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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Dame Angela Eagle DBE was appointed Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 6 September 2025. She was previously Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) at the Home …
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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Barbara Hay served as British Consul General in Los Angeles from July 2009 to August 2013. Prior to that, Barbara was HM Consul General in Istanbul, where she arrived in early 2004 to lead the rebuilding of the Post followin…
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Dame Barbara Stocking became the 5th President of Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in July 2014. Prior to taking up her post at Murray Edwards College, Barbara was Chief Executive of Oxfam GB from May 2001 until …
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Ambassador Barbara Woodward is the UK’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Since 2020, she has led the UK Mission’s work at the UN to protect and advance UK security and prosperity, and drive progres…
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Bernadette Kelly became Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport on 18 April 2017. From September 2015 to April 2017, Bernadette Kelly was Director General, Rail Group in DfT. Prior to that she was a Director Gene…
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Dame Caroline Spelman served as a member of Parliament from 1997-2019. During this time she undertook a number of front bench roles culminating in Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the coalition g…
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Carolyn McCall was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2017 to 2020. Carolyn is the first female Chief Executive of ITV, joining in early 2018. She was prev…
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Dame Clare Barclay DBE is President of Enterprise and Industry EMEA at Microsoft, appointed in November 2024. Prior to this Clare spent 4 years as CEO of Microsoft UK, leading through a period of significant transformation a…
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Colette Bowe was a non-executive member of the Department for Transport Board from 1 September 2014 to 1 March 2017. Colette is the chairman of the Banking Standards Board (BSB) and also currently chairman of the Associated …
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Dame Deborah Bronnert DCMG was Director General Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from September 2024 to September 2025. Deborah was the British Ambassador to the Russian Federation from Jan…
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Dame Fiona Caldicott was appointed National Data Guardian for health and adult social care in 2014, and her position was made statutory in April 2019 after the passing of the Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) A…
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Dame Fiona Kendrick is a highly accomplished leader with a distinguished career in the food and drink sector, as well as making significant contributions to the skills and education landscape. She is currently a member of PW…
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A solicitor by profession, Dame Glenys Stacey has a wealth of CEO and regulatory experience, having led the start up or turnaround of a number of public sector organisations responsible for legal or regulatory services. Dame…
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Dame Hazel Genn is Dean of Laws and Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute in the Faculty of Laws at University College London, where she is also an Honorary Fellow. She previously held a Chair and was Head of the Departm…
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Helen Stephenson joined the Charity Commission as CEO in July 2017. Helen has extensive experience of senior leadership across the public and voluntary sectors, having previously served as Director of Early Years and Childca…
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Dame Jayne-Anne is the Lead Non-Executive at HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ), and is Chair of Moneyfarm, Senior Independent Director at the Tate and a Senior Adviser both at UniCredit and at Vanquis Bank. From 2007 to 2018 s…
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Dame Judith Hackitt joined HS2 in April 2019 and was the Chair of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and Chair of manufacturing trade body Make UK (formerly EEF). Dame Judith’s current positions i…
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Dame Judith Macgregor was the British High Commissioner to South Africa from September 2013 until March 2017. After graduating from Oxford (LMH) with a first class degree in Modern History, and a year in Romania as a British…
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Dr June Raine DBE is CEO of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. She trained in medicine in Oxford after completing a master’s degree by research in Pharmacology. Her interest in drug safety led to a car…
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Dame Kate Barker was an Independent Commissioner at the Geospatial Commission from 29 July 2019 to 30 June 2021.
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Dame Kate Dethridge started in her role as Regional Director for South East in September 2022. She has worked within the Department for Education as Regional Schools Commissioner and Deputy Director in the north-west London …
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Louise Casey became Director General, Casey Review Team on 20 July 2015. At the request of the Prime Minister, she led a review into opportunity and integration in some of our most isolated communities. Career Louise started…
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Dame Mariot Leslie joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1977. Her overseas postings have included Singapore (1978-81), Bonn (1982-86) and Rome (1998-2001), as well as two years spent on secondment to the French Foreign M…
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Dame Martina was appointed Chair of the Social Mobility Commission on 13 July 2018. She has been Chief Executive of The Prince’s Trust Since 2004, where she has led work to remove barriers that many young people still face, …
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Dame Mary Archer was a Non-Executive Board Member ( NEBM ) of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ) from February 2024 to May 2025. Dame Mary Archer was an academic, specialising in solar energy. Mary spe…
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Mary has had a distinguished 40-year career in local government, culminating in her serving as Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Greenwich for 14 years during a period of major regeneration and service transformation i…
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Dame Menna Rawlings was His Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic from 2021 to 2025. Previously, Menna was the Director-General Economic and Global Issues at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) from March 201…
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Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell is a British physiologist who served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester between 2010 and 2024. She was non-executive director of AstraZeneca between 2006 and 2015, …
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Dame Nia Griffith DBE MP was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Education between 8 October 2024 and 7 September 2025. She was also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State i…
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Dame Nicola is British High Commissioner to South Africa from June 2009. She is also accredited to Lesotho and Swaziland. She is a career diplomat who has held senior public sector appointments both inside and outside the Di…
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Dame Patricia Hodgson joined the Board of the Competition and Markets Authority as non-executive director in February 2024. She was a member of DCMS’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation from 2018 to 2021 and of the UK’s A…
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Dame Sarah Healey was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on 7 February 2023. Prior to this, she was Permanent Secretary of the Department for Digital, Culture, …
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Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG was appointed British High Commissioner to Australia and Head of the United Kingdom’s Oceania Network in April 2025. Previously she has served as Deputy National Security Adviser and Prime Minister’…
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Dame Sarah Storey has worked as a policy advocate for British Cycling with a particular focus on promoting road safety and access to cycling as transport for women and those with disabilities. In 2019 she was appointed as Ac…
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Shan’s early career focussed on employment and social affairs policy. After graduating in French from Kent University in 1977, she joined the Employment Department, working on youth and adult employment policy and on vocatio…
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Dame Shirley Pearce DBE has held senior executive and non-executive roles in higher education, health and policing. She was Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University from 2006 – 2012, where she delivered a new strategy for …
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Sue has been headteacher at Lampton School, a large multi-ethnic mixed school in the centre of Hounslow, since 1997. The school has moved from being a low-performing, unpopular school to a school that is now oversubscribed a…