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John is an experienced financial services regulatory professional, with over 30 years experience of working in the sector. He also brings considerable experience of audit and risk and is currently a non-executive director at…
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John Longworth is a businessman and entrepreneur. He was originally a scientist and spent most of his career in consumer goods and food corporates doing business in the UK and around the globe. He co-founded a science-tech b…
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John Mahon was the Director General for Exports in the Department for International Trade from April 2018 to July 2020. John spent over 30 years in banking, working for JP Morgan and Barclays. He has worked in a variety of s…
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John Manzoni served as Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office from August 2015 to April 2020. He served as Chief Executive of the Civil Service from October 2014 to April 2020. He joined the Cabinet Office in February 20…
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John Marshall is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and Ambassador-designate (non-resident) to the Republic of Togo. He took up his appointment in June 2025. Prior to this, he was Ambassador to the Rep…
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John Matheson was Director of Finance for the NHS in Scotland from 2008 until his retiral in 2016 with specific responsibility for ehealth and analytics. Prior to that he was the Director of Finance at NHS Lothian. He studie…
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John McGlynn was appointed Universal Credit Programme Board Chair on 5 August 2021. John is a Director for Atkins, a member of the SNC Lavalin Group, one of the world’s leading engineering, design and project management orga…
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Born in Essex, John Mitchell joined the UK Diplomatic Service in 1996 having previously served in the British Army. Before his first posting overseas as Third Secretary at the British Embassy Skopje (2000 to 2003), John work…
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John Montague was appointed as the SIA’s Acting Director of Inspections and Enforcement in October 2020. Career John originally joined the SIA in January 2004 as a regional Head of Investigations in the north west of England…
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John Morrison is the founding Executive Director of The Institute for Human Rights and Business. He holds over two decades of business and human rights advisory experience, including roles with the United Nations, UK governm…
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John Newgas joined the Export Guarantee Advisory Council in April 2009. John has over twenty years in the manufacturing industry. As managing director of Albion Manufacturing Ltd, he was directly involved in the import of ra…
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John Ogden is a qualified accountant and a Fellow of CIMA who worked on an interim basis for the OGA until June 2016. John’s career has taken in finance leadership roles both in the public sector - including working for NATS…
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John Ogden joined GAD as Finance Director in September 2018. A qualified accountant and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants John also holds a BA Honours in Humanities from the Open University. John be…
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John has more than 30 years’ experience in the energy sector, where he has delivered a diverse range of major projects around the world. Most recently he led a major programme to expand one of the world’s largest oil and gas…
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John Osmond OBE has been appointed as a BPDTS Ltd non-executive director for a 3 year term. John’s 35 years experience in the information technology and services industry encompasses senior management positions in alliance m…
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John was appointed as a non-executive director (NED) for the Home Office in June 2020. John has extensive international board and leadership experience. He has been Chief Executive of media companies in 4 countries ranging f…
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John Peaden began his career with HM Land Registry at our Durham office in 1977 at 19 years of age. Over the years he has worked in our Tunbridge Wells, Stevenage and Harrow offices. John took up his role on the Board in Apr…
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John Pearson was appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Laos in August 2019. John has extensive experience working on Asia and Latin America. He has previous postings in Madrid (1992 to 1994), Brasilia (1996 to 1999), Mont…
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He was previously a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office from November 2018 to July 2019. John was first elected as MP for Weston, Worle and the Villages in 2005. Education John attended Ipswich School before stu…
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John Pullinger was the UK National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority from July 2014 to June 2019. Early career John started his career as an ass…
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John Quinn joined MHRA in February 2014 as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO), becoming Director of Transformation and Chief Digital and Information Officer in April 2018. Prior to joi…
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John Randall is chair of the Justice Sector Skills Council, the body with responsibility for skills development for the police, the courts, the prison service, the probation service, prosecution services and related voluntar…
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John Rankin CMG became Governor of the British Virgin Islands on 29 January 2021. Mr Rankin was Governor of Bermuda from December 2016 to November 2020. He was previously British Ambassador to Nepal and before that was Briti…
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John Rennilson is a Chartered Town Planner and a Chartered Surveyor with over 37 years’ experience in local government. He served as County Planning Officer of North Yorkshire County Council (1984-1996) and as Director of Pl…
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John Russell joined the SSRO as Chief Executive in July 2023. John was a Senior Director at Ofwat from 2016. He has also worked in Shell’s group strategy and business environment teams and had a long career in Whitehall wher…
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John Saunders has retired from his post as Senior Director at the Planning Inspectorate. Following a 20-year career in corporate and investment banking in the UK and US, John moved to work with government in substantial and …
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Mr John Saville was appointed Her Majesty’s Consul General for Chicago in November 2017. He joined the FCO in 1981 and has had a range of Diplomatic Service appointments including as Deputy Head of Mission in Cuba and as Hig…
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John Seglias was Group Chief Digital and Information Officer at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from March 2016 to September 2019. Previously he was Group CIO at Abellio, a leader in the provision of publi…
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John Sirodcar was appointed Head of Contract Management in July 2006. He has worked for the Legal Aid Agency (and previously the Legal Services Commission) for more than 20 years. His work has covered account management, pol…
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John Staples is Director for Advanced Nuclear Strategy and Fusion Energy in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. He is responsible for UK policy regarding fusion energy and advanced nuclear technologies. Previo…
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John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute served as Prime Minister between 1762 to 1763. Read more about the life and achievements of John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute in our past Prime Ministers section.
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John Studzinski took up his appointment as a non-executive director of the Home Office in April 2016. Mr Studzinski is Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Director of Blackstone, where he is responsible for a number of soverei…
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John Tuckett joined the Royal Navy as an Executive Officer following University specialising in, and commanding, submarines during his service. In 1991, he joined the NHS as Chief Executive of the emerging Teesside Health Au…
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John Anthony Tucknott is British Deputy High Commissioner, Karachi and UK Trade and Investment Director for Pakistan since May 2013. John holds a MA (Hons) in International Studies from King’s College London. His specializat…
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John Varley joined Clinton Devon Estates in 2000 after varied career in senior management with BT plc, mainly in the global and operations divisions. The estate comprises 10,000 hectares across east and north Devon and in ad…
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John Vickerman is a global HR leader with over 30 years of senior director experience in the UK and internationally. He has spearheaded numerous high-profile projects at prestigious organisations, including the BBC, BP Plc, …
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John Virgoe was appointed the UK government’s Envoy to the Commonwealth in June 2025. John was British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam from 2020 to 2024. Before this, he was Head of South-East Asia and Pacific Departm…
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John Ward OBE is a Legal Director in Home Office Legal Advisers in the Government Legal Department (GLD). Having previously led the policing, crime and national security teams, he now leads the five immigration teams. Joh…
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John Watkinson was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Crown Commercial Service in April 2009. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water. His previous roles include senior executive positions at Habitat, Wal…
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John Whiting was the Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification ( OTS ), a part-time role he held since the OTS was established. Until 2013 he was the Tax Policy Director of the Chartered Institute of Taxation; previou…
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John joined the MHRA from Eucomed, the European medical technology industry association, where he was Chief Executive. His earlier experience includes Director General of the Association of British Healthcare Industries and …
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John Wood joined Herbert Smith (now Herbert Smith Freehills LLP), the city and international law firm, in 1972 and was a partner from 1982 to 2007. From 2008 to 2014 he was a legal board member of the Charity Commission for …
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John Wotton (appointed in 2013) practised as a Solicitor with Allen & Overy LLP throughout his career, retiring on 31 December 2012. His practice has embraced many areas of corporate and commercial law, with a principal …
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John-Mark took on the role of Transformation Delivery Director in February 2021 having joined Companies House in June 2018 as the Head of Service Delivery and becoming the Director of Operations in early 2019. John-Mark has …
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John-Paul (JP) Marks started as First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs on 6 April 2025. Since January 2022, he had been Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, where he was responsib…
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Jon joined the Planning Inspectorate in 2010, during which time he has been Head of Management Information and Business Improvement prior to becoming Finance Director. Before joining PINS, Jon spent over 15 years in the priv…
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Jon Benjamin was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024. Jon joined the Diplomatic Service in 1986, and previously represented the British government in Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during h…
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Jon joined HM Land Registry in October 2006 and has been Deputy Director of HR since 2014, having also acted as HR Director in 2013. Jon has held a number of senior HR leadership roles within HM Land Registry with a focus on…