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  • Emir is a Chartered Accountant and a specialist in transformational change and Essential Resource Planning. The majority of his career was spent at the Sunday Times as Associate Managing Editor. Emir is at present a Board me…

  • Emma Appleby joined the Rural Payments Agency ( RPA ) in August 2012. Before this, she led business transformation in the public sector at the Department for Work and Pensions, Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, J…

  • Emma Baines is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Vienna. Emma joined the Diplomatic Service in 2002. Previous roles include two postings at the British Embassy in Warsaw as Political Counsellor (2017 to 2021) …

  • Emma joined BDUK in January 2022 as Programme Director for the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme. As Programme Director, Emma is responsible for the Shared Rural Network Programme which is a world-leading deal with the UK…

  • Emma Boggis has spent over twenty five years working in the public and not for profit sector. Her early career started in the British Army where she had operational tours in Northern Ireland and Kosovo. After a brief spell i…

  • Emma Churchill was appointed Director General for Migration and Borders in succession to Glyn Williams who retired in December 2021. Emma started her new role on 20 January 2022. Emma has previously worked as: Director Gener…

  • Emma Davis was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to Solomon Islands in September 2022. Prior to this, she was Deputy Head of Mission in Conakry from 2019 to 2022 and Deputy Head of Mission in Bamako from 2017 to 2019. She h…

  • Emma Donnelly took over as Head of DFID Zambia in September 2014. She had previously held positions as Head of DFID Yemen, Acting Deputy Director for Asia, Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary and Deputy Head of DFID…

  • Emma joined the Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd Board in November 2023 as a NDA Nominated Non-Executive Director.  Emma joined the NDA as Group Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer in February 2022 from BEIS wh…

  • Emma joined the NDA as Group Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer in February 2022. Emma joined the NDA from BEIS where she was the Commercial and Operations Director and a Non-executive Director for UK Shared B…

  • Emma Haddad was appointed Director General for Asylum and Protection in the Home Office in February 2021. Before this, Emma was Director General, Service Excellence in the Department for Work and Pensions from April 2019. Pr…

  • Emma Hardy was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 9 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice in July 2024.

  • Emma joined HS2 Ltd in August 2015 as a member of the Executive Team, and has had a variety of leadership roles within the organisation including Technical Service Delivery Director, before joining the HS2 Board as Chief Rai…

  • Emma is an accomplished senior communications leader. She joined Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) in June 2022 from NHS Test and Trace where she was Director of Operational Communications, having previously worked for the …

  • Emma Kate Hopkins OBE served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Denmark from October 2020 to August 2024. Prior to this she served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2015 to 2020. Whilst in Bulgaria she was also the se…

  • Emma Howard Boyd was Chair of the Environment Agency, an Ex officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and interim Chair of the Green Finance Institute from January 2016 to September 2022.…

  • Emma Ing was appointed His Majesty’s Inspector in 2005. At heart Emma is a teacher, but immediately before joining Ofsted Emma worked as a School Improvement Adviser and Inspector for a local authority. She also led governor…

  • Emma Jones was appointed Small Business Commissioner in June 2025. Following a degree in Law and Japanese, Emma joined international accounting firm Arthur Andersen, where she worked in their London, Leeds and Manchester off…

  • Emma Luxton joined the SFO in 2008. Before becoming a Head of Division at the SFO in June 2024, she was the Head of the Proceeds of Crime and International Assistance Division for over two and a half years and previously a C…

  • Emma is an accomplished commercial leader who began her career at Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) in the late 1990s. After working extensively across the NDA group and with government stakeholders, Emma rejoined NRS in 20…

  • Emma Reynolds MP was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 14 January 2025. She was Parliamentary Secretary at HM Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions from 9 July 2024 to 14 January 2025. She was electe…

  • Emma Robinson graduated from Oxford University. She worked for the National Health Service and for Amrop International in Bangkok, before joining the FCO in 1999. She has served as 1st Secretary Migration in Ankara (2009-201…

  • Emma Robinson and Philip Barclay both graduated from Oxford University. Before they joined the FCO in 1999, Emma worked for the National Health Service and for Amrop International in Bangkok, and Philip worked for London Tra…

  • Emma Squire is Director, Arts, Heritage and Tourism at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Previous roles include: Director, Ministerial Strategy Directorate, Department for International Trade Principal Pr…

  • Emma was the Interim Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in La Paz from February to October 2024. Prior to this, she worked on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO’s) humanitarian and developmen…

  • Emma is Assistant Director: Head of Legal and Company Secretary at the Regulator of Social Housing.

  • Emma Wade-Smith OBE was His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America and HM Consul General New York from November 2021 until January 2024. Prior to this appointment, she spent nearly 6 years leading the UK government’s…

  • Emma Ward is Director General Road Transport Group at the Department for Transport (DfT). Her current role encompasses investment in: road infrastructure across England vehicle and motoring regulation vehicle decarbonisation…

  • Emma was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in November 2014. Education Emma has a BA Hons degree (2:1) in English Literature from Durham University (1989). She successfully completed her Certificate of Coaching f…

  • Emran Mian is the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ). Alongside its original responsibilities for strengthening the UK’s science, innovation and technology ecosystem, DSIT n…

  • Enda Ridge is Senior Staff Data Scientist for Google Commerce. He leads the EMEA Data Science team and is a member of the Commerce Merchant leadership team. Previous to Google, Enda was Chief Data Scientist at Sainsbury’s wh…

  • Eoin is the Director of Business Frameworks (BF) in the Department for Business and Trade. Eoin was previously Director of Strategy and Legislation in the Transition Taskforce within the Cabinet Office, and before that the C…

  • Eric Hollis has over 35 years’ experience within the UK Atomic Energy Authority ( UKAEA ). He began his career working at the London HQ on energy forecasting and has since undertaken a wide range of roles including developme…

  • Eric Robinson has been Chief Executive of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) since July 2019. Previously Eric worked as CEO for Wirral borough council where he helped transform the organisation, and introduce new strat…

  • Eric Salama is the Chairman and CEO of Kantar, the consumer insight division of WPP, the largest marketing services and communications company in the world. Previously, Eric was a Main Board Director of WPP Group, and CEO of…

  • Erica Handling joins as our new lead NED for Legal Quality. Erica is currently General Counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa at BlackRock. She is also a Trustee of Working Chance (Charity). Erica brings invaluable exper…

  • Erik Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer and second Accounting Officer at the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ). As a member of the CMA Board, Erik is responsible for setting the strategic direction and policy fram…

  • Erin Kuhn took up her posting as Consul (Government and Prosperity Affairs) at the UK Government Office in Denver in December 2015. She was previously Chief of Staff for Global Programs and University Life at New York Univer…

  • Erin Robinson took on the role of Transformation Director at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ) following the Machinery of Government ( MoG ) changes announced in June. She is working to create ‘Futur…

  • Eryl Besse joined the Charity Commission as Board member in June 2013. She is a native Welsh speaker. Eryl has over 30 years’ experience of the practice of law in 3 international law firms. Her previous roles include: Partne…

  • Esi is the Director of Business Group at UK Export Finance, with oversight of the department’s underwriting, origination, marketing, and communications. Esi is also a member of UKEF’s Executive Committee.  Joining UK Export …

  • After graduating from Sussex University in 1972, Esmond joined the Department of Employment where he worked on industrial relations issues and incomes policy. He moved on to research at Industrial Relations Services, coverin…

  • 2015 – Present Deputy Head of Mission, British Consulate-General Hong Kong 2014 Chargé D’Affaires Ad Interim, British Embassy Bucharest 2010 – 2014 Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Bucharest 2008 – 2010 Team Leader, C…

  • Before taking up her current post at HM Revenue and Customs in December 2016, Esther was HR Director at the Ministry of Defence, where she led the HR function for the Department’s 58,000 civilian workforce. Esther is an HR p…

  • Euan has enjoyed a 33-year career in the national and international nuclear industry, a career he started at Sellafield as a graduate. He has previously held senior leadership roles with responsibility for the decommissionin…

  • Eva joined the Charity Commission in 2022. Prior to taking up the Acting Director post she was Head of Legal Permissions and Information Law. Before joining the Commission, Eva was a Senior Advisory Lawyer at the Church of E…

  • Evan joined the UK Space Agency as Director of Finance in July 2024. He is a Chartered Management Accountant with over a decade of experience building award-winning finance teams across the public sector. Evan started his ca…

  • Evelyn Ashton-Griffiths took up the position of Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome in February 2024. Most recently, Evelyn was Deputy Political Counsellor at the British High Commission in New…

  • Evelyn Dickey was a Non-Executive Member of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Board from June 2015 to 31 July 2024 and was also chair of the NDA Remuneration Committee. Evelyn has extensive human resources experien…