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  • Jayne Scott has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Coal Authority and chair of its audit and risk assurance committee from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2025. Jayne is a partner in Scott Ross Partnership. Currently…

  • Jayne joined the Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd Board on 1 October 2024 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a non-executive director with the Scottish Government, chair of the Private Healthcare Information Ne…

  • Jayne is the Director of Legal and Compliance and sits on the Executive Committee at UK Export Finance, responsible for the team of lawyers, paralegals and compliance professionals advising UK Export Finance on all legal and…

  • Jean-Christophe Gray is the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA). Prior to this, Jean-Christophe was a member of the Strategic Defence Review Expert Team…

  • Jean-François is an independent adviser on HMRC’s Customer Experience Committee. He is a global leader with more than 20 years’ experience in supply chain/commercial operations and digital marketing and technology. He has he…

  • Jeff Glekin was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Plurinational State of Bolivia from January 2019 to August 2023. Previously he was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bogota. Jeff spent 4 years as Depu…

  • Jeff’s executive experience is in chief executive officer roles with consumer-facing businesses such as Fox’s Biscuits/Northern Foods, First Milk and Bernard Matthews. His background is in international marketing and commerc…

  • Jeff Lynn became a non-executive board member in March 2013. He was re-appointed for a second term on the 29 February 2017. He is executive chairman and co-founder of Seedrs, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding pl…

  • Jeff Matthewman took up office as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Vientiane in May 2018. He joined Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service in 2006, and has served in London and a number of overseas postings. His previ…

  • Jeff Smith was Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) between 10 July 2024 and 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Manchester Withington in July 2024.

  • Jeff is the Chief Executive Officer for Formula E. Jeff held the position of Chief Operating Officer for Virgin Media O2 from June 2019 to May 2023, after re-joining the company in May 2017 as Managing Director of Virgin Mob…

  • Jen and Hannah are in a job-share partnership as Change Team Leader in the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA). Jen and Hannah previously worked together as a job-share partnership as Directo…

  • Jen has over 17 years of international development experience, with 8 years in Africa, including at community, district and national levels in Tanzania, Niger and Senegal. She joined the Department for International Developm…

  • Jen is the Group Chief Operating Officer for NatWest Group and a member of the Executive Committee. In this role Jen is responsible for defining and driving strategy across a broad range of functions including corporate affa…

  • Jennifer supports the strategic direction of the Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) delivery business units. She is well-acquainted with NRS, having served as a non-executive director on the NRS Board and beginning her caree…

  • Jenni is an HR leader with extensive experience in employee engagement, talent management and organisational development. She is currently Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at KBR, and previously held HR lead…

  • Jennie has been country representative for DFID Uganda since August 2015. She joined DFID in 2000 and has worked on international trade, aid policy and delivery as well as strategic finance. She previously led the Finance, P…

  • Before joining HMRC, Jennie was Second Commissioner Law at the Australian Tax Office, based in Canberra, Australia. She is a member of the International Monetary Fund Panel of Tax Administration experts and a solicitor of th…

  • Jennie Price was the CEO of Sport England. Jennie is a qualified lawyer and has previously been the CEO of WRAP, a Defra-supported environmental organisation specialising in recycling and resources management. She retains an…

  • Jennie Walker became the Head of Corporate Affairs at the Independent Living Fund in 2011, having been Private Secretary to the CEO since 2009. Jennie qualified as a solicitor in 2009, following 2 years with an International…

  • Jennifer Anderson is the Director, Consular and Crisis at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Commonwealth Office (FCDO), starting in this role in January 2020. Jennifer served as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in…

  • Jennifer Bexon-Smith was the Regional Schools Commissioner for East Midlands and the Humber from 1 September 2014 until 7 May 2017.

  • Jennifer Coupland took up post as Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in November 2019. Her previous role was Director of Professional and Technical Education in DfE for three years, …

  • Jenni has enjoyed a varied career in Dstl and its predecessor organisations. Her previous roles have included a secondment to MOD as the research customer for part of the Corporate Research Programme and leading the team tha…

  • Jennifer MacNaughtan was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Warsaw from July 2022 to June 2025. Previously, she was Head of Diplomatic Strategy in the Department for Exiting the European Union and then the Foreign…

  • Jennifer joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non-Executive Board Member on 21 August 2023. She brings over 35 years of global experience in payments technology and financial services. She has a strong track record in leading…

  • Jennifer Stockill has been the British Deputy High Commissioner to Rwanda since 1st July 2024. Jennifer joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2012, and her career has focused on the Middle East and East …

  • Jennifer was the government’s Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy from October 2019 until August 2021. Jennifer joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1989. From July 2013 until January 2017 Jennifer was the …

  • Jennifer Tyldesley has been Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the United Kingdom to Poland since 25 July 2025. Previously, she was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Warsaw from June 2025, and before that, from August 202…

  • Jennifer Young was Consul General Toronto and Deputy Trade Commissioner North America from 2020 to 2022. Jennifer has held a number of posts in the UK Government. Previous posts include: Deputy Director roles at HM Treasury,…

  • Jenny Bates was Director General, Economics, Climate and Global Issues at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ( FCDO ) from January 2024 to September 2025. Jenny joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO …

  • Jenny was appointed to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in December 2021. Jenny is a qualified social worker and has been a senior manager in local authority children’s services since 1997. She has worked extensi…

  • Jenny Gardner started her career at EF Education in 1994, working mainly as a Legal Counsel but she also spent a year in Boston, USA, managing the North American insurance business for EF Education. She continued her career …

  • Jenny Mooney is the Director for Operations (Barring) at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Jenny took on this post at the DBS in September 2016. Jenny has vast experience in safeguarding and public protection, having spent…

  • Jenny Richardson was appointed as Director of Human Resources for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in August 2018. Jenny’s previous roles include: Head of HR, Network Rail South East Route Deputy Director, Civ…

  • Jenny Saunders is a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty . Appointed: 4 January 2016 Reappointed: 4 January 2019 (for a 2nd term) Term ends: 3 January 2022

  • Jenny joined the Marine Management Organisation on 1 June 2020, as Director of Planning and Change. Jenny has led significant planning and change delivery programmes and services across the private and public sector, includi…

  • Jenny Stewart was appointed Science Director of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in 2021. For 12 months from June 2024, she was Chief Executive (interim) of APHA. Before joining APHA, Jenny was Director of Science a…

  • Jenny Wilcox has been Deputy High Commissioner and Consul in Rwanda since February 2016. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2003, having studied German, Spanish and Translation Studies at the University of Bir…

  • Jenny Willott was an Assistant Government Whip from February 2012 to November 2014. She was elected Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central on 5 May 2005. Education Jenny was educated at Wimbledon High School and Uppingham S…

  • Jeremy Anderson is Chairman of KPMG’s Global Financial Services Practice. He frequently travels the world speaking to clients, regulators and policymakers, enabling him to bring a wide ranging and practical perspective to di…

  • Jeremy Benson is our Executive Director for Vocational Qualifications and joined Ofqual as Director of Strategic Management in 2010. His previous roles include: Deputy Director, responsible for QCA, Ofqual and Exams Delivery…

  • Jeremy was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in January 2016. Education Jeremy has a BSc Hons degree (2:1) in Economics from Warwick University (1982). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in …

  • Jeremy Browne was appointed Minister of State for Crime Prevention in September 2012. He was the Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton Deane from 2005 to 2015. Education Jeremy was educated at Bedales School and Nottingham Univers…

  • Jeremy Harrison joined NDA as Director of Risk and Assurance in October 2018, following 4 years at HS2 Ltd. Previously Jeremy worked in the rail industry for 25 years. He pioneered early thinking on safety risk and then went…

  • Jeremy started his career as a management trainee with the ATV Group before becoming a public relations consultant specialising in government and international media relations. While working in the middle east he started a r…

  • Jeremy took up the post of Director of Productivity and Efficiency at the Department of Health in July 2015, including working with Lord Carter to support NHS hospital trusts and foundation trusts to become more efficient. J…

  • Jeremy Mayhew is: non-party Common Councilman on the City of London Corporation, where he is Chairman of its Finance Committees; a Member of the British Transport Police Authority; a non-executive Board Member of the Legal S…

  • Jeremy Moore was a career civil servant until his retirement in 2017. During that time, he worked at the Economic and Social Research Council, the Department for Education, HM Treasury and the Department for Work and Pension…

  • Jeremy Peat was appointed as a member of the Competition Commission on 1 April 2005. Following the completion of the private healthcare remittal market investigation, his appointment term ended on 12 September 2016. Register…