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Raised in Northumberland, General Dame Sharon Nesmith DCB ADC (Gen) commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1992, spending the majority of her early years serving in Germany, the Balkans and Iraq. While in command sh…
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General Sir Chris Deverell was commissioned into the Second Royal Tank Regiment in 1979. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics, he saw regimental service in Northern Irel…
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General Sir David Richards was Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the armed forces and principal military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and government. He was appointed in 2009. Since his ap…
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General Sir Gordon Messenger joined the Royal Marines in 1983. After a range of junior officer appointments, predominantly in regimental service and including a 1 year Mountain Leader course, he attended the Canadian Staff C…
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General Gwyn commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1990. His time as a junior officer was spent in the Commando Logistics Regiment, competing for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in cross-country skiing and on operations in…
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Jim Hockenhull was educated at the Royal Hospital School and commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1986 after reading Politics at the University of York on a University Cadetship. His subsequent education includes a MA…
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Mark Carleton-Smith joined the Army on a University Cadetship in 1982 and was commissioned into 1st Battalion Irish Guards. He served at regimental duty in London, Germany, Canada and South Armagh, prior to service with 22 S…
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General Nick Houghton was born in 1954 in Otley, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Woodhouse Grove School in Bradford, RMA Sandhurst and St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he did an in-service degree in modern history. Commi…
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General Sir Nick Carter joined the Army in 1977 as an 18 year old and commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst into The Royal Green Jackets, an infantry regiment. During his early career he served in Germany du…
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Born in Tidworth Garrison military hospital and raised in Norway, Gibraltar and Iraq, General Sir Patrick Sanders was commissioned in 1986 and spent his early service as an Infantry Officer in The Royal Green Jackets in Germ…
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General Sir Peter Wall was appointed as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, in 2010 after a year as Commander-in-Chief Land Forces. He has commanded 9 Parachute Squadron RE, 32 Engineer Reg…
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General Richard Barrons was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1977, prior to reading for a degree in philosophy, politics and economics at Queen’s College, Oxford. He has completed a Masters in Defence Adm…
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General Sir ‘Roly’ Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later. He has…
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Geoff Dart joined the Office of Manpower Economics (OME) in September 2010. He moved to OME from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, where he became Director of Advanced Manufacturing Industries in 2009, fo…
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Geoff has spent a number of years working in Rail Director positions across the Middle East, for Arcadis, Bovis Lend Lease, and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation.
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Geoff Muirhead is the Non-Executive Chairman of ASK Developments, Chairman of the North West Rail Campaign, Chairman of the Institute for Public Policy Research Commission on Northern Economic Future and Chairman of the Atla…
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Geoff Smyth is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. He is currently chair of Origin Broadband and an independent management consultant.
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Stanley Beresford Thompson and Violet Adriana Thompson migrated from Barbados and Guyana respectively as part of the post-war rebuilding of the mother country. My father fought in the second world war and distinguished himse…
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Geoff Wain, British Deputy High Commissioner Ahmedabad Date Location Designation 2015 to date Ahmedabad, India Deputy High Commissioner 2013 - 2015 London Team Leader - Afghan Operations, Pakistan and Afghanistan Department,…
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Geoffrey has held four British and international Chief Executive posts in the public health and regulatory sectors, namely as Chief Executive of the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, the European Food Safety Agency, the UK’s…
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Geoffrey has worked both in private sector infrastructure finance and in Whitehall. From 1995 to 2002 he worked for Deutsche Bank as a Managing Director and head of project finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He …
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George Beveridge was a member of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) Board from August 2009 to April 2016.
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George Canning served as Prime Minister between 1827 to 1827. Read more about the life and achievements of George Canning in our past Prime Ministers section.
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George Edgar OBE was British High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji from 2020 to 2021. Prior to the appointment he was Deputy Director & Coronavirus Task Force in FCO. Other roles include European Union Ambassador to …
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George joined the FCO in 1991 from the Northern Ireland Office. His last overseas posting was as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of Pitcairn. He was previously Consul-General in Boston; a…
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George Freeman was Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology between 7 February 2023 and 13 November 2023. George was previously Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and I…
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George Grenville served as Prime Minister between 1763 to 1765. Read more about the life and achievements of George Grenville in our past Prime Ministers section.
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George Hamilton Gordon Earl of Aberdeen served as Prime Minister between 1852 to 1855. Read more about the life and achievements of George Hamilton Gordon Earl of Aberdeen in our past Prime Ministers section.
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George Hodgson has been the British Ambassador to Colombia since September 2022. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002. He has previously served in Dakar, Washington, Kabul, Islamabad, Brussels and London. Da…
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George Jenkins OBE was appointed as Chairman of the SSRO on 1 January 2017. He is currently the chairman of the Professional Standards Authority which has oversight of nine regulators and 24 Accredited Registers who regulate…
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George Lusty was appointed interim Executive Director for Consumer Protection and Markets at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 26 February 2024. George was a member of the CMA’s senior executive team and an adv…
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George McRobbie is Managing Director of Tilhill Forestry Limited and has over 40 years’ experience in the forestry and timber sectors. He has a BSc in Forestry from Aberdeen University and is a former President and a Fellow …
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George Mpanga was born to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael’s Estate in Neasden, north-west London and began performing rap and grime when he was 15 years old. He attended Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet, an elite selective…
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Non Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at National Grid plc and Vallares plc. Non Executive Director, Saab AB. Former CFO and Board member BAE Systems plc. Former Non Executive Director of Orange plc and Air…
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George Russell manages the pensions and social security teams at the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD). George joined GAD from the private sector in 1994, gaining regulatory and policy-making experience in secondments to…
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George Sherriff was the British Deputy Ambassador to The Gambia from January 2012 until November 2014. He studied at Edinburgh University and upon graduating spent several years working in international development and polit…
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George Turkington CBE was appointed as interim Director General Country Programmes in June 2019. Prior to this he was the Director for West and Southern Africa following his role as Head of DFID Ethiopia. George has worked i…
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Georgia Bottomley was appointed Head of Operations Finance Business Partnering in October 2020, a role which includes responsibility for the Legal Aid Agency. She joined the MoJ in 2017, having previously worked in the Depar…
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Georgia Gould was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office on 9 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale in July 2024.
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Georgia joined HMCTS in 2017 as Deputy Director of Communications, following roles in local government, the NHS, housing and regeneration. She became Director of Communications from August 2020.
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Geraint Spearing became the Chief Executive of the Defence Electronics Components Agency (DECA) upon launch of the Agency in April 2015. He took up the position as the CE (designate) in June 2014 where he led the formation o…
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Gerald is a microbiologist who is a Chartered Biologist and a member of the Society of Biology and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Since leaving the NHS in 1978, he has worked in senior roles in manufacturing and quality ass…
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Gerald Howarth was Minister for International Security Strategy from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Aldershot on 1 May 1997. Education Gerald was educated at Haileybury and ISC Junior School, …
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Gerald Jones was appointed Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 10 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare in July 2024.
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Gerald Ronson is a UK property developer and entrepreneur. In addition to his business interests in the property and petrol retailing sectors, he is a recognised philanthropist, having raised over £100 million and personally…
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Geraldine is a graduate in Economics from Jesus College, Cambridge University and in International Relations from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. She has worked in a range of Foreign Policy and National Security roles for th…
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Geraldine Terry was a Non-Executive Director at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency between June 2014 and May 2017.
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Gerallt Evans was Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales prior to his appointment as Traffic Commissioner. Gerallt Evans was appointed as Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England i…