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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…
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Dr Paul Goldsmith has a breadth of clinical, drug development, digital health and governance experience, whilst also being a serial innovator who has co-founded 4 healthcare businesses. He has extensive experience in frontli…
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Paul Hollinshead joined the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory ( Dstl ) as Chief Executive in February 2022, having led complex large science and technology programmes in the defence and civil sector for more than 20 …
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Dr Paul Leinster joined the Environment Agency (EA) in 1998, he was appointed Chief Executive in June 2008. His previous roles include: Director of Operations, EA Director of Environmental Protection, EA various roles with S…
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Peter Hayes was Director for the Overseas Territories from October 2012 until November 2016. He was concurrently Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory and Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory. Befor…
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Peter has nearly 40 years management experience including 27 as Chief Executive in three university teaching hospitals and two national organisations including the Commission for Health Improvement. He also served as Notting…
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Peter Knight retired from the position of Vice Chancellor of Birmingham City University in 2007. He read physics at the University of York where his academic interests included astrophysics and the behaviour of semi-conducti…
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Peter served on the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel from June 2018 to November 2021 and was re-appointed to the panel in November 2021. He served until August 2023. Peter is an emeritus professor of child health at …
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Peter Thompson is the Deputy Chief Executive at Dstl. He has spent 20 years in the defence and security sector and has held various roles in the civil service, including strategic advisor to MOD’s Chief Scientific Adviser pr…
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Phil Evans took over as Head of DFID Somalia in April 2014. Phil joined DFID in 1993, having previously worked for the UN and World Bank. He has worked in Africa for many years, including heading DFID ’s country offices in S…
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Dr Phillip Lee was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice in July 2016. He was elected the Member of Parliament for Bracknell in May 2010. Education Phillip was educated at his local stat…
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Dr Pippa Malmgren was a non-executive board member of the Department for International Trade. Dr Malmgren is the founder of DRPM Group, which helps clients better anticipate trends in the world economy. Pippa is also: the co…
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Dr Pui Ling Li was Chief Medical Adviser and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Work and Pensions from December 2014 to 31 July 2017.
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Dr Rachel Glennerster was the Chief Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and a member of the FCDO Executive Committee from September 2020 to July 2021. Prior to her appointment at the FCDO, …
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Dr Raj Patel was the Interim Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement before joining the DDRB. He was previously Medical Director of NHS England for Lancashire and Greater Manchester as well as Di…
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Dr Rajesh Khanna is a consultant in emergency medicine and paediatric emergency medicine, as well as a general practitioner and urgent care lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. He is also a clinical ad…
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Dr Rannia Leontaridi was appointed Director General Aviation, Maritime and Security Group in the Department for Transport ( DfT ) in June 2022. Previously, Rannia was Director for Aviation in DfT . She was responsible for th…
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Rashmi Shukla joined PHE in January 2013. Career highlights: National Director in the PHE transition team, to support the transfer of public health functions from PCTs to local authorities Regional Director of Public Health …
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Ray Kemp was appointed to the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management in November 2019. Ray has been a Member of the Advisory Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Foods, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC) …
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Rebecca is an economist with over 25 years of experience. During her career she has worked on a wide range of public policy issues, including planning, transport and sustainability, and has published extensively. Rebecca is …
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Dr Rebecca Weston joined the CNPA Board in March 2019, representing the views and interests of Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), before taking on the role of Industry Member representing Sellafield Ltd in April 2021. As …
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Rebecca has experience across large and small manufacturing organisations and has held senior leadership positions across Programme and Project Delivery, Operations and Commercial, as well as Technical and R&D. Rebecca, …
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Rhian is the first Chief Executive Officer of AberInnovation and has overseen the development of the £40.5m UK Research & Innovation Campus at Aberystwyth University. Previously, Rhian worked in the commercialisation of …
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Richard Shaw is an exploration and mining geologist ( CGeol ; EurGeol ) with over 25 years of experience in the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. He retired from the British Geological Survey ( BGS ) in October …
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Dr Rob Dixon was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria in March 2020 and took up his post in September 2020. Before his appointment in Sofia, Rob was Deputy Director for Africa in the FCO between 2016 and 2020, focu…
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Dr Roli Asthana was the Development Counsellor and Head of DFID China. She took up this role on 10 August 2017. Previously she was Deputy Head and Head of Development Partnerships in DFID India, leading DFID’s National, Stat…
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Dr Roni Savage FREng is CEO and Founder of Jomas Associates, an engineering company serving the construction industry. Roni is a: Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering an Honorary Fellow of Royal Institute of British Ar…
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Dr Ros Rivaz was Chair of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority from September 2020 to August 2023. Ros has a wide range of experience in executive and non-executive roles in blue chip companies, predominantly in highly regu…
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Dr Rosalind Given-Wilson is a Consultant Radiologist at St Georges Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust where she set up the breast screening service in 1991 and was Director of Screening, then Medical Director until 2015. She is…
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Dr Roseline Wanjiru is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Business School, with interdisciplinary research interests in economic development, trade and industrial policy, foreign direct investment and innovation strategies. She …
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Rosemary Pratt has been the Director for Export Control and Sanctions since February 2023. Her directorate includes the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) and the sanctions policy team. Rosemary started her career in the Depar…
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Rowena was the Interim Director of Science Operations and Research between April and September 2024. Rowena was previously Head of Animal Health and Welfare Advice at APHA. Rowena has a PhD in veterinary parasitology, having…
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Dr Ruth Boumphrey is Director of Research at Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a global charity protecting life and property and supporting education, engineering-related research and public engagement. She is responsible for a l…
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Ruth McKernan is Executive Chair of Innovate UK, which she joined in May 2015. Ruth has 25 years of research and commercial experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including heading up research units in the UK and the US.…
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Dr. Ruth Wiseman has been Deputy Head of the Embassy in Sarajevo since August 2018. She has come to Sarajevo from Canberra, Australia, where she headed up the Foreign and Security Policy Team at the British High Commission. …
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Sam oversees a large portfolio that is designed to ensure the quality and access of products to the UK market - this includes scientific advice, clinical trials/clinical investigations, licensing assessment, marketing author…