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David McLoughlin joined the Royal Air Force in 1988 as a medical cadet. After qualifying in medicine from Queens University, Belfast in 1990 he trained as a General Practitioner at RAF Gatow, HQ AFCENT, RAF Marham, and Hinch…

Air Commodore Sean Corbett commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1988, directly into the Photographic Interpretation Branch (now Intelligence), his first tour was as an analyst at the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence…

Air Marshal Walton joined the Royal Air Force on a University Cadetship in 1987 while studying medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, London. In 2008, she was posted to Headquarters Air Command as SO1 Primary …

Air Marshal Dame Sue Gray was Director General (CEO) of the Defence Safety Authority from March 2019 to January 2022 – leading the regulation and assurance of military equipment and activity across Air, Land and Sea. Prior t…

Air Marshal R F Garwood CB CBE DFC MA RAF was appointed on 1 May 2013. His previous Ministry of Defence roles include: Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations Chief of Staff (Operations) Air Officer Commanding 22 (Training) Gro…

Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper joined the Royal Air Force 1976, and began his operational career flying the Jaguar aircraft with No 41 (Fighter) Squadron in 1979. He went on to fly the CF-18 on exchange with the Canadian…

Air Marshal Steve Shell was appointed as the Director General of the Defence Safety Authority (DSA) in January 2022. His previous MOD roles include: NATO and EU Air Policy adviser, MOD Officer Commanding 27 Squadron Deputy D…

Gav Parker was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1990. Following officer training at the RAF College, he was awarded his wings in 1993 on completion of the Advanced Flying and Tactical Weapons Training Course, w…

Air Vice-Marshal A Gillespie was appointed on 10 December 2021. His previous MOD roles include: Defence Intelligence Staff and MOD Directorate of Strategic Plans Chief of Combat Operations in the USAF Central Command Combine…

Air Vice-Marshal M A Clark MBA BSc(Eng) CEng FRAeS FIET was appointed Director (Technical) Military Aviation Authority on 18 June 2012. His previous MOD roles include: Head of Air Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisiti…

Air Vice-Marshal Mick Smeath joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1987 as an aircraft propulsion engineer prior to being commissioned into the RAF Regiment in 1990. During his early years he served in Germany and Northern Ire…

Air Vice-Marshal P A Atherton OBE was Appointed on 1 April 2015. His previous MOD roles include: Air Officer Operations at HQ Air Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategy, Policy and Plans Commander Basrah Air Station Officer Comm…

Aisling Conboy is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. Aisling is a Senior Programme Director at Wilton Park, an executive agency of the UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, where she convenes dialogues on t…

Professor Ajay Chakravarthy is the Director for Digital, Data and Technology at BDUK.  Ajay has a Masters and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield, and is also a Visiting Professor at the University. Ajay…

Ajay Chowdhury is Partner and Managing Director at BCG Digital Ventures. Prior to that he was CEO of Seatwave, a European online ticketing marketplace that was sold to Ticketmaster. Prior to this, he was CEO of ComQi, a glob…

Mr Ajay Sharma was appointed Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim to the Republic of Türkiye in July 2022. Ajay was previously UK Cyprus Settlement Coordinator from 2021 to 2022, after serving as Deputy Political Director. He served…

Alan was a member of the Departmental Board from April 2012 to August 2014. He worked with the Department from 2008 as a member and then Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. He was also a member of the Performance, Finance…

Alan was the British Ambassador to Brazil from December 2008 until June 2013. He was responsible for the promotion of British interests and the delivery of public services in Brazil. As Head of Mission in Brazil, he lead fou…

As Chief Valuer, Alan is part of the Agency’s Executive Committee and Board contributing to the corporate leadership, strategic direction and management of the VOA. He is directly accountable for the successful delivery of v…

Alan joined the NDA in April 2018 and has responsibility for all operations, including health and safety. A Chartered Civil Engineer and a Chartered Structural Engineer, Alan completed his nuclear training at Massachusetts I…

Alan Eccles was appointed Chief Executive and Public Guardian in April 2012. Before joining the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), Alan was Delivery Director for London, HM Courts and Tribunals Service . He is a barrister …

Alan Evans was appointed General Counsel and Solicitor for HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) in January 2019. He has held a number of other senior legal posts in government - including Legal Director at DEFRA, BEIS and HMRC . …

Alan Foster joined HS2 as Chief Financial Officer in July 2022 and reports directly to Chief Executive Mark Thurston. He brings with him deep experience operating at Board level supporting businesses in both the Energy and C…

Alan Gemmell was His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia and the British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India from June 2020 to May 2023. Prior to this appointment, Alan was Chief Executive of the Commonwealth …

Alan served as a Non-Executive Director on the CMA Board from 15 July 2013 to 31 March 2019. He previously served as a Non-Executive Director on the OFT Board, from April 2007. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Perp…

Alan Gogbashian is His Majesty’s Consul General for Chicago, and has been in this role since January 2020. As Consul General, he leads the UK’s engagement across the 14 states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ke…

Alan Henry has 25 years experience as a Human Resources professional in the public sector, and continues to provide an HR consultancy service. He was a Commissioner for the Equality Commission, the Civil Service Commission a…

Alan Johnson was a Non-Executive Director at the Department for International Development (DFID) from October 2018 to August 2020. Prior to joining DFID’s Board, Alan Johnson had a 30-year career at Unilever, including as Ch…

Alan was appointed as Chief Strategy and Reform Officer in March 2015. He became Deputy Chief Executive in November 2018. Alan spearheaded the development of Conservation 21 , Natural England’s new conservation strategy. Thi…

Alan is the son of a farmer, and was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He trained as an accountant working for PwC and has been finance director for several companies. In his executive career, Alan was chief executive offic…

Alan Mak was appointed a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State jointly in the Department for Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office on 26 March 2024. He was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury between 8 July 2022 and 8 S…

Alan Meyrick served as the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Teaching Regulation Agency from April 2018, when the National College for Teaching and Leadership was re-purposed as the Teaching Regulation Agency, to…

Alan Over was appointed Director General Major Rail Projects Group in the Department for Transport ( DfT ) on 1 April 2024. From 2018 to 2024, Alan worked on HS2 . Prior to that, Alan worked on complex commercial, major prog…

Alan was appointed the Executive Director Public Sector Prisons North for HM Prisons and Probation Service in April 2019. Before this, Alan was the Acting Director, Public Sector Prisons at the National Offender Management S…

Alasdair took up his role as Consul General Auckland and Deputy Governor of the Pitcairn Islands in January 2021. His previous role was Head of Science & Innovation at the British Embassy in Beijing. Prior to that he was…

Alasdair Lewis joined HM Land Registry in 1984 and was promoted to Telford Land Registrar in 1998. In 2005 he moved into a Head Office role as Business Change Manager (effective Head of Strategy). In that role he produced th…

Alastair became the Defra Finance Director in January 2014. (From 1 October 2015 a new board-level role of Chief Finance Officer was created so the Finance Director is no longer a member of the Defra Board.) He joined HM Pas…

Alastair has over 25 years of international board and executive level leadership experience growing teams across education, not for profit and professional services sectors. He is chair of Capital City College Group which th…

Alastair was appointed as a Non-executive Member in October 2021. Alastair is an independent hands-on finance professional practitioner with thirty years’ experience in understanding business strategic, commercial and financ…

Alastair King-Smith is British Ambassador to Albania. He took up his posting in August 2021, after a year’s language training in Albanian. He has been a diplomat since 1996. Alastair previously served in the Foreign, Commonw…

Alastair Long took up his appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain in August 2023. Prior to this appointment he was the deputy and then HM Trade Commissioner for Africa between 2019 and 2022. Alastai…

Alastair MacGregor was called to the English Bar in 1974 and became a QC in 1994. After working for some years in the fields of criminal law and general civil litigation, his practice, both as a junior and as a silk, was con…

Alastair Morgan was the British Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from December 2015 until December 2018. Alastair served as Consul-General, British Consulate-General Guangzhou, from 2010 to 2014, havin…

Alastair Peoples was the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) from its creation on 1 April 2014 to October 2015. He retired from the Civil Service in October 2015. Career Alastair was Chief Exe…

Alastair Pitblado was the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts (appointed November 2006) and the Public Trustee (appointed October 2016). Although Alastair held both statutory offices, they remain legally separate. Alasta…

Alastair is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner for 24 years in Deloitte LLP and predecessor partnerships, specialising in corporate finance. During much of his career he has specialised in the nuclear industry. He led …

Alec Pybus joined the Insolvency Service in September 2016 This is Alec’s first Government role, having previously worked as an Operations Director at Royal Mail during a period of modernisation and transformation.

Alec was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in February 2020. He was appointed as Deputy Chair in November 2021. Career Alec was previously the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, retiring in 2018 a…