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Emma Head joined HS2 Ltd in August 2015 and is now Chief Railway Officer, serving on the HS2 Ltd Board. Emma has held several leadership roles at HS2 Ltd, including technical service delivery director. She has worked in the…
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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 …
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Emma is Assistant Director: Head of Legal and Company Secretary at the Regulator of Social Housing.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Dr. Enda Ridge is a Senior Staff Data Scientist at Google, where he leads an international data science team within the Merchant Commerce division. He brings deep technical expertise, rigour, and experience driving digital a…
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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…
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Eoin is the Director of Business Frameworks (BF) in the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). As director of BF, Eoin is responsible for policy on company law, corporate governance, corporate respo…
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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…
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Eric Peacock was appointed as a non-executive director of the UKEF Board in 2011. He was honoured as a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2003. He previously sat on the boards of UK Trade & Investment,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Erik Wilson was previously Chief Operating Officer and second Accounting Officer at the Competition and Markets Authority .
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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Esme Winch joined the Further Education (FE) Commissioner team in 2019 as an FE Adviser. She was appointed Deputy FE Commissioner in January 2026. She has held a number of roles in the FE sector including: Group Finance and …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Evelyn Ashton-Griffiths took up the position of Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome in February 2024. During her career, Evelyn has worked on issues including the Indo-Pacific, humanitarian cri…
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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…
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As acting Director of DIT Poland, Ewa heads a team of 19 Key Account Managers focusing on identifying high value opportunities in the Polish market and on providing assistance to large UK companies. The Department for Intern…
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Ewen Fergusson was a partner in the Finance Division at Herbert Smith Freehills,a global law firm, from 2000 to 2018. He was Head of their General Banking and Acquisition Finance team (2004-2015), and sat on the Partnership …
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Faran Johnson joined HM Courts & Tribunals Service in 2015. Faran has over 20 years of global HR experience leading organisational transformation to drive the right leadership and behaviours to enable change. She has wor…
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Farrah Storr is the Editor-in-Chief of ELLE UK. Prior to this, Farrah was the Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan from July 2015 until April 2019 and in that time, Farrah grew the brand to become the No.1 UK women’s glossy magaz…
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Fay Bull joined the Mining Remediation Authority in March 2025 as programme director. Fay is a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Water Environment Manager with 20 years’ experience in the water sector. Through a variety of r…
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Fay Jones was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Assistant Government Whip from 27 October 2022 to 13 November 20…
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Date Role 2020- 2024 British Ambassador to Uruguay 2016 - 2020 New York, Head of International Development, UK Permanent Representation to the United Nations 2011 - 2016 Mexico City, First Secretary – Prosperity 2010 Climate…
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Felicity Buchan was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 30 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury between 7…