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  • Emil is Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tokyo, a post he took up in October 2023. This is his first posting with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Emil began his UK Civil Service…

  • Emily Antcliffe joined the FSA in April 2026. She previously worked at Department of Work and Pensions where she held the Director of Strategy role. Emily has held a variety of senior roles including for HM Revenue and Custo…

  • Emily Cloke was British Consul General in Los Angeles from 2020-2024. She was the senior representative of the UK government in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. In this role, she promotes trade and inve…

  • Emily has worked at Public Health England since its inception. Career highlights: Deputy Director of Communications at PHE Regional Communications Manager and Chief Press Officer at the Health Protection Agency

  • Emily Cowley is Head of UK government office for San Diego, responsible for political, economic and trade relationships between the UK and San Diego with active focus in the aligned priorities between the two. Emily has a ba…

  • Emily Hamblin was appointed as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and Trade Director for Vietnam in September 2020. Ahead of taking up her appointment, she was Regional Director for the UK’s Science and Innovation Network in…

  • Emily Hobbs joined HM Land Registry in 2026 as HR Director.   Emily has more than 20 years’ experience in the Civil Service, having worked exclusively in human resources roles across government. Prior to joining HM Land Regi…

  • Ms Emily Maltman was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and took up her appointment during April 2020. 2015 to 2020 Beirut, Head of Syria Overseas Network 2014 to 2015 Kinshasa, Head o…

  • Emily Middleton is the Interim Director General for Digital Transformation within the Government Digital Service (GDS) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ). She is responsible for catalysing cros…

  • Emily Miles was appointed Director General for Food, Farming and Biosecurity at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in September 2024.  She leads Defra’s work on the food system, farming, biosecurity for a…

  • Emily Partington took up the role of Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General for Switzerland and Liechtenstein in September 2024. Before joining the Embassy, she served in Paris as Public Affairs Counsellor and Spokespe…

  • Emily joined the TRA as Investigations Delivery Director in January 2024.  She is responsible for leading multidisciplinary teams delivering trade remedies investigations within the TRA.  Emily has previously worked as a sen…

  • Emily Summers joined the British High Commission team in June 2017. Before Botswana Emily was part of the Political Team at the British High Commission in Dhaka (July 2014 to May 2017) and Private Secretary to the Chief Oper…

  • Emily was appointed Strategy Director in September 2020, having built central strategy functions within the migration portfolio. Emily has worked in a diverse range of operational, policy, strategy, and private secretary rol…

  • Emir is a Chartered Accountant and a specialist in transformational change. The majority of his career was spent at the Sunday Times as Associate Managing Editor.  His present Non-Executive Director portfolio consists of bei…

  • Emir joined the Planning Inspectorate Board in October 2023. Emir is a Chartered Accountant and a specialist in transformational change. The majority of his career was spent at the Sunday Times as Associate Managing Editor. …

  • 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 Bourne OBE was appointed Director General for EU Reset and Trade at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in February 2026. She leads Defra’s work on trade with the EU and the rest of the world. Prior t…

  • 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 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 for Strategy, Sport and Events at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). She is responsible for: Analysis Communications Corporate Strategy Chief Scientific Adviser’s Office Legal M…

  • 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…