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  • Howard was appointed Chairman of NatWest group in September 2015, prior to this he was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1995 to 1997 and Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority from 1997 to 2003. Howard wa…

  • Howard Drake was British High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017. Before that, Howard served as Her Majesty’s British High Commissioner to Jamaica as well as non-resident British High Commissioner to the Commonwealth o…

  • Howard Lyons was appointed Managing Director of Healthcare UK in January 2013. After 10 years as a senior manager in London teaching hospitals, Howard left to consult on international healthcare. He has worked for public and…

  • Howard Orme was the Chief Financial and Operating Officer (CFOO) of the Department for Education between October 2016 and May 2018. He led the Insight, Resources and Transformation Directorate. His previous roles included: D…

  • Howard joined the Department for Work and Pensions in May 2013 as Director General of the Universal Credit Programme. His previous career has included: senior executive at Laing O’Rourke Director of Construction at the Olymp…

  • Hugh Barrett joined the Legal Services Commission (Legal Aid Agency’s predecessor organisation) as Executive Director, Commissioning in December 2008. His previous roles include senior commercial and general management roles…

  • Hugh Brown was a member of the Industrial Development Advisory Board between 2012 and 2017. Hugh is currently a Senior Advisor to Adam Street Advisors. Prior to this he was the UK Senior Advsior to Anchorage Capital, a $13 b…

  • Hugh was formerly His Majesty´s Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra until 3 September 2024. Prior to this, he was Director for Communications and Stakeholders at the Department for Exiting the European…

  • Hugh Evans was the British High Commissioner to Laos from 2015 until 2019. He joined the FCO in 1985 and one of his first regions to cover as a Research Analyst was South and Southeast Asia. He has since served in a range of…

  • Hugh Evans became acting Corporate Affairs Director at the DVLA in 2011. Education Hugh joined the Civil Service after taking a Higher National Certificate in Public Administration and Business Studies. Career Hugh is a care…

  • Hugh Harris was appointed as Director of Ministers, Accountability and Strategy at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in August 2018. His previous roles include: Director, Media, International and Gambling, Depa…

  • Hugh became the Director for Casework and Returns in Immigration Enforcement in March 2013. He joined the Home Office in 1991. His previous career highlights include: being Director for Crime and Enforcement and UK Border Ag…

  • Hugh was appointed as a Non-executive Member in June 2021. He is an independent consultant advising regulators and companies on regulatory and competition finance topics. He has worked for more than twenty years on regulator…

  • Hugh McNeal was acting Director General for the Markets and Infrastructure Group at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from 3 November 2014 to 16 February 2015. Prior to this he was the Chief Executive of the Office…

  • Hugh Philpott was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan 2019 to 2021. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Hugh Stanley Philpott OBE Married to: Janine Frederica Philpott Children: 1 2019 - 2021 Ashgabat, Her Majesty’s Ambassador …

  • Hugh Walker is the new temporary Head of DFID in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2015 Mr Walker was appointed as the Head of Asia Regional for DFID . Hugh Walker has also been Head of DFID Caribbean and the UK Director …

  • Hugo Shorter is His Majesty’s Ambassador to Iran. Prior to this role he was the Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan in January 2022. Previously he was the Director for the Americas and Small Island …

  • Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson CBE was Lead Non-Executive Director at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ) from February 2024 to May 2025. He was also Non-Executive Chair of the Nominations and Governance Commit…

  • Hunada was appointed to ESFA’s Management Board and Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) in September 2018 and became chair of the ARC on 1 February 2019. Hunada is also a member of DfE ARC. Hunada is an experienced finance and bu…

  • Huw Bryer is a Deputy Director in the Wales Office. He is responsible for Constitutional Policy and Legislation, Domestic Affairs and Regional Growth including Wales’ four City and Growth Deals. Huw was previously the Deputy…

  • Huw joined HS2 in March 2022 as Old Oak Common Project Client and is now Stations Delivery Director. Prior to that he held various senior roles on major rail schemes in London and the South-East, all joined by the thread of …

  • Huw Merriman was Minister of State at the Department for Transport from 27 October 2022 to 5 July 2024. He was the Member of Parliament for the Bexhill and Battle constituency from 2015 to 2024. Before entering Parliament, H…

  • Iain Anderson was Founding Partner Investor is former Executive Chairman of H/Advisors Cicero. He has over 30 years’ experience as board-level counsel for some of the world’s leading business and not-for-profit organisations…

  • Iain joined HM Land Registry in February 2019 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, he spent 2 and a half years in the Department for International Trade, first as the Deputy Director for Strategic Finance and then acti…

  • Iain Ferguson is the lead non-executive board member for the department, and was appointed in January 2012. He is Chairman of Wilton Park, an agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He also holds the following posts: …

  • Iain took up the position of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to The Socialist Republic of Vietnam in August 2022. Full name: Iain Grant Frew 2018 to 2021 Brasilia, Prosperity Counsellor 2016 to 2017 FCO, Head of EU Exit Strategy De…

  • Iain Gray joined Innovate UK in 2007. Iain is also a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and in 2007 was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society Gold M…

  • Iain King was appointed Chief Financial Officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in December 2022. Before that Iain was Interim Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Education and Director Ge…

  • Mr Iain Lindsay OBE was UK Ambassador to Hungary from 2016 to 2020. He previously held the position of Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Manama from 2011 to 2015. Iain joined the FCDO in 1980 and has spent much of his career in As…

  • Iain is an Independent Member of the Intellectual Property Office Steering Board. He is co-founder and partner of The Maclean Partnership, Iain runs his own consultancy and training service which he helped establish in 1997.…

  • Iain joined the agency in October 2019 as Director of Innovation and Development and is passionate about using innovation to make a difference in organisation performance. He is leading a number of change initiatives where c…

  • Iain joined the agency in October 2019 as Director of Innovation and Development and is passionate about using innovation to make a difference in organisation performance. He is leading a number of change initiatives where c…

  • Iain Osborne was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at Monitor on 19 May 2014. He is also Group Director for regulatory policy at the Civil Aviation Authority, and is an experienced regulatory expert having held senior ro…

  • Iain joined the agency on 3 June 2013 as the Chief Technology Officer. Iain has been seconded from Government Digital Service to lead DVLA’s IT digital transformation. Career Iain’s career to date includes: over 20 years of …

  • Iain Stewart was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Scotland Office between 2 June 2020 and 8 September 2022. He was previously a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from December 2019 to June 2020.

  • Iain Walker has been the UK’s High Commissioner to Ghana since August 2017. Before this, he was a Board Member of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London as a Director of Finance and Strategy. After stud…

  • Iain Walsh was appointed interim Strategy, Policy and Analysis Director General at the Department for Work and Pensions in July 2017.

  • Ian Abbott joined the CNPA Board in July 2012. He is familiar with police governance, having been the Chairman of the Oxfordshire Police Committee and independent member of the Thames Valley Police Authority. Previous securi…

  • Ian joined the UK Space Agency in January 2020 as Deputy CEO for Programme Delivery.  He is responsible for the delivery of all National space programmes across the Agency, including the UK Spaceflight programme. He deputise…

  • Ian Barlow is a Non-Executive Director of Smith & Nephew plc, Foxtons Group plc and The Brunner Investment Trust plc. He is Chairman of The Racecourse Association and a board member of the China British Business Council.…

  • Ian Baulch-Jones became a Non-Executive Director at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in November 2017. Ian has held positions with National Grid, Deutsche Bank, E.ON, MORGAN EST plc, ITNET UK Ltd (now part of the Serc…

  • Ian Benson is the Executive Director for Strategy, Performance and Change where he is responsible for strategic planning, insight, transformation and engagement. He was previously Executive Director for Business Transformati…

  • Ian Blakeman joined HM Prison Service (HMPS) in 1986, and was appointed as Director, Commissioning at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in October 2013. His previous roles include: Head of Custodial Commissioni…

  • Ian Cameron Cliff, OBE, took up his appointment as Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy in Zagreb in May 2015. He arrived in Croatia from Kosovo, where he had been British Ambassador since March 2011. He started his care…

  • Dr Ian Collard was appointed the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Chief Property & Security Officer in March 2023. Ian’s previous role was the British Ambassador to Lebanon from 2021 to 2022. Ian was a…

  • Ian has 32 years policing experience working in Lancashire and 7 in Merseyside, the last 2 of which were as the deputy chief constable. He is currently working for the College of Policing, National Police Chiefs’ Council, an…

  • Ian Davis was appointed as a Non-Executive Board Member for Cabinet Office on 16 December 2010. He was then the Lead Non-Executive Board Member for the department on 1 February 2015 until 22 March 2016. Ian Davis is the Chai…

  • Ian Doughty is Support Services Director at DECA , holding a first class Manufacturing Engineering Degree and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Business Management. Following a mechanical technician apprenticeship with Worthi…

  • Ian Duddy was most recently Interim Ambassador (Chargé d’Affaires) to Chile (July 2020 to February 2021). Previously he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Uruguay. Ian joined the Diplomatic Service in 2000 and has carried out a…