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Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby served as Prime Minister between 1852 to 1852, 1858 to 1859 and 1866 to 1868. Read more about the life and achievements of Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby in our past Prime Min…
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Edward Stevens is a career diplomat who took up his role as British Ambassador to Costa Rica and non-resident Ambassador to Nicaragua in 2026. Before arriving in Costa Rica, Edward worked in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Dev…
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Edward Timpson was His Majesty’s Solicitor General for England & Wales between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022, and the Minister responsible for Children & Families in the Department for Education from 2012 to 2017.…
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Edward is a qualified solicitor with experience gained in the private sector at Simmons and Simmons, and as an adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and latterly as a Director General in HM Treasury.
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Edward Twiddy was appointed as Non-Executive Board Member on 1 September 2025 and Audit and Risk Committee Chair on 1 January 2026. Edward is Chair of Northstar Ventures, a Newcastle-based, FCA-regulated venture capital firm…
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Edwin Samuel was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Mongolia in May 2026 and will start the role in July 2026. Prior to this appointment, Edwin was Senior Adviser for the Gulf from September 2022 to 2026. Before September…
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Edwina has been a member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s Board since November 2018 and was appointed as Deputy Chair in November 2020. Edwina also sits on the Board of the Geospatial Commission: an expert comm…
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Eileen Milner was Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) from November 2017 to July 2021. Eileen has held a number of senior roles in the technology and public services advis…
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Elaine Brown has been a Deputy Official Solicitor since October 2014. She is currently Head of the Court of Protection Property and Affairs team, and advises the Official Solicitor’s and the Public Trustee’s Trust and Deputy…
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Elaine Hartin is the Chief Operating Officer for Belfast Metropolitan College, NI’s largest further and higher education college. Her role incorporates all college support functions, that is; Finance; HR; IT/MIS and Estates.…
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With 30 years’ experience in the transport and service industry, Elaine is highly experienced in working in complex, highly regulated environments which are subject to intense public, political and media scrutiny. In additio…
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Ele was appointed Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer for national, domestic and exotic diseases at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2023. Ele is an experienced veterinarian with a background in inf…
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Before retiring in 2020, Eleanor Cozens worked in market research and then in international development, where she led or supported programmes for international charities in the UK and abroad. Her work included developing pr…
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Eleanor Hourigan has been Deputy Permanent Representative and Legal Adviser at the UK Delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg since 2016. In particular she represents the UK in Council of Europe negotiations concer…
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Eleanor Kiloh is His Majesty’s Consul General. Based in San Francisco, she is the senior representative of the UK government in Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska. The Consulate-Gene…
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Eleanor took up her post as Human Rights Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative in Geneva in August 2024. Eleanor was most recently Deputy Ambassador to Italy (2019 to 2024). Prior to that she filled a number of fore…
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Eleanor Schooling is National Director, Social Care on a temporary basis from September 2015. Eleanor was Corporate Director of Children’s Services, London Borough of Islington and is involved in many activities outside of h…
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Eleanor Shawcross is a Public Policy Specialist. Most recently, she served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions, having previously spent a number of years at HM Treasury on the C…
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Elin Burns took up her appointment as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ireland in July 2021. She was previously the Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi and Director of Trade for Pakistan from October 2017…
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Elinor has 18 years experience at UKHO, starting her career as a marine cartographer before developing through a number of roles including Product Delivery Manager, Relationship Manager, Head of Global Partnering and Engagem…
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Elise started her career as a Human Performance Consultant at Accenture providing support to a range of Comms & High Tech clients, before joining the Home Office in 2003. She worked in a number of policy areas, with a fo…
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Liz Butler is a former member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. She is a self-employed Chartered Accountant, specialising in business start-ups.
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Lizzie arrived as Deputy Head of Mission in Brussels in January 2025. Since joining the Diplomatic Service in 2008, Lizzie has done a range of political, communication, security and corporate roles. Her overseas postings inc…
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Elizabeth has worked for RWM and its predecessors for 21 years. She started her career in the Technical Directorate producing safety cases, before moving into stakeholder engagement and eventually organisational development,…
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Elizabeth Buchanan was a non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from March 2018 to March 2023. Elizabeth Buchanan is currently a Special Adviser to Waitrose, Saputo UK and McDona…
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Elizabeth Carriere has been the Governor of Montserrat since August 2015. Prior to this she was the Head of DFID in South Sudan for 3 years. As part of her role in DFID, she has also been on assignment in Indonesia, Jamaica,…
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Elizabeth Chapman is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Sofia. Elizabeth joined the Diplomatic Service in 2002. In London she has worked in various policy roles, including on the Andean countries, South East As…
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Elizabeth France CBE was appointed Chair of the SIA Board in January 2014. Education Elizabeth has a BSc (Econ) from the University of Wales, she has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of De Montfort, Lough…
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Elizabeth Fullerton-Rome is a Non-Executive Director of HMRC . She is also a Non-Executive Director of the Taxation Disciplinary Board and a Trustee and Treasurer of the Walpole Society. She has held senior positions at inte…
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Elizabeth Gardiner took up the post of First Parliamentary Counsel and Permanent Secretary of the Government in Parliament Group in the Cabinet Office on 24 November 2015. Elizabeth qualified as a solicitor in Scotland and t…
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Elizabeth Green was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires from May 2018 until May 2023. She previously worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London in the Americas Directorate and in the Pr…
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Elizabeth is the Director General for GLD’s Commercial with Trade and International Directorate. Her previous Government Legal Department roles include: • Legal Director for Defra, 2019 to 2020 • Legal Director for Energy an…
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Elizabeth Honer has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) since October 2018. Her mission is for internal audit to be an agent for change – better insights, better outcomes. Her ca…
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Elizabeth O’Mahony was appointed Director General, Finance in March 2026. Her previous roles include Chief Financial Officer at NHS England and NHS Regional Director for the South West. With more than 25 years’ experience …
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Elizabeth Perelman was the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Elizabeth Perelman worked previously for the Shareholder Executive, in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, where she provides corpo…
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Elizabeth took up post as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tallinn in July 2012. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2006. From 2006 to 2008 she worked in London in the Counter Proliferation Dep…
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Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. Elizabeth is a social entrepreneur and smart tech executive. She is the President and CEO of Delta Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation, and Akello that a…
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Liz Venn was British Deputy Head of Mission in the Dominican Republic and HM Consul to Haiti from 2018 to 2022. Liz currently works in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in the UK.
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Ella Penton-Voak was appointed Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission Banjul in June 2026. Ella has worked for the UK Government since 2021 and joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2022…
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Ella Southall is the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Guatemala City and Deputy Head of Mission to Honduras (non-resident). Ella joined the UK Civil Service in 2021 and has worked across health policy, intern…
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Ellen Thinnesen OBE was appointed as Further Education Commissioner in January 2026. Ellen has held senior leadership roles across further and higher education, including serving as CEO and Principal of Sunderland College an…
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Elliot has over 20 years of finance experience in consumer-facing businesses. This includes senior financial positions at J Sainsbury plc, ASOS plc and Farfetch, where he was Chief Financial Officer and led the company’s In…
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Before joining the Scotland Office in June 2023, Elma worked in various policy, spending, programme delivery and engagement roles across HM Treasury, the European Council Of Foreign Relations Think Tank, the European Policy …
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Elysia joined Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on 1 April 2026 from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), where she served as Chief Executive. With more than twenty years’ experience across the public and ci…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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