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  • Alison Stevenson was appointed Director General Delivery and Strategy in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in September 2023. As Director Overseas Bases in UK Strategic Command since the role’s creation in 2018, Alison was respo…

  • Alison Thorpe took up the role of Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and Head of Southern and Central Africa Department of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office ( FCDO ) in August 2022. Alison joined the …

  • Alison Webster joined RPA as Rural Development Director in June 2014 when the Rural Development Team (RDT) transferred from Defra. Her previous roles include: RPA’s Rural Development Director Head of Defra’s Rural Developmen…

  • Alison is an experienced Non-Executive Director and consultant who works with a range of organisations undergoing transition and change. Her executive background is in business. She led operations and commercial negotiation …

  • Alison White was appointed Non-Executive Director to the VMD in August 2023 and also Chairs its Management Board. She is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Consultant, who works with a range of organisations undergoin…

  • Alison Wilson is Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber. She was previously at His Majesty’s Treasury where she was leading work to establish the Darlington Economic Campus. Prior to that, Alison was the head of DfE …

  • Alistair Adan is Head of Case Management at the Legal Aid Agency. Alistair joined the Legal Aid Board in 1995 and has held a variety of roles across the business during that time. He was an Area Contract Manager in both Birm…

  • Dr Alistair Clark was a member of the Export Guarantee Advisory Council ( EGAC ) of UK Export Finance for over 10 years and was its chair until October 2022. He is also the Managing Director of the Environment and Sustainabi…

  • Alistair Fernie is Director for International Finance at the Department for International Development ( DFID ). He covers DFID ’s work on economic development, multilateral effectiveness and particularly International Financ…

  • Alistair Finlay joined the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority ( CICA ) as Deputy Chief Executive in March 2015. Alistair has spent his career at the front-end of the criminal justice system in policing. Alistair’s prev…

  • Alistair Harrison was born in 1954 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and University College, Oxford, where he read Classics (Greek and Latin Literature,…

  • Alistair Kirk joined High Speed Two Limited ( HS2 Ltd ) in September 2014 as Programme and Strategy Director. Before joining HS2 Ltd , Alistair was at EC Harris, part of ARCADIS, where he led its infrastructure business in t…

  • Allan Cook has been the BIS lead non-executive director since February 2014. Allan is a chartered engineer with more than 40 years’ international experience in the automotive, aerospace and defence industries. He took up the…

  • Alun led the teams responsible for the maintenance and development of specifications, designs, safety cases and supporting research activities for a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste. Alun is a Fellow of the…

  • Alun Evans was appointed Director of the Scotland Office in 2012. Career Alun worked as Secretary of the Detainee Inquiry before moving to the Scotland Office. Prior to that he was Head of Strategy at the Department for Busi…

  • Alun Evans was, for over thirty years, a civil servant including twenty years in the senior civil service, and he worked in a wide a range of government departments including at No.10.  He was Head of the UK Government’s Sco…

  • Alun Francis is the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission and Principal and Chief Executive of Blackpool and The Fylde College. Blackpool and the Fylde College is an award winning organisation and is one of the largest and…

  • Alyson has vast experience in both the public and private sectors of managing high risk complex programmes in highly regulated environments. She is a physicist and chartered electrical engineer, and prior to joining the Nucl…

  • Alyson King is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She took up her appointment in April 2023. Alyson most recently served as Deputy Head of Mission in Beirut, Lebanon, and before that, as the UK…

  • Amal Clooney was the UK’s Special Envoy for Media Freedom from April 2019 to September 2020. In this role she helped to convene a panel of legal experts to issue recommendations on legal and policy initiatives that states ca…

  • Amanda Brooks became Director General for Trade Negotiations at the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT ) in February 2023. From 1 June 2021 she was Director General for Trade Negotiations at the Department for Internati…

  • Amanda Bryan has had a career in forestry and natural resource management, rural and community development across the Highlands and Islands. She is currently Programme Leader and a Lecturer on the Forest Management degree at…

  • Amanda spent 28 years in the Life Sciences sector working for ICI, Zeneca and AstraZeneca where she held senior operational roles across a wide range of business functions. She led major change programmes including; setting …

  • Amanda Reynolds was appointed Director General for Service Excellence on 1 February 2021. Her previous roles include: Global Partnership Director, Centrica Executive Customer Experience Director, Affinity Water Head of Custo…

  • Amanda Rowlatt has been Chief Analyst at the Department for Transport since 2014. She has previously been: Chief Analyst at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Chief Economist and Director for Families and Chil…

  • Amanda Solloway was appointed Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) on 20 September 2022. She was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability) at the Departm…

  • Amanda Spielman served as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills from 2017 to 2023. Before joining Ofsted she was chair of the exam regulator Ofqual from 2011 to 2016, and a founding membe…

  • Amanda is the Executive Director for General Qualifications and joined Ofqual in 2023.    Prior to joining Ofqual, Amanda worked in local government, for the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.

  • Ameer Kotecha started in the role of His Majesty’s Consul General in Ekaterinburg in June 2023.  Ameer began his career in the private sector before he joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 2015. As a diplo…

  • Amelia was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board on 1 October 2016 and Senior Independent Director to the board on 10 December 2020. She was a member of the Remuneration Commit…

  • Amias Moores became the Deputy High Commissioner to the Republic of Botswana in January 2021. Prior to this, he served in the British Embassy in Juba, South Sudan. Amias is a career diplomat with extensive experience across …

  • Amin Mawji OBE was appointed as a non-executive director of the UK Export Finance Board in 2013. He is chair of the UK Export Finance Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. Mr Mawji was a partner at Ernst & …

  • As Chief People Officer, Amy Carrillo is responsible for developing a culture and work environment that helps staff to thrive at the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). Across the organisation, her teams play a key role in leader…

  • Amy Casterton joined Homes England in October 2017 as Chief of Staff from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Amy has extensive experience of supporting leadership teams and corporate governance refor…

  • Amy was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Mexico from April 2019 to July 2023. Amy has previously served in a number of roles in Government. Prior to her current role, she was Head of Eastern Mediterranean Depart…

  • Amy has 20 years’ experience in the Nuclear Industry in Programme Controls, business and finance roles. She joined the NDA on its creation in March 2005. Amy held positions including commercial oversight of several nuclear s…

  • Amy Holmes was appointed as Public Guardian and Chief Executive for the Office of the Public Guardian in September 2022. Amy came from the Cabinet Office where she was the Domestic Affairs Director in the Economic and Domest…

  • Amy Rees was appointed Director General Chief Executive HMPPS in August 2022 . She was previously the Director General of Probation, Wales and Youth in HMPPS, responsible for the leadership of the Probation Service, managing…

  • Amy Smith has been Deputy High Commissioner in Malta since August 2015. Prior to this Amy was based in London where she was Private Secretary to the Minister for Europe, from 2013-2015. Her first posting was to Pyongyang, DP…

  • Anand Aithal is the Lead Non Executive for the Cabinet Office. He has 30 years of experience spanning data analytics, financial technology, B2B services and professional services. He was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs …

  • Andre is the Humanitarian and Development Director for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in South Sudan, overseeing the delivery of the UK’s multilateral and bilateral aid programme. Previously, he w…

  • Andrea was appointed as the CMA’s Executive Director, Markets and Mergers on 15 March 2018, and stood down from the role in May 2021.

  • Andrea Jenkyns was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Skills) at the Department for Education between 8 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministe…

  • Andrea is currently a non-executive director for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust following a long career in the NHS as the former chief executive of North Bristol NHS Trust until she retired in 2020. Andrea started her ca…

  • Andrea Young was appointed as a Director in both DCMS and BIS, heading up the joint Digital Economy Unit, in July 2014. Previous government roles include Director for Enterprise in BIS, and Director for Strategy in Defra.

  • Andrew Allen arrived in Somalia in December 2015 as Deputy Ambassador. He was previously in Mongolia as Charge d’Affaires. Mr Allen first joined the FCO in 1998 and has held a variety of positions in London and overseas, inc…

  • Andrew Ayre became the British Deputy High Commissioner Chandigarh in March 2017. Andrew is a career diplomat with thirty years experience. He has previously worked in Europe, the Middle East and South America as well as fou…