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Douglas Hamilton is currently the Director of the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust based in Edinburgh. Douglas has many years experience of working to address child poverty in Scotland through his employment in the children’s v…
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Douglas Marshall was appointed as the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman for a period of 5 years commencing 1 March 2021. He carries out work for Cumbria Constabulary as a Police Staff Senior Investigating Officer a…
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Douglas McCormick is CEO of Sweett Group, a global provider of professional services for the construction and management of building and infrastructure projects. He has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry …
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Douglas Ross was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland from 16 December 2019 to 26 May 2020. He was also a Government Whip until 14 February 2020. He was elected Scottish Conservative MP for Moray in June 2017,…
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Douglas Wilson KC (Hon) OBE is the Director General of the Attorney General’s Office, appointed in May 2021. Previously, he spent four and a half years in cyber agency GCHQ as Director of Legal Affairs and International Rela…
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Dr Aidan Fowler is the National Director of Patient Safety in England and a Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health and Social Care. Since March 2020 he has been on secondment to the Office of the Chief Medi…
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Dr Aislinn Rice has over 25 years’ experience in leadership positions across small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and global organisations in the technology sector. She was appointed to the Board of QUBIS from 2012 to 2…
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Alastair was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England on 24 May 2024. Alastair is Head of the Allerton Project. Prior to that he worked for the Co-operative Farms, specialising in the development of farming sy…
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Dr Alastair McPhail is the UK government’s Envoy for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024 . Previously Dr McPhail was the British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti (non-resident) and Permanent Representative to the Africa…
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Alexander Evans is Strategy Director at the Cabinet Office. A career diplomat, his previous roles include serving as Deputy and Acting High Commissioner to both India and (briefly) Pakistan, an adviser in 10 Downing Street, …
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Dr Ali Hashtroudi, FFOM MSc LLM is a consultant occupational physician and Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. He is the Clinical Director of Occupational Health and Safety Services, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foun…
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Alice Bunn is International Director at the UK Space Agency, responsible for international engagement through multilateral and bilateral frameworks, capturing the wider societal benefits of space programmes and harnessing th…
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Dr Alice Burt is His Majesty’s Deputy Head of Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, promoting relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia and supporting British interests in the Kingdom. Previously, Alice was Deputy Director…
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Dr Alison Campbell OBE was appointed as Chief Executive of the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) in April 2022. Alison was previously Director of Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI), the organisation responsible …
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Alison is a pharmacologist with a PhD in biochemistry. Her long career includes significant academic and regulatory experience, the latter initially at the Medicines Control Agency and then in senior roles within the Vigilan…
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Curriculum vitae: Full Name: Dr Amanda Susannah Tanfield Married to: Matthew Vernon Connolly April 11 - Oct 11: FCO, Libya Crisis Unit May 08 - April 11: FCO, Head of Drugs and International Crime Department Dec 03 - Dec 07:…
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Dr Anabel Inge joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2018 as Deputy Head of Scholarships in London, overseeing the Chevening and Marshall programmes. After a period of Italian language training, she mo…
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Dr Andrea Coscelli was the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). He was awarded a CBE for services to Competitive Markets in the 2020 New Year Honours. Previous career highlights include: Acting Chi…
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Andrew is currently chairman of Sphere Fluidics Ltd., a biotechnology tools company aiming to transform the search for new drugs and medicines. He is also a member of the board of Ploughshare Innovations and of the Diplomati…
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Dr Andrew Pocock was Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, and Permanent Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from December 2012 to July 2015. Dr Pocock joined the FCO in 1981, and h…
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Dr Andy Clements is a naturalist and ornithologist, and has a science background. Andy was Chief Executive Officer of the British Trust for Ornithology from 2007 until December 2020. Andy has previously worked for the govern…
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Dr Angela Seeney was Director, Technology, Supply Chain and Data at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) from May 2015 to November 2016. Angela is a senior executive with extensive global experience in global oil, gas and alterna…
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Anne Slowther is Professor of Clinical Ethics at the University of Warwick, and a clinical ethicist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. Her clinical background is in general practice and she co-leads the value…
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Antony Stokes was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba from October 2016 to January 2022. Previously he served as Ambassador-at-Large for Climate, and from 2010-2014 as Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vie…
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Dr Bannister is a specialist in infectious and tropical diseases. Although now retired from clinical practice, she remains an honorary consultant at the Royal Free Hospital and is an advisor on military medicine to the Minis…
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Dr Ben Caldecott joined the Export Guarantees Advisory Council (EGAC) in February 2020. Following agreement with our Minister on 5 June 2023 it has been agreed to extend the term of Ben’s appointment as a member of EGAC unti…
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Dr Bill Gunnyeon was appointed Chief Medical Adviser, Chief Scientific Adviser and Medical Director at the Department for Work and Pensions in June 2005. An experienced occupational physician, his previous career highlights …
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Bill Kirkup was appointed Chairman of the Morecambe Bay Investigation in July 2013. Bill has previously led investigations into the Oxford paediatric cardiac surgery unit and Jimmy Savile’s involvement with Broadmoor Hospita…
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Dr Brian Gilvary is Chairman of Ineos Energy. He served on the Board of BP plc as Chief Financial Officer from 2012- 2020. Brian is currently the senior independent director of Barclays plc and the Francis Crick Institute, C…
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Bryn’s early career in the Defence Research Agency ( DRA ) included research work in oceanography and submarine detection. After a period of time at the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ), where he was responsible for part of the l…
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Bryony Mathew was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iceland in August 2021. She joined HM Diplomatic Service in 2005, and has served in London, Bangalore, Beijing and Phnom Penh. Prior to joining the service, Bryony stud…
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Carol joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1998. She has worked on a wide range of different areas, including international fisheries, IT training strategy, international business and Diversity & Inclusion. Her …
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Dr Carole Crofts was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Republic of Azerbaijan in May 2016. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Carole Mary Crofts 2015 – 2016 Language training 2012 – 2015 UK Trade & Investment, Director, Ene…
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Dr Caroline Johnson was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care between 7 September 2022 and 27 October 2022.
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Dr Carolyn Browne was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2012 and took up her appointment in January 2013. Dr Browne joined the FCO in 1985 and served overseas in Moscow, New York, Brussels a…
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Dr Catherine MacKenzie is a barrister and legal academic. She is a member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge, Dean of Degrees of Green Templeton, University of Oxford, and Governing Master of the Bench of I…
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Dr Catherine Raines was appointed as Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on 7 September 2015 and, upon the formation of the Department for International Trade, became Director General of International Trade and…
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Chris Castelli joined the UK Space Agency in 2011 as Head of Space Science and was appointed acting director in November 2012. His previous roles include: Head of Space Science, Science and Technology Facilities Council seni…
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Dr Christian Dennys-McClure is no longer the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon nor the non-resident Ambassador to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea since July 2023. Prior to this he was Cabinet Secretariat, Hea…
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Christian Turner is Political Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Christian was previously British High Commissioner to Pakistan, from December 2019 to January 2023. Before that, he was the…
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Christine McCartney joined Public Health England in October 2012. Career highlights: Senior Advisor on Microbiology Services to Duncan Selbie, CEO Public Health England Senior Responsible Officer for the HCAI Data Capture Sy…
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Dr Christine Thuranira-McKeever is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. Christine is an agricultural economist who is the Director of Distance Learning at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). Christine’s work and academic…
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Clare Bond is a Reader and Earth Scientist at the University of Aberdeen. She has academic, industry, policy and third sector experience spanning a 20+ year career. Clare specialises in understanding biases and uncertainties…
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Dr Dambisa Moyo is a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. She was a non-executive board member of the Department for International Trade (DIT) from November 2020 to February 2023. Dr. Dambisa Moyo …
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Dan Poulter was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health in September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich on 6 May 2010. Education Dan studied law at…
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Daniel Scott became Programme Manager, Government Chemist in April 2014. He joined LGC in 2008 and has managed other large government funded research programmes as part of LGC ’s role as the UK’s designated National Measurem…
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Dr Dave Smith FIET FRAeS is the National Technology Adviser ( NTA ) having taken up the role in September 2023. A technologist and industrial expert by background, as the NTA , Dave advises the Secretary of State for Science…
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Dr David Allen joined the Defence Board as a non-executive member in 2010. Since his retirement, after a 30-year career at BP , in 2008, David has become a non-executive director and adviser to numerous companies in the ener…
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David Bennett was previously chief executive of Monitor. David’s previous roles have included: non-political Chief Policy Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair Head of the Policy Directorate and the Strategy Unit in 10 Downin…