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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…
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Dame Sue Street was a non-executive at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).
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Tamara Finkelstein was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2019 to June 2025. Tamara previously led the Building Safety Programme in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire at the M…
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Dame Una O’Brien DCB was Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health from 2010 to March 2016. She was previously the Department of Health’s Director General of Policy and Strategy, and prior to that the department’s Dire…
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Damian joined the UKHO in 2008 as Head of the Strategy Team, before becoming Sales Director and then Chief Executive at our subsidiary SeaZone Solutions Ltd. He returned to the UKHO to take up the position of Head of Sales, …
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Damian Collins was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport from 8 July 2022 to 27 October 2022.
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Damian has been Director General Strategy and International since August 2021. His previous role was Director of Industrial Strategy and Exports. He has been Chief of Staff to four Secretaries of State, supporting and advisi…
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Damian Paterson was appointed Director for Strategy, People & Culture in the Government Legal Department (GLD) in July 2021. Damian has spent most of his Civil Service career at the Ministry of Defence. After joining the…
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Damien Moore was Assistant Government Whip between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022.
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Damien Oliver was appointed interim Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in October 2022. Damien is a Chartered Project Professional through the Association of Project Managers with experience in proje…
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Mr Damion Potter was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Panama 2017 to 2021. Prior to this, Damion was Deputy Representative and Director of International Trade in Taipei. Previous postings include Moscow and Sweden…
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Dan is the Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) and sits on the Executive Committee at UK Export Finance, responsible for the team of DDaT professionals who transform and deliver great flexible services that meet …
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Dan Chugg is the Director for North East Asia and China at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). His previous roles were: 2018 to 2021 British Ambassador to Myanmar (Burma) 2015 to 2018 Head, Counter-Dae…
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Dan Corry was appointed non-executive board member at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 8 September 2025. Dan is Chief Economist at the Future Governance Forum. He brings extensive experience in publi…
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Dan joined the Insolvency Service as People and Capability Director (now People and Communications) in November 2018 He has held a variety of senior roles and in a number of major organisations - including BAE SYSTEMS, Rolls…
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Dan became Director General for the Migration and Borders Group on 14 August 2023. Dan previously worked as Director for Asylum, Protection and Enforcement Policy in the Home Office. He is also the Faith and Belief champion.…
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Dan was appointed Interim Director of Science Operations and Research for APHA in June 2025. He joined APHA in 2024 to lead the Virology Department, overseeing the Agency’s research and surveillance on animal and zoonotic vi…
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Dan Jarvis was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office on 6 July 2024 and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office on 6 September 2025. Political career Dan first entered Parliament as the Member for Barnsley Central i…
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Dan Rogerson was elected as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Cornwall in 2005. Dan has served on the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. He has also served as a shadow minister …
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Dan Salter has been the Deputy High Commissioner in Suva since the beginning of May 2013. Prior to his current posting, Dan had been posted to Tokyo and Islamabad, as well as time spent working in London for the Foreign and …
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Dan is the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. He was previously appointed Director General ( DG ) of Tax and Welfare on in March 2023, having been interim DG from November 2022. Prior to taking up his DG role…
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Danae Dholakia arrived in Moscow as the Deputy Head of Mission in June 2025. Danae’s previous overseas posting was in Beijing where she held the rank of Minister-Counsellor. Prior to that, Danae was the Foreign Secretary’s S…
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Danial has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Luxembourg since July 2021. Danial was previously posted to China, where he was Deputy Director responsible for commercial activity in sectors related to innov…
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Dan was a Member of the European Parliament between 2015-2019 representing the West Midlands and had previously worked in the European Parliament for a decade as an advisor on several parliamentary committees. He is also a p…
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The Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Skopje is Daniel Fieller. Dan has been in Skopje since August 2024, having come to us from London where he worked in the Western Balkans Department in the FCDO heading a c…
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Daniel Flury was appointed Operations Director for HMCTS in March 2024, leading nearly 15,000 people working across courts, tribunals and national services. Daniel joined the civil service in 1999 and has held a number of op…
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Daniel Graymore has been Head of DFID Uganda since July 2012. He was previously with DFID in Ghana. He joined DFID in 2003, and has worked on a range of issues including private sector development, accountability, health, ed…
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Daniel is General Counsel and joined Ofqual in 2015. His previous roles include: Director of Legal, Ofqual Associate Director, Legal Establishment, Ofqual Prior to joining Ofqual, Daniel worked in private practice, and in-h…
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Daniel was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 30 September 2024. Daniel is a member of the Senior Executive team and the Board. As the Chief Operating Officer at the CMA, he i…
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Daniel Morley was a Non-Executive Director at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from September 2017 to September 2019. Daniel has over 20 years experience in investment banking, and has worked across …
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Daniel Pruce took up his appointment as Governor of the British Virgin Islands in January 2024. Previously, Daniel was Interim Director of Communication at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) from 2021 to…
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Daniel is His Majesty’s Ambassador (designate) to the Republic of Guinea, arriving at post in April 2025. His previous postings include Hanoi, New Delhi, the UK Mission to the UN in New York, Pretoria as Consular Regional Di…
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Daniel Tomlinson MP was appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury) in His Majesty’s Treasury on 1 September 2025.
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Daniel Zeichner was previously Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 8 July 2024 and 6 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Cambridge in July 2024. Daniel was previously …
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Ms Danielle Dunne has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay in January 2025. CURRICULUM VITAE Date Role 2021 to present Abuja, Head of Counter-Terrorism Network West Africa & …