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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 …

  • 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…

  • 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 was Head of UK government office for San Diego. Emily has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and French and a master’s degree in Psychology and subsequently went onto work in international higher education partne…

  • 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. She is responsible for catalysing cross-governme…

  • 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…