cyrus was appointed as CMA Panel Member in April 2020, and was appointed as a CMA Board member in February 2024. Cyrus is a former Partner and Head of the EU and Competition team at international law firm CMS in London. He h…

  • Dafydd joined the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales in January 2021. Dafydd heads up the communications team, overseeing all aspects of media relations, digital & social media, stakeholder engagement as well as …

  • Dai Powell has been a member of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) since 2006, and was Chair of DPTAC between September 2009 and November 2014. Since 1993 he has been Chief Executive of HCT Group , a s…

  • Dale was previously Director of Delivery and Development (Midlands and East) at the NHS Trust Development Authority, the organisation which was responsible for providing leadership and support to NHS trusts and whose respons…

  • Dale Murray became a non-executive board member at BIS and UKTI in January 2013. Dale is a successful technology entrepreneur turned award-winning angel investor. New Zealand-born Dale was part of the founding team that laun…

  • Dale was appointed to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in June 2018 and was re-appointed in November 2021 for a period of 4 years. She is a qualified barrister (currently non-practicing) with over 20 years’ exper…

  • Daljit Rehal is a senior technology and data executive with broad experience in the sector, including modernising digital capabilities, adopting Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies a…

  • Dalton Philips was a BIS non-executive board member from April 2012 to August 2015. Dalton was the Chief Executive of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc from March 2010 to February 2015. Prior to joining Morrisons, Dalton spent hi…

  • Alison Nimmo joined the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2021.  She continued this role with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from Sep…

  • Dame Angela Eagle DBE was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Wallasey in the general election of July 2024. Political career Angela  was first elected to Parliament i…

  • Dame Angela Watkinson DBE was appointed as a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 30 November 2012. She was reappointed in November 2015. She was elected as the MP for Upminster in 2001 and is a member of t…

  • Dame Anita Frew has over 30 years’ experience on the boards of global companies across various sectors including science, chemical, engineering, resources, utilities and financial services industries. She is currently Chair …

  • Antonia Romeo became the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office in April 2025, with responsibility for delivering the safer streets mission, secure borders, immigration and passports, homeland security, and protecting vulner…