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Dr John Holden is Chief Medical Officer at the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS). He has a particular focus on external matters and liaison with key stakeholders including the GMC and BMA. John graduated f…
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Dr John Murton is the UK government’s COP26 Envoy. Find out more about COP26 , the 2021 UN Climate Conference. John was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and non-resident Ambassador to the Repu…
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John Scadding, OBE, MD FRCP, is Honorary Consultant Neurologist Emeritus to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, and was formerly also neurologist to Whittington Hospital, honorary consultant civilia…
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Julia Aglionby is a Chartered Surveyor and Agricultural Valuer - consultant to H&H Land and Property and the Foundation for Common Land. She is the executive director of the Foundation for Common Land and chair of the Up…
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Dr Julian Braybrook became the Government Chemist in June 2018. He is currently Director of Measurement Science for the National Measurement Laboratory at LGC, a life sciences research and testing company, where he is respon…
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Dr Junaid Bajwa has a wide range of global digital health experience from a software and pharmaceutical perspective, combined with his ongoing clinical, academic and non-executive experience around the world. Junaid is the C…
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Karen Croxson joined the CMA in September 2023 and was appointed as its first Chief Data, Technology and Insight Officer on 2 April 2024. Karen is a member of the Senior Executive Team, an adviser to the Board, and oversees …
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Katerina is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex. Her research looks at the ethical implications of developments in technologies and data for security and law enforcement. She has held advisory roles for the College …
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Kathryn (Kate) Chamberlain was the first Chief Executive of the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (the IMA). During 2020 she led a programme to create this new organisation in response to c…
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Dr Kathy McLean was the Medical Director at the NHS Trust Development Authority, the organisation which was responsible for providing leadership and support to NHS trusts and whose responsibilities transferred to NHS Improve…
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Laura started her career as a post-doctoral research assistant looking at resistance to anti-malarial drugs at the Liverpool Institute of Tropical Medicine following her PhD and BSc in Biochemistry and Physiology. She has sp…
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Liane Saunders is the British Ambassador to Oman. Prior to this appointment, they were the Staff Counsellor at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 2021 to 2023. Liane has previously served in diplomatic r…
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Louisa Murdin FRCP PhD MSc BM BCh is a consultant in Audiovestibular Medicine within the Ear Nose and Throat Service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, in London. She is an honorary associate professor at UCL Ear …
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A strategic partnering expert, Dr Luc Bardin is an advisor to world-leading companies including the Toyota Motor Corporation, and to the UK Government’s Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence. He is chair of two companies he…
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Dr Mason was appointed Head of the Defence and Security Accelerator (Accelerator) on 21 March 2017. As Head of the Accelerator, Lucy is responsible for building strong relationships between defence and security departments w…
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Madeleine Sumption is the Deputy Chair of the MAC. She is also the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, which provides impartial analysis of migration in the UK for public and policy audiences. …
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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is an award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author who has worked with several educational ins…
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Malcolm Burns joined the Government Chemist programme in October 2000. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the field of molecular biology and is also the Manager for the UK National Reference Laboratory for Genetically …
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Dr Malcolm McKibbin is Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service ( NICS ) and leads more than 27,000 civil servants. He is also Permanent Secretary of the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern I…
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Dr Manuela Gazzard became a Non-Executive Director of Crown Commercial Service in August 2021. Dr Gazzard is currently Group Director of Regulatory Services at BSI. In her role, she is responsible for leading the Regulatory …
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Marc is a molecular biologist with a PhD in Pathology. Marc has had a varied career starting with academic research on infectious diseases before establishing a team developing physical standards for biotechnology at the Nat…
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Before joining the VMD in May 2015, Dr Marie Hendrickx spent over 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry in major animal health companies, mostly in the UK, with spells in France and Belgium. She held several posts includin…
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Dr Mark Treherne was appointed chief executive in August 2012. A research scientist with a PhD in Pharmacology from Cambridge University, he has more than 25 years industrial experience in the discovery of novel treatments f…
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Dr Martin Longden is the British Ambassador to Libya. Prior to this appointment, Dr Martin was Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha from September 2021 to January 2022. Before that, he was in…
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Martin Read is Chairman of Wincanton plc and the UK Government’s Senior Salaries Review Body. Martin is a former chairman of Laird plc, the Remuneration Consultants Group and of the two government owned companies which manag…
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Mary is an independent consultant specialising in environmental research strategy, co-ordination and implementation. She has 14 years’ leadership experience in the UK’s Research Councils, mainly the Natural Environment Resea…
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Matt James is currently the Commercial Managing Director at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). Matt is an experienced commercial and project director working for the UK government. He has a record of successful delivery of comp…
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Matthew Rowland arrived in Somalia on 4 June 2019 as Deputy Ambassador. He was previously UK Ambassador/ Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Matthew joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Dev…
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Michael Grenfell took up his role as Executive Director, Enforcement, at the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) in 2015. Working closely with the Chief Executive, and as a member of the CMA Board, Michael’s role inclu…
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Michael Walker joined the Government Chemist Programme in August 2006 in a consulting capacity. In Northern Ireland he was resident Public Analyst (1986 to 2004) and Chief Executive, Forensic Science Northern Ireland (2004 t…
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Dr Michelle Meadows is our Deputy Chief Regulator and Executive Director for Strategy Risk and research. Michelle joined Ofqual as Director of Research and Evaluation in 2014. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow, Departm…
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Mike Aldred has significant leadership experience in human resources (HR) and remuneration. He is a founding partner of 3XO , a HR advisory firm. Prior to this he held various HR Director roles for Standard Chartered and Bar…
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Dr Mike Short was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for International Trade from November 2017 to February 2023. He has over 40 years of experience in the electronics and telecommunications industry, latterly as Vic…
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Mike Walker was appointed Chief Economic Adviser at the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) on 11 September 2013. As a member of the Senior Executive Team and a central adviser to the Board, Mike plays an important rol…
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Dr Miles Wagstaff is a consultant paediatrician at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a member of the South West Clinical Senate. He sits on an expert advisory panel for the National Institute for Health and …
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Mina joined Sizewell C in July 2021 and is an Executive Director on the SZC GenCo Board. Between 2008 and 2021, Mina held various positions in Office for Nuclear Regulation including since 2015, as ONR’s Deputy Chief Inspect…
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Neil has 40 years of experience, including as a Chief Executive, Board Chair, and Non-Executive Director, in the maritime, resources, nuclear, built environment, and energy sectors. He has managed global businesses in region…
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Neil joined the Ministry of Justice in February 2018 as Chief People Officer. He is responsible for leading all operational and strategic HR services including the prison and probation service. Over the course of his career,…
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Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE has over 40 years’ experience in planning, finance, procurement, delivery and management of major property and infrastructure investment projects. He was appointed as the International Federation of …
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Dr Nick Brown is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. He is also Principal of Linacre College, University of Oxford.
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Dr Nicola Byrne is the National Data Guardian for health and adult social care in England, having been appointed to the role in March 2021 by Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Dr Byrne has a 20 yea…
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Nicola joined the UK Space Agency in 2018 as Director of Regulation. She has held a wide range of roles in the civil service, at the Ministry of Defence, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Department for Communitie…
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Dr Hodson was appointed as a non-executive director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in November 2024. She was appointed as UK Chief Executive, IBM UK and Ireland in January 2023, where she is respons…
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Nicola has a PhD in Genetics from the University of Leicester, and 30 years’ experience working on viruses, vaccines, and regulatory science from positions at Cambridge University, the National Institute for Biological Stand…
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Nina Cope is Director General Corporate of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Nina joined the MOD in June 2022. She was previously the Director General Capabilities at the National Crime Agency (NCA); a COO role, where she led t…
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Patricia is a Senior Research Fellow at St. Anne’s College and at the Department of Economics, Oxford University where she had previously been Associate Head of Research and Deputy Head of Department. Previous academic posit…
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Dr Paul Bate has been CEO of the UK Space Agency since September 2021. He leads a team of over 300 to boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. Prior to space, Paul ran global sale…
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Dr Paul Cross is a consultant cellular pathologist, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. He has been active in cytology and gynaecological cytology during his career and has contributed to numerous national guid…