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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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2026 Tokyo, HM Ambassador-designate to Japan 2023 to 2025 FCDO Chief Operating Officer 2022 to 2023 FCDO Director General for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 to 2022 FCDO Transformation Director 2018 to 2021 UK …
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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…
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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 …
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Craig has been the Deputy Director for Space Ecosystems at the UK Space Agency since April 2026. Craig was previously Investment Director at the UK Space Agency. Craig was Innovation Lead for Space at Innovate UK from 2014 –…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Craig Mills has been Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy Warsaw since June 2025. Prior to this role, he was Deputy Director Geopolitics, leading the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s engagement through …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cynthia Dubin was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) Board on 29 January 2019 and Senior Independent Director to the board on 31 December 2023. She was Chair of the Audit and Risk …
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Cyrus was appointed Panel Inquiry Chair of the CMA on 1 October 2025 and has been a Non-executive Director of the Board since February 2024. He is also a member of the CMA’s specialist news and media, and payment systems pan…
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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 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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Dame Annie Hudson was appointed to lead the Independent review of social work regulation in November 2025. She was previously Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel from December 2020 to June 2025. A social wo…
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Dame Antonia Romeo was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on 19 February 2026. Antonia Romeo served as the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office from April 2025 to February 2026, with responsib…
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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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Dame Barbara Woodward, took up the role of Deputy National Security Adviser (International) at the Cabinet Office on 01 December 2025. Dame Barbara was the UK’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York fro…
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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…