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Guita Blake was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and member of the Board of the Trade Remedies Authority in January 2025. Guita has an impressive career history as a global digital technology leader with a strong trac…
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Gunther Newcombe OBE was Director, Exploration, Production and Decommissioning at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) from 2015 to 2020. Gunther joined the OGA from Indonesia where he was President and CEO of VICO, a joint ventu…
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Gurdip became the Interim Finance Director in October 2013. He joined the public sector in 2009, leading on delivering “financial transformation” within Defra. Prior to that, he worked extensively within the energy sector. D…
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Gurpreet Dehal is currently Chair and Pro Chancellor at the University of Derby (since Aug 2023) and a member of Governing Council at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (since Jan 2024). Having pursued a portfolio ca…
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Gus Jaspert has been the Director General for Delivery Group in the Home Office since August 2021. Gus is responsible for strategy, transformation, risk and delivery in the Home Office. Gus’s previous career has been spent i…
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Guto Bebb was Minister for Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence from 9 January 2018 to 16 July 2018. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office and a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM …
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Guy Beringer is the non-executive chairman of the UKEF Board. He was appointed in January 2010. Guy is Chairman of The Legal Education Foundation and City Music Services. He is a Director of BCKR, an Adjunct Professor at the…
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Guy Esnouf has been Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Director for Radioactive Waste Management since mid-2020. In this role he is responsible for all external and internal engagement, focusing mainly the GDF program…
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Guy took up his role as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 9 January 2025. Before arriving in Nouakchott, Guy was temporary Deputy High Commissioner in Yaoundé, prior to that he was Head of Mis…
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Guy Janes took up his current position as Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul to Haiti in October 2020. He joined the FCDO in 2007 working first on Parliamentary and then Middle Eastern issues. His first posting was to Sier…
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Guy Lester became Finance Director at the Cabinet Office on 13 April 2015.
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Guy Opperman was Minister for Roads and Local Transport at the Department for Transport from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 13 November 2023 …
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Guy Thompson is Chief Operating Officer of Natural England, the government’s expert advisor on the natural environment. Guy was part of the executive team that vested Natural England from a three-way merger in 2006. Since th…
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Guy Tompkins was appointed as Operations Director at HM Courts & Tribunals Service in April 2015. Guy started his career in the civil service as a clerical officer in the Department of Employment. He has since held a wid…
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Guy Warrington was the British Ambassador to South Sudan from March 2023 to December 2024. Full Name Guy Warrington 2016 – 2019 Freetown, British High Commissioner 2013 – 2016 UKTI (UK Trade and Investment), Director, Englis…
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Gwen was previously at Magnox Ltd as their CEO, where she joined in September 2019. Prior to this, Gwen was the Business Development Director at Horizon, seeking to develop new nuclear power stations at Wylfa and Oldbury. …
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Gwyneth took up the role of Director General, Financial Services at HM Treasury in January 2022. As Director General Gwyneth is responsible for leading the delivery of HM Treasury’s work to promote stability, fairness, effic…
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Gwythian Prins joined the Charity Commission as Board member in June 2013. He is a Research Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also visiting professor at the University of Buckingham and…
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Rowan James Laxton was appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon in October 2017. Prior to this he was the Deputy Director and Head of Overseas Security at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Of…
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Haider Husain is an experienced international healthcare IT business leader with a strong technology background and experience of partnership working, combined with his work as a Panel Chair for the British Standards Institu…
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Hala Audi is the Director of Strategy, Performance & Assurance at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Hala joined the IPA from HM Treasury, where she worked on major rail and transport projects before a secondment…
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Halima Holland has been appointed as the Deputy British High Commissioner to Chennai. Previously, Halima worked as Deputy Head of Crisis Management in the FCDO and as Head of Kidnaps in Counter-Terrorism Department. Halima h…
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Hamish joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1987, and has spent much of his career on Middle East and North African issues. Most recently he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Oman and before that he was Her …
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Hamza Yusuf was appointed interim Head of the Corporate Centre in September 2019. His career started in the Civil Service as a grade 6 in the Department for Communities and Local Government. Before working in central governm…
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Hannah joined UKGI in 2017 and leads the UKGI Special Situations team. The Special Situations team combines civil servants and restructuring/insolvency professionals who focus on sectors and corporates where there is the ris…
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Hannah joined HMPPS in October 2019 to establish a new Reducing Reoffending Directorate, building on her experience of strategic policy making, cross-Government and local partnership working and programme delivery. Her direc…
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Hannah was appointed as Chair of the SSRO on 3 January 2022. She is also Chair of the Retail Energy Code Company and holds non-executive director positions at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Worldpay UK and the Nation…
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Hannah joined the Scotland Office as Principal Private Secretary in September 2025, taking on additional responsibilities as Deputy Director for Strategy in April 2026. Hannah leads the Secretary of State’s Private Office an…
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Hannah Payne has a shared role with Jo Fiddian as Head of Transformation at the Legal Aid Agency ( LAA ). Her previous roles include: Head of Contract Management and Assurance, LAA – 6 months cover Head of Service Developmen…
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Hannah Quince joined HS2 Ltd as Business Delivery Director in April 2026. Hannah is an experienced leader in public sector major projects. Starting her career in central government, she supported the assurance and oversight …
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Hannah Rignell and Sarah Baker are Deputy Directors of the Disability Unit in Cabinet Office (job share). The Disability Unit aims to works across government to deliver the National Disability Strategy and to improve the liv…
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Hannah was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in March 2025. Career Hannah has 20 years’ experience in community safety, security, and crime prevention, with a proven track record of delivering strategic change…
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Hannah Woodhouse was Regional Director for South West from September 2019 to January 2024. Before her appointment, Hannah was the Deputy Director within the South West region. Earlier in her career, she also worked in school…
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Hannah Young was the Consul General at the British Consulate General, New York from January 2024 to November 2024. She previously served as Deputy Consul General to New York. Hannah joined from Number 10, where she was the P…
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Harjinder Kang is His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia and the British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India. He was appointed in May 2023. Prior to his appointment, Harjinder was the UK’s Chief Negotiator fo…
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Harjit Sandhu is a senior finance and business leader with extensive experience in executive and non-executive roles across organisations dedicated to social good. He brings expertise in finance leadership, governance, risk,…
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Harold is Senior Assistant Director, Investigation and Enforcement at the Regulator of Social Housing.
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Harold Freeman is an experienced public sector board member, international economic and development expert. Working on sustainable development goals and the climate change agenda, he has worked on multiple projects investing…
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Harold Macmillan served as Prime Minister between 1957 to 1963. Read more about the life and achievements of Harold Macmillan in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Harold Wilson served as Prime Minister between 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. Read more about the life and achievements of Harold Wilson in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Harpreet Uppal was appointed Assistant Whip on 22 July 2026. She was elected as the MP for Huddersfield in July 2026.
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Harriet is the Chief Executive of the Government Internal Audit Agency, which is the largest delivery agent of internal audit services to central government departments and their Arm’s Length Bodies. She is also Head of the …
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Harriet Aldridge has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) since December 2023. She previously worked at PwC for over 20 years, leaving as a director to join the civil service. He…
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Harriet Cross was appointed Governor of Montserrat in January 2025 and started the role in April 2025. Harriet has been a member of the UK Diplomatic Service for 23 years. She was the High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago…
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Harriet Kelsall is one of the most respected bespoke designers and business trailblazers working in the UK jewellery industry today. She founded her multi-award winning business from her kitchen table in 1998 and then starte…
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Harriet is an experienced non-executive director with a portfolio of roles in the public and not-for-profit sectors. As well as the DFTO , she sits on the boards of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ( NDA ) and the Royal…
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Harriet King has been Deputy Head of Mission since June 2014, having joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2002, and has been based in London for the majority of her career. Curriculum vitae Full name: Harriet …
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Harriet Mathews was Director General, Africa, the Americas and Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from July 2023 to September 2025. Harriet was previously Deputy Political Direc…
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Harriet Thompson is Director Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Harriet was British High Commissioner to Ghana, non-resident Ambassador to Benin and non-resident High Commissioner to Togo …