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Alastair became the Defra Finance Director in January 2014. (From 1 October 2015 a new board-level role of Chief Finance Officer was created so the Finance Director is no longer a member of the Defra Board.) He joined HM Pas…
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Alastair has over 25 years of international board and executive level leadership experience growing teams across education, not for profit and professional services sectors. He is chair of Capital City College Group which th…
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Alastair was a Non-executive Member of the SSRO from October 2021 to September 2025. Alastair is an independent hands-on finance professional practitioner with thirty years’ experience in understanding business strategic, co…
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Alastair King-Smith was British Ambassador to Albania from August 2021 to August 2024. He has been a diplomat since 1996. Alastair previously served in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London as Deputy D…
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Alastair Long took up his appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain in August 2023. Prior to this appointment he was the deputy and then HM Trade Commissioner for Africa between 2019 and 2022. Alastai…
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Alastair MacGregor was called to the English Bar in 1974 and became a QC in 1994. After working for some years in the fields of criminal law and general civil litigation, his practice, both as a junior and as a silk, was con…
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Alastair Morgan was the British Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from December 2015 until December 2018. Alastair served as Consul-General, British Consulate-General Guangzhou, from 2010 to 2014, havin…
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Alastair Peoples was the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) from its creation on 1 April 2014 to October 2015. He retired from the Civil Service in October 2015. Career Alastair was Chief Exe…
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Alastair Pitblado was the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts (appointed November 2006) and the Public Trustee (appointed October 2016). Although Alastair held both statutory offices, they remain legally separate. Alasta…
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Alastair is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner for 24 years in Deloitte LLP and predecessor partnerships, specialising in corporate finance. During much of his career he has specialised in the nuclear industry. He led …
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Alec Pybus joined the Insolvency Service in September 2016 This is Alec’s first Government role, having previously worked as an Operations Director at Royal Mail during a period of modernisation and transformation.
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Alec was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in February 2020. He was appointed as Deputy Chair in November 2021. Career Alec was previously the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, retiring in 2018 a…
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Alex Aiken is an Executive Director for Government Communication. He was appointed in December 2012 and was responsible for creating the Government Communication Service (GCS) and developing cross-government campaigns. He se…
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Alex Bamford leads the Corporate Delivery Unit in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Alex’s previous roles have included Deputy Director in China Department, Deputy High Commissioner to Singapore, Deput…
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Alex is a highly experienced leader currently heading up the Digital Data and Technology Function for the Police Digital Service. Alex currently oversees the delivery of critical digital services to UK policing, ensuring tha…
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Alex Burghart was Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office between 27 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions from 20 September 20…
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Alex Davies-Jones was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice on 9 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Pontypridd in July 2019.
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Sir Alex Ellis was appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain and Andorra in September 2024. Previously, Alex served as the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India (2021 to 2024) and before that, he worked as…
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Alex Hynes was appointed Director General Rail Services Group in the Department for Transport ( DfT ) on 1 April 2024. Alex is an experienced transport professional with over 25 years of industry experience and a proven trac…
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Alex Jones was appointed as Ofsted’s Director, Insights and Research in March 2022. He was previously Head of Evidence and Transformation at 10 Downing Street from 2020 to 2022, following 10 years working at the Department f…
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Alex Maclean joined the FCDO in 2015, and has worked in Bangladesh and Nigeria, latterly as Counsellor – Lake Chad Basin. Prior to joining the FCDO, Alex worked extensively for international NGOs in East Africa, South and So…
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Alex Mitham was Deputy Governor of the Falkland Islands until May 2021. He arrived in the Falklands in January 2017, having previously been the Administrator on Tristan da Cunha; in addition to the Foreign, Commonwealth &…
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Alex Naqvi has been Deputy Head of Mission to Luxembourg since January 2018. He started his career with the Foreign Office in 2008. He served in Brussels as 2nd Secretary Political, where he covered portfolios including just…
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Alex Norris was apppointed Minister of State at the Home Office on 6 September 2025. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government between 9 July 2024 a…
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Mr Alex Pinfield OBE was appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco in February 2025. He presented his credentials to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on 29 August 2025. Mr Pinfield has been in …
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Alex Reeves is a Non-Executive Member of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Board. Alex is a Director at UK Government Investments (UKGI), where he currently leads on inward Mergers and Acquisitions and other corpor…
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Alex van Someren was Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security from July 2021 to March 2025. Alex was previously a venture capital investor and entrepreneur, focusing on investing in early stage ‘deep technology’ startu…
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Alex Younger is the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6). He was appointed in November 2014. He is a career MI6 officer and has been in the service since 1991. MI6 career Alex has had overseas postings in …
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Alexander Ehmann is currently the Head of UK Public Affairs for TATA Ltd. He previously worked as Head of Government and Parliamentary Affairs at the Institute of Directors (IoD) and also Head of Regulation and Employment Po…
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Alex joined Dstl in 2002, initially working across a number of groups in Land Battlespace Systems ( LBSD ), He spent the following few years based across Dstl , BAE Systems and Defence Equipment and Support ( DE&S ). Rec…
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Alexander ‘Mac’ MacGill joined the CNPA Board in November 2024 as a nuclear industry representative. Mac is currently NRS Dounreay’s Environmental, Health & Safety, Security and Quality ( EHSSQ ) Director having previous…
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Alexander ‘Mac’ MacGill joined Dounreay in October 2018 having spent the 3 years as the principle consultant and director of an executive management consultancy. Previously, he enjoyed a diverse military career spanning comm…
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Alexandra Cole was appointed Deputy Head of Mission to Georgia in April 2018. Curriculum Vitae April 2018 Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Tbilisi Apr 2016 - Mar 2018 Counsellor Migration and Protracted Crises, UK Mis…
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Alexandra Elson joined Export Guarantees Advisory Council ( EGAC ) in July 2011. Alexandra is Senior Stakeholder Relations Adviser at Shell. Before joining Shell, she was natural resources adviser at the Department for Inter…
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Alexandra Gaunt was appointed Deputy Head of Mission to Moldova in January 2018.She also holds the role as HM Consul. Curriculum Vitae 2016 Brussels, Chancery 2015 FCO, Counter Terrorism Department 2013 - 2015 FCO, Minister …
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Alexandra Gowlland has been the Deputy Director of the Disability Unit in the Cabinet Office since March 2023. She joined the Civil Service in 2011, and previously worked in the Cabinet Office, Government Equalities Office,…
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2013 Tbilisi Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2011 to 2013 maternity leave 2009 to 2011 Bogota, Deputy Head of Mission 2007 to 2008 maternity leave 2006 to 2007 New Delhi, Counsellor and Head of Political Section 2004 to 2006 FCO, H…
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Alexandra Jones is the Director General for Science, Innovation and Growth at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ). Alexandra was Director for Science, Research and Innovation at the Department for …
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Alexandra Marks CBE has been the Chair of RICS’ Regulatory Tribunal since 2023. A Recorder since 2002 and Deputy High Court Judge since 2010, she has also served as a First Tier Tribunal Judge of the General Regulatory Chamb…
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Alex joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2002, and has spent her career focusing on Europe and Asia, with postings to Beijing, Paris, Berlin, Singapore and Bangkok. Curriculum vitae Dates Role Januar…
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Alexandra Needham joined the FCO in 2004. Her Foreign Office career has to date covered Asia (with a particular focus on China) and Latin America. Her previous overseas posting was as Political Consul at the British Consulat…
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Alexandra Notay is an internationally recognised expert on housing, placemaking and ESG. She has 20 years’ strategic advisory and investment experience having worked extensively across four continents. In August 2024 Alex to…
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Alex Smith was appointed as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and Trade Director for Vietnam in July 2024. Ahead of taking up her appointment, Alex was the UK’s first Trade and Economic Counsellor to the Association of Sout…
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Alexia was appointed Director of Marketing in 2020 and has been with PHE since its inception. Whilst at PHE, Alexia has led a number of highly successful, flagship social marketing campaigns including: Change4Life, which enc…
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Ali Johnson has worked within the Civil Service since September 1984 working in various departments, Ministry Of Defence, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affai…
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Alice M. Greenwald is Director of the 9/11 Memorial Museum and Executive Vice-President for Exhibitions, Collections & Education, having overseen the articulation and implementation of a vision for the museum, directing …
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Alice was the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Israel from May 2022 to January 2023. She joined the Diplomatic Service in 2009 following an undergraduate and Masters at the University of Nottingham. In London…