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Jahnine was appointed to the Child Safeguarding Review Panel November 2021 and became the National Kinship Care Ambassador in September 2024. Jahnine is a care-experienced professional who started her career in children’s ri…
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Jake joined the RPA as Chief of Staff in 2019 from the City and Guilds Group where he was Executive Director of Strategy. He previously held positions at the Cabinet Office, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, …
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In 2008 Mr Aves coordinated the UK’s political input into Japan’s G8 Chairmanship and in 2011 Mr Aves worked on the UK’s input into the UN Human Rights Council on issues such as Libya, Syria and Iran. In 2012 Mr Aves served …
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James joined Magnox in 2015 as Human Resources Director, on secondment from Cavendish Nuclear. Prior to joining Magnox, James held a number of Human Resources Director roles within Babcock, which he joined in 2010.
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James Bilefield was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in April 2024. James Bilefield is an experienced chair and non-executive director. He serves on a range of publi…
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James Bowler became Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury in October 2022. Prior to this, James served as Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Trade ( DIT ), and before that, he served as Second Permanent Se…
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James Bryce is Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Athens and has been a member of the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office since the 1990s. His last assignment overseas was in Beijing as the Ch…
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James Callaghan served as Prime Minister between 1976 to 1979. Read more about the life and achievements of James Callaghan in our past Prime Ministers section.
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James Cartlidge was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence between 21 April 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 28 October 2022 to 21 April 2023. He was previously Parliam…
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James has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director for the Home Office in January 2020. James’s career has spanned the infrastructure, transport and financial services industries. James is currently Chairman of GB Railfrei…
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James Cross is the Chief Executive of Natural England, the government’s expert advisor on the natural environment for England; and a member of Defra ’s Executive Committee. James was previously the Chief Executive of the Mar…
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James Dauris is the British Ambassador to Panama, an appointment he took up in March 2024. James joined the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in 1995 and served as Head of the Latin American Department (2019 to 2…
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James Dowler was appointed as Deputy Director for Constitutional Policy and the Scotland Bill in September 2015. James joined the Civil Service in 2009 and has worked in the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office in vari…
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James Dowler was appointed as Deputy Director for Constitutional Policy and the Scotland Bill in September 2015. James joined the Civil Service in 2009 and has worked in the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office in vari…
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James Dowler was appointed as Deputy Director for Constitutional Policy and the Scotland Bill in September 2015. James joined the Civil Service in 2009 and has worked in the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office in vari…
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James Downer has been His Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria since January 2025. He has previously served as Deputy Head of Mission in Baghdad from 2020 to 2022 and Deputy Consul-General in Jerusalem between 2015 to 2018. His l…
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James Duddridge was Minister for International Trade at the Department for International Trade from 7 September 2022 to 26 Oct 2022. He was previously Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury between 8 July 2022 and…
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James Ford is Deputy Head of Mission at the UK Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), based in Vienna. He took up his position in June 2025. James has served as a British diplomat sinc…
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A career business banker, his last role in a commercial bank was a UK wide role as Head of External Affairs for RBS/Nat West interacting with HMT, BEIS, Bank of England, British Business Bank and the key Business Groups on a…
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Jim was appointed Legal Secretary to the Advocate General from 1 February 2024.
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James Goldman is the Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director at the British High Commission, Dhaka. Before taking up his current role, he was His Majesty’s Consul General in Erbil, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Bet…
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James has over 20 years’ experience in communications and engagement. James joined HS2 in 2019 and is the Executive Director responsible for media, public affairs, digital media and marketing communications. Before joining H…
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The Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Sarajevo is James Hamilton Harding. James has been in Sarajevo since August 2024, having worked most recently in London leading the team developing the FCDO’s approach to dis…
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James Hooley joined HM Diplomatic Service in 2007 and took up his role as British Ambassador to Cuba in March 2025. In 2009, after two years in London at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, James took up his first oversea…
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James Hughes was Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the British Embassy, Warsaw. He was responsible for leading the Embassy’s work in strengthening the economic, science, trade and investment relationship between th…
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Ambassador James Kariuki assumed the role of UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, New York in August 2021. He previously served as Multilateral Policy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office f…
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James Lowth joined the Coal Authority as a director in October 2017. Before this James worked at Highways England, most recently as Director of the Major Projects Portfolio Office during England’s first Roads Investment Stra…
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James McEwen joined the Ministry of Justice in 2016. He has held a number of roles over that time including Deputy Chief Executive, Legal Aid Agency; and Group Finance Director. James is currently the Chief Operating Officer…
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James became Regional Director for the South West in 2021 after being appointed as Regional Director, West Midlands in September 2020. Previously, he was Assistant Regional Director and a Senior HMI in the West Midlands. Bef…
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James has over 28 years of experience in the nuclear industry managing complex nuclear facilities. With a background in safety and radiological protection, he has held a variety of operational leadership roles across Sellafi…
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James Mitton is the Director General for the Enterprise Transformation Group at His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), where he drives strategic initiatives to transform the delivery of services to businesses and individu…
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James Morris was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care between 8 July 2022 and 8 September 2022. He was previously a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) between 14 …
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James Munson was the Director of Digital Services and Technology at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) from March 2015 to April 2019.
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James Murray has served as the Member of Parliament for Ealing North since 2019. He has held the office of Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury since 9 July 2024, having been shadow Financial Secretary for three and a half ye…
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James Norton was appointed Group Human Resources ( HR ) Director at the Department for Transport ( DfT ) in November 2021. Prior to this, James was HR and Organisational Development Director for the Department for Internatio…
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James Quinault was interim Director General for Europe, international and constitution group from November 2020 to June 2021. Before this James was: interim Director General for Strategy and Change at the Department for Envi…
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James Ramsay MacDonald served as Prime Minister between 1924 to 1924 and 1929 to 1935. Read more about the life and achievements of James Ramsay MacDonald in our past Prime Ministers section.
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James has previously held senior leadership roles in legal, commercial and supply chain functions across nuclear, utilities and logistics sectors. He was appointed as Sellafield Ltd’s Chief Supply Chain Officer in April 2024.
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James Roed-Moor started as Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Tashkent in February 2024. James joined the UK Civil Service in 2002 and has worked for both the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Conflic…
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James Roscoe was appointed Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Washington in July 2022. Before moving to Washington he was the UK Ambassador to the UN General Assembly from 2019. Prior to this, from 2016 to 2019 h…
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James Sanderson became CEO and Accounting Officer of the Independent Living Fund ( ILF ) in 2012, having been the Chief Operating Officer for the organisation since 2009. After graduating, James embarked on a career in the p…
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James was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England on 24 May 2024. James is the Group Director of Strategy and Planning at Urban&Civic plc and a member of Natural England’s Development Industry Group. Prev…
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Mr James Sharp was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan in September 2019. Curriculum Vitae Full name: James Lyall Sharp 2018 - 2019 FCO, Full-time Language training (Azerbaijani) 2017 - 2018 FCO,…
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James Squire took up his post as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein in January 2023. Before joining the Embassy, he was Head of North East Asi…
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James Thomson CBE has held senior leadership positions across the private and public sectors and is currently chair of MJ Gleeson plc. He was formerly chair of the City of London Police Authority Board, chair of the National…
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Mr Thornton joined the FCO in 1989. He has had a broad range of jobs, in London and overseas, including Latin America. He served as Head of Political Section in the British Embassy in Mexico City. He was British High Commiss…
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Mr Thornton joined the FCO in 1989. He has had a broad range of jobs, in London and overseas, including Latin America. He served as Head of Political Section in the British Embassy in Mexico City. He was British High Commiss…
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James joined the Foreign Office (FCO) in November 2012, having previously worked in International NGOs, and before that in UK Local Government. During his NGO career James worked in Southern Sudan (before it became an indepe…