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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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James Frith MP was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office on 3 March 2026.
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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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James Kariuki is currently Chargé d’Affaires at the UK Mission to the United Nations, New York. He was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in August 2021. He previously served as Multilateral Policy Director …
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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 and Chief Operating Officer for the Ministry, p…
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James became Regional Director for the South West and West Midlands in 2024. He was appointed as Regional Director, South West in 2021 and before that, Regional Director, West Midlands in September 2020. Previously, he was A…
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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 was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 1 September 2025. He previously held the office of Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, …
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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 is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Washington, having been appointed in July 2022. Between September 2025 and February 2026, he served as Chargé d’Affaires to the USA. Before moving to Washington 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…
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James has worked in construction his entire life. He read estate management at college and joined Wates construction in 1983. He joined the Wates Construction Board in 1994 and was appointed to the Wates Group Board in 1997.…
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Mr Watt joined the FCO in 1977 and began his diplomatic career in the Trade Relations and Exports Department. From 1978 to 1980 he undertook full-time language training in Arabic ahead of his first posting to Abu Dhabi as Se…
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James Wharton served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from July 2015 to June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for Stockton South in May 2010. Education James has a…
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Jamie Bowden was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Chile from June 2018 to July 2020. Curriculum Vitae Full name: James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden Married to: Sarah Bowden Children: 5 2017 Full time Spanish language …
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Jamie Carter is a Director at UK Government Investments whose responsibilities include overseeing the British Business Bank on behalf of its Shareholder, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. H…
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Jamie Hamill took up his appointment as Deputy Head of the UK Mission to the UN, WTO and Other International Organisations in Geneva in August 2025. Jamie joined the Diplomatic Service in 2013. He has been posted to the UK D…
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Jamie Hilton was Deputy Head of Mission, Slovenia from 2013 to 2014. Before that, Jamie worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office headquarters in London. His first job was in Asia-Pacific Directorate, where he covered Ma…
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Jamie is a passionate digital leader who likes to work with purpose, and inspire sustainable progress. A technology and innovation leader at heart who has spent the last 15 years driving digital transformation strategies to …
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Jan Bauer took up her posting as Consul (Government and Prosperity) at the UK Government Office in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota (MN) in December 2016. She served previously as an International Trade consultant with the Sm…
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Jan was appointed as a non-executive director at the Home Office in February 2021. Prior to this, Jan was contracted to the Home Office as a consultant on BICS Transformation and FBIS. As an advisor to several government dep…
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Jan is an experienced Transformation Director and Chief Information Officer, having worked for PZ Cussons (a multi-national FTSE 250 company) as a member of the executive leadership team. Jan was accountable for defining and…
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Jan joined the Charity Commission in January 2026. Prior to taking up the position, he was General Counsel and Secretary of the National Trust. Before that he served as Deputy Head of Legal at the Bank of England after spend…
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Jan Marshall was appointed Legal Secretary to the Advocate General in December 2010. She qualified as a solicitor in 1985 and joined the civil service in 1992. Career highlights include: Head of the Constitutional and Parlia…
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Jan Thompson has served as the British Ambassador to Norway since April 2023. Previously, she was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to India in August 2018. She served as British Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2013-2…
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Jane was a Non-executive Member of the SSRO from September 2014 to 31 March 2017. She was the Chair of the SSRO’s Regulatory Review Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Jane is currently Head of Intelligence at the…
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Jane Basley joined as Human Resources Director for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and Corporate HQ in January 2016. Before this she was a senior HRD specialising in HR transformation across the private and public sector. Her cor…