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Jill began her teaching career as an infant teacher in 1971. She became a deputy head teacher in 1978. She was appointed to headship of Colegrave school in 1983. The school was at first an infant school then became a primary…
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Jillian Battersby has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British High Commission, Port Moresby since March 2011.
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Jim Carpy was Head of DFID China since from 2015 to August 2017. He joined DFID in 1986 and has since worked in a range of DFID jobs including in in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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Jim Crawford joined HS2 Ltd in September 2024 as a Strategic Adviser and is now Interim Chief Programme Officer. Jim is responsible for re-baselining the phase one programme and creating a new strategy. He is also responsib…
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Jim Crawford joined High Speed Two (HS2) Limited in August 2014 as Managing Director - Phase One. Jim is a qualified quantity surveyor and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He previously worked at Ne…
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Jim Logie was Head of HMRC Division in the Office of the Advocate General from 01 April 2012 to 24 July 2020. He qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and joined the civil service the same year. Career highlights include: Head of…
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Jim McAlpine was Head of DFID Ghana from December 2014 to July 2017 leading a team of 32 staff. Since joining DFID in 1982, Jim has worked in various capacities, in headquarters and in the Pacific, South East Asia, Southern …
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Jim McMahon OBE was appointed Minister for Local Government, Devolution and Growth on 22 July 2026. He previously served as Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution between 6 July 2024 and 6 September 20…
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Jim O’ Sullivan was appointed Chief Executive of Highways England in July 2015. Jim is a chartered engineer and has spent his career within transportation, asset management, and utility organisations. He was previously Manag…
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Jim was appointed Second Permanent Secretary of the Treasury in July 2025. Jim brings a wealth of experience from investment banking and corporate finance to the Treasury, after a long career at Bank of America. He also has …
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Jim Pennycook joined the Centre for Defence Enterprise in 2008 as Military Adviser. He was appointed Head of Operations in 2013 following the completion of his service with the Royal Air Force ( RAF ). His previous roles inc…
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Jim Smyllie joined Natural England in 2006. In October 2008, Jim became Executive Director, People, Landscape and Biodiversity. He has held the following roles at Natural England: Transition Director Executive Director, Regi…
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Jitesh Gadhia has over 20 years’ investment banking experience, having held senior positions at Blackstone, Barclays Capital, ABN AMRO and Baring Brothers. He has advised on a wide range of high profile M&A and capital r…
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Jo Boaden CBE is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. Jo has held a number of senior positions in the housing sector, most recently as the Chief Executive of the Northern Housing Consortium. She held sen…
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Jo Broomfield returned to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in June 2015 as the Common Agricultural Programme (CAP) Delivery Programme Director. His previous roles include: CAP Delivery Programme Lead for the Department of Env…
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Jo Churchill was Minister of State for the Department for Work and Pensions from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) from 7 September 2022 to 13 November 202…
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Jo Clift was appointed to the Agency Board in January 2018. She has over 20 years’ experience at the heart of Whitehall, including senior roles in communications, policy, corporate services and appointments. Head of Communic…
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Jo Fiddian has a shared role with Hannah Payne as the Head of Transformation. Her previous roles include: Head of Service Development and Central Commissioning, LAA Deputy Director responsible for criminal courts operational…
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Jo Grunwell has extensive HR and remuneration strategy, design and policy experience gained over a period of 16 years working in banking (NatWest Group) and wealth management (Old Mutual/Skandia and Hargreaves Lansdown). Pr…
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Jo took up her position as British Consul-General Guangzhou in July 2019. She leads the British Government’s engagement in the provinces of South China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan and Jiangxi. Jo has worked fo…
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Jo Lenaghan was Interim Director General, People from November 2025 to February 2026. Jo has more than 25 years’ experience in the NHS. Her experience has included working in the strategy teams as a strategic health authorit…
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Jo Lomas was the UK government’s Envoy to the Commonwealth from October 2021 to May 2025. Jo was previously High Commissioner to the Republic of Rwanda, and non-resident Ambassador to Burundi from January 2018 to June 2021. …
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Ms Jo McPhail was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti and UK Representative to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and opened the first British Embassy in Djibouti, in March 2021…
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Jo Moir is a British diplomat and development professional with more than 20 years of experience working for the UK Government at home and overseas. Jo is currently Development Director for the British High Commission in Is…
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Jo Morgan became National Director, Initial Teacher Education in October 2014. She is also Regional Director, North West. Before working at Ofsted, Jo was a: qualified teacher who has held 3 secondary headships National Lead…
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Jo joined Forestry Commission Scotland as Deputy Director in October 2013, before this she spent 5 years working for the Scottish Government, on Natural Resources policy. She has also been a member of the Forest Enterprise E…
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Jo became the Professional Practice Director for GIAA in May 2016, where she is responsible for the development of the profession both within the Agency and across wider central government. Her role includes oversight of int…
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Jo Shanmugalingam CB became Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport ( DfT ) on 1 July 2025 after being Second Permanent Secretary at DfT since 30 May 2023. Jo was previously Director General for Science, Innovati…
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In September 2012, Jo Swinson became Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Women and Equalities Minister. She was elected as the Liberal Democrat MP …
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Jo Symons, Director Change and Development joined the Management Board in February 2010. Her previous roles within NMO include: Director Technical Services Communications business team manager Project lead for Weights and Me…
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Jo White was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office on 22 July 2026. She was elected as the MP for Bassetlaw in July 2024.
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Joan Aitken was the Scottish Prison Complaints Commissioner (Ombudsman) from 1999 until her appointment as a Traffic Commissioner. Career Joan has served as a part time chairman of employment tribunals, disability appeal tri…
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Joan was infected with Hepatitis C as a result of blood transfusions and started campaigning in the late 1990s as part of the forming of the Skipton Fund. Joan has been a core participant to the Infected Blood Inquiry and i…
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Joan Ingram graduated from Dundee University in 1981, with an MA in Politics and Jurisprudence. Joan then embarked on a career as a journalist, becoming one of Scotland’s leading television politics presenters; hosting a var…
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Joanna Averley is the government’s Chief Planner and Head of the Planning Profession, based in the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government. She advises ministers on policy and practice relating to town and count…
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Jo Crellin became Director General ( DG ), Domestic and International Markets and Exports ( DIME ) at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) in July 2026. She was Director General, DIME at the Depa…
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Joanna Davinson was previously Interim Government Chief Digital Officer, from December 2024 to September 2025, with overarching leadership responsibility for the digital centre. Joanna was previously the Head of Profession o…
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Joanna Key is Director General, Regeneration, Housing and Planning at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Joanna was previously Director of Growth and Infrastructure at HM Treasury and Director for Dom…
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Joanna Kuenssberg was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Lisbon since August 2010. She was Chargé d’Affaires between January to May 2011, before the arrival of Ambassador Jill Gallard. She was appointed High Co…
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Joanna Markbreiter was appointed Deputy British Ambassador and Development Counsellor to Liberia in August 2024. She arrived in Liberia from Nigeria, where she served as Protracted Crisis Advisor at the British High Commissi…
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Joanna is People Director at the UK Space Agency. She provides Human Resources (HR) advice to the Agency executive committee and senior leadership team and leads on the Agency’s People Strategy to provide senior oversight fo…
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Joanna was Head of DFID Pakistan from December 2015 to September 2019 and managed DFID ’s largest bilateral programme there. She was formerly Head of DFID Sudan where she managed DFID ’s humanitarian and development programm…
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Joanna Roper CMG was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2020. Previously, Joanna was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality from April 2017 unti…
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Joanna took up her role as Director General for the Customer Services Group at the Home Office on 8 January 2024 and served until 14 November 2025. Joanna previously served as Director General for Transformation at HMRC, hea…
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Joanna Wallace was appointed to the role of Independent Case Examiner in April 2013. Her previous roles include: Chief Executive of the Christie NHS Trust Manchester Director of Spire Manchester Hospital lay member of the Se…
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Joanna Whittington became Director General, Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 8 October 2018. Joanna was the Chief Executive Officer at the Office of Rail and Road (…
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Joanne Adamson OBE (Known as Jo) HM Ambassador, Bamako, Mali since August 2014 Ms Adamson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. She has served in Cairo, Jerusalem, at the UK Mission to the UN in New York, Washi…
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Joanne joined the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) in September 2022 and is a Delivery Director covering Ministry of Justice, Department for Transport, Department for Health & Social Care and the Ministry of Housi…
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Joanne is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) with fifteen years’ experience of finance in local government in county and unitary authorities and three years’ experience as a Civil S…