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Danny Lopez was appointed British Consul General, New York and Director General for UK Trade & Investment USA in July 2011 and has responsibility for promoting the UK’s economic profile, foreign policy and national secur…
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Danny Payne was the Chief Executive of FCDO Services from July 2015 to December 2021. Danny had been a member of FCDO Services’ executive and leadership team since 2008, as Security and Property Director from 2008 to 2015 be…
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Danny Williams was appointed as CEO of Active Travel England in June 2022. In September 2024, Danny took on an additional role of Director for Integrated National Transport Strategy at the Department for Transport. Danny has…
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Danuta Gray became a Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of the People Committee in 2015. Danuta has 26 years experience in the Telecommunications Industry; including CEO in the in Irish subsidiary of Telefonica. Her curren…
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Daphne Hall is an editor at rightsnet - a social welfare law website providing daily news and case law updates as well as hosting a discussion forum for advisers across the UK. She is also the Vice Chair of the National Asso…
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Darren Henry was Assistant Government Whip from 20 September 2022 to 27 October 2022.
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Darren returned to DVLA in 2023 as Commercial Director. Education Darren holds a degree in Economics and an MBA from Swansea University and was last year elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. …
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Darren became Permanent Secretary at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in August 2025. Prior to this, he was Director General, Propriety and Constitution Group, holding that role since March 2023. Before this, he join…
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Dave Beer has over 17 years’ experience as a development and humanitarian practitioner in a range of policy and operational positions, mostly in Africa. Before working as an advisor to the UK Executive Director to the World …
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Dave has spent most of his career managing the work of specialist staff and leading the management of science and research as part of strategic policy roles. A 6 month secondment in the voluntary sector and a spell leading a…
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Dave is Actuarial Director for People and Capability. He is a member of GAD’s Management Board and Executive, and he provides Management Board oversight for the Public Service Pensions Team. Dave joined GAD in 2010 working a…
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Dave joined the IPO in July 2008, initially as Head of Trade Marks Strategy and Policy, following a broad civil service career encompassing MoD, Home Office, Historic Royal Palaces, HM Treasury, OGCbuyingsolutions and the Of…
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Dave joined the Insolvency Service in March 2022 as the Director of Investigation and Enforcement Services. His public service career began in local government assessing claims for Housing and Council Tax Benefit before movi…
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As a commercial professional, Dave has over 35 years of proven experience developing and implementing strategies and transformation plans in end-to-end supply chain engagement and management. During his time at Sellafield Lt…
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Dave Morgan was sworn in as Deputy Governor of Bermuda in May 2025. Prior to coming to Bermuda, Dave served as Deputy Governor for the Falkland Islands. He has worked for the UK Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Commonweal…
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Dave Pares has been the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesperson since February 2024.
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Dave joined HMCTS as Digital Change Director in June 2019. Dave has worked in Information Technology for over 30 years, in a variety of roles, and across a wide range of technologies and industries. These include household n…
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Dave Webster has been Chief Executive since March 2012. He joined Natural England as a founding member in September 2006. He has over 20 years experience in the environment sector in senior leadership roles. Dave is a qualif…
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Dave Webster joined APHA in 1 December 2016, as Defra Finance Director with responsibility for APHA. Before joining APHA he was Defra’s Group Director, Commercial Estates and Knowledge, having been Director of Network Corpor…
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Dave has extensive experience in decommissioning, spanning 30 years since joining the industry as a graduate at Sellafield. He has previously served as site director at Chapelcross and Trawsfynydd, and operations officer for…
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David was Head of the Governor’s Office (HOGO) and the UK Policy Adviser to the Governor from November 2018 to 2021. Prior to that he was Head of the International HR Policies Teams in the HR Directorate at the Foreign and C…
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David Ashley is the British Ambassador to South Sudan. He took up his appointment in January 2025. Prior to taking up his current role, David was the British Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros. He had previously served as …
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David Banks has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) since April 2019. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Young (now EY) in Manchester, and stayed in the profession for a …
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David Barnes is Deputy Director for agriculture and rural development in the Scottish government, responsible for common agricultural policy and other agricultural issues. He joined the Scottish government in September 2008.…
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David is a Chartered Management Accountant who prior to joining AECOM as Senior Vice President Nuclear and Environment, spent nine years in the public sector as Group CFO for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority including i…
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David has 30 years’ experience in the financial sector and has a proven track record in delivering digital and large-scale transformational change. He has spent the last 14 years at Aegon UK, where most recently he was Tran…
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David Belgrove was appointed Her Majesty’s British High Commissioner to The Gambia in August 2020. Prior to this appointment he was the British Ambassador to Liberia 2015 to 2020. Since joining the Foreign & Commonwealth…
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David Bennett is a Non-Executive Director with over 30 years’ experience in financial services having held a range of senior executive positions in retail banking both in the UK and overseas, including the USA and Australia.…
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David is the Department for Transport’s representative on the DOHL board. He has over 20 years’ experience of government commercial operations and shareholder functions. He is currently the Head of Direct Rail Operations in …
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David Bennett is the Delivery Director for Phase One. He joined HS2 from global engineering firm Jacobs and has wide ranging experience of delivering complex projects across the globe. Following the recent publication of our…
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David Bernstein joined the HMPPS as a Non-Executive Board Member on 20 May 2021. David Bernstein has been chairman of the British Red Cross since 2015 and brings a wealth of business and professional experience. David served…
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David Bickerton became the Chief Strategic Business Adviser at the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT ) in January 2025. He was previously Director General for Business Group at DBT from February 2023 to December 2024. …
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David’s early career was in the automotive, consumer goods and financial services sectors before spending a number of years in senior consulting roles with Price Waterhouse and Atos KPMG. He then moved on to hold Human Resou…
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David Blackall was acting Chief Operating Officer of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). As Chief Operating Officer, David supported both the Permanent Secretary and Second Permanent Secretary across a wide range of their respons…
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David Bolt served as the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration from 1 May 2015 to 21 March 2021 and as interim Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration from 24 May 2024 to 2 October 2025. In 20…
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David is Executive Director, Finance and Operations, and joined Ofqual in 2022. His previous roles in the civil service include: Director of Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Head of Customer Finance, Defen…
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David Brewer joined the Highways Agency in 2013 as Network Delivery and Development Director. He is responsible for maintenance and improvement of the strategic road network. His previous roles include senior posts with BAA,…
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David Brooker joined DCMS in March 2008 as the Director responsible for the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and since 2011 has also been the lead Director for Sport. Having studied English at the University …
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David Brooks has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Coal Authority and the chair of its HR and Remuneration Committee (retitled the People and Remuneration Committee from 1 April 2023) from 1 April 2022 to 31 …
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David Bunch has more than 20 years of operational experience in building, running and leading a variety of mobility-related businesses across Europe, North America and South Africa combined with extensive board-level experie…
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David has more than 20 years’ legal experience. He trained in the Inland Revenue and has worked extensively on tax matters, leading large HMRC legal teams dealing with tax policy and legislation in relation to UK business an…
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David Burrowes was the Prime Minister’s Deputy Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief from January 2022 to July 2024. David is a solicitor specialising in criminal law. Before being elected Member of Parliament for …
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David Burton has been Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Rome since August 2024. During his career David has worked on a wide range of issues including Europe, South Asia, G7/G20, international jus…
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Date Role 2025 Buenos Aires, His Majesty’s Ambassador 2019 to 2025 Equinor, Vice President 2015 to 2019 Stockholm, Her Majesty’s Ambassador and Director of Nordic Baltic Network 2010 to 2014 FCO, Director, Estates, Security,…
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David has been the British High Commissioner to Brunei since October 2013. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1981 and has served overseas in Europe, the Caribbean and Asia Pacific, including Singapore an…
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David completed a 43-year banking career with Barclays in December 2024. He is a specialist in social housing finance having led that team within Barclays for 10 years. He has experience in all aspects of debt finance includ…
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Appointed Non-Executive Director to the VMD in December 2018. He is a former council member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sugeons (RCVS) and has 30 years’ experience working in a veterinary practice. A member of the VMD…