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  • Karen Wheeler CBE joined the Board of RWM as an Independent Non-Executive Director in September 2018 before being appointed as RWM CEO from 1 February 2020. From July 2017 to July 2019, Karen established and led, as Director…

  • Karin joined Cefas in 2009 having previously held a variety of senior HR/Organisational Development roles in local government, NHS, Police and commercial (engineering/technology) sectors. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Ins…

  • Karin Smyth was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Bristol South in July 2024.

  • Karina McTeague was the Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee and non-executive board member at the Department for Business and Trade between May 2023 and January 2025. Karina is a highly experienced business leader wi…

  • Karina joined the Civil Service in 1990. Her career has spanned a range of policy, front-line operational, change management and corporate roles in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and HM Treasury, where she was head of the VAT…

  • Karl was appointed HMRC’s Interim Director General Customer Services in August 2020. He previously held the role of Director of Finance Planning & Performance within HMRC’s Customer Service Group. Karl’s Civil Service ca…

  • Karl McCartney was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State between 8 July 2022 and 8 September 2022.

  • Karl Tupling has worked for the Homes and Communities Agency since 2010. He became the agency’s director for the North West in February 2015. Before joining the Homes and Communities Agency he was Director of Housing at Shef…

  • Kassim Ramji was appointed His Majesty’s Consul General Milan and Director of the Department for Business and Trade in Italy in September 2024. Prior to this Kassim was Head of European Bilateral Relations in the National Se…

  • Kate Bell is Assistant General Secretary at the TUC , responsible for inter-union relations and leads on TUC internal matters. Kate joined the TUC in 2016 as the organisation’s head of economics, international and employment…

  • Kate Bowyer joined the NDA as group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in May 2023 and plays a key role on our Group Leadership Team and on our Board. Kate brings a wealth of financial and leadership expertise to the role, joinin…

  • Kate was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in February 2020. Career Kate has worked in and with private security for 20 years. She is trained in close protection and worked as a Chief of Staff to international…

  • Kate is the Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LBG). As well as advising the Board and Senior Executives on legal and governance matters and sitting on the executive committee, Kate is res…

  • Kate Copley was Regional Director for East Midlands (jobshare with Carol Gray ). She was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for East Midlands and the Humber. Prior to this, she was a Deputy Director responsible for…

  • Kate has been Deputy Head of Mission in Prague since October 2022. She was previously posted to Ukraine for four years as Head of Political (Political Counsellor) at the British Embassy in Kyiv. She has a background in EU wo…

  • Kate Davies was appointed Interim Director General for Strategy and Water at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 14 July 2025. Previously Kate was Interim Director General, Labour Market Policy and Impl…

  • Kate Dearden was appointed Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 18 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Halifax in July 2024.

  • Kate was appointed as a non-executive director and Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee for the Coal Authority in April 2024. Kate is an experienced non-executive and government advisor. She is currently a N…

  • Kate is Chief of Regulatory Engagement at the Regulator of Social Housing. She joined the Regulator of Housing as Director of Consumer Regulation in July 2021.

  • Kate Ellis became Chair of the Oil and Pipelines Agency in June 2021. Until her retirement at the end of 2021, Kate was the Group Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (ND…

  • Kate English took up her position as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tripoli in April 2021. Prior to this, she was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tunis, a job she shared with her husband To…

  • Ms Kate Foster OBE was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somali, and took up her appointment in February 2021. Ms Foster has extensive experience working on Africa, including on humanitarian and s…

  • Kate is a senior executive with over 30 years experience in a range of sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals, FMCG and retail. She has held a number of senior HR roles including Chief People Officer for Virgi…

  • Kate trained as an accountant in the NHS. She has worked in a number of NHS organisations and also spent time working for firms KPMG and Grant Thornton. Prior to joining the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) in 2018,…

  • Kate Harrisson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2000 after working in the private sector in China. Her previous roles in the FCO include Deputy Head of Mission to Vietnam, Political Counselor in Beijing and Econ…

  • Kate joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in 2013. She spent five years overseeing Conflict, Security and Stability Fund programmes in the Middle East and North Africa, including a posting to Ista…

  • Kate Joseph became the Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) at the Department for Business and Trade on 4 March 2024. Prior to this, Kate held the position of Director for International Economic Sec…

  • Kate Josephs’ career as a senior leader in the UK civil service includes Deputy Director positions in HM Treasury and the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, she began her career as a policy advisor in the Department for Work an…

  • Kate Lampard CBE was the lead non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care from November 2017 to September 2023. Kate is the chair of GambleAware and works as an independent consultant undertaking inves…

  • Kate Orrick began her role as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Stockholm in September 2022. She has worked for the UK civil service since 2007, most recently as Development Director for Jordan (2018 to 2021)…

  • Kate grew up in Yorkshire, studied at Oxford University (Somerville College) and University College London, and worked in documentaries before joining the FCDO. Curriculum vitae Date Role 2021 - 2024 Deputy High Commissioner…

  • Ms Kate Rudd was the Department for International Trade’s West Africa Trade Director based in Lagos, Nigeria covering the coastal countries from Senegal to Gabon. Previously Ms Rudd was Her Majesty’s Deputy Head of Mission t…

  • Having headed up Sellafield Ltd’s Regulatory and Planning Law team within the Office of General Counsel since 2009, Kate was appointed Company Secretary in May 2022.

  • Kate Smith CMG was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, Greece, from January 2017 until July 2021. Previously she was FCO Director, Americas and has also held overseas posts in Tehran and New York. Curriculum v…

  • Kate joined UK Government in Wales in June 2019 with her job-share partner, Louise Parry. Kate came to the department from the Constitution Group in Cabinet Office where she worked on parliamentary, election and lobbying pol…

  • Kate Thomson is the Deputy British Ambassador and Development Counsellor to Liberia. Kate’s previous roles include: Department of International Development’s (DFID) Education Adviser to North Africa Deputy Head of DFID’s Chi…

  • Kate Tilley joined Legal Aid Agency (LAA) as HR Director in March 2014. Before this she was UK HR Director, WSP Global Inc.

  • Kate White is the Strategy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). She was formerly the Director for Trade and Economic Security from February 2021 to April 2024 and was the interim Director Ge…

  • Kath joined Ofsted as Director, Social Care Inspection and Improvement in May 2014, but has now taken on the role of National Director from 1 June 2015. Her initial role was to lead on the design, delivery and review of Ofst…

  • Kath Tunstall has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service since March 2015.

  • Kath Webster was appointed Director of Scientific Services, APHA in April 2014. She first joined the agency in June 1990. Her previous roles include: Deputy Chief Scientist, APHA Head of Biotechnology and Manager of Test Dev…

  • Katharine Birbalsingh is the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission and Headmistress and co-founder of Michaela Community School in Wembley, London. Michaela is known for its tough-love behaviour systems, knowledge curricul…

  • Katharine Braddick joined Barclays in March 2022 in a new role as Group Head of Strategic Policy and senior adviser to the Chief Executive Officer. Previously she: worked at the Bank of England, where she was Director of Pru…

  • Katharine Felton was Deputy Head of Mission and Consul at the British Embassy in Montevideo from 2013 to 2017. She joined the FCO in 2002 after graduating in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Leeds. Katharine wor…

  • Katy Ransome was His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Mali. Previously she was the Head of Gender and Conflict, in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation Direct…

  • Katherine’s early career was spent developing new products and services in the global telecoms industry as a senior executive with both major multinationals and a series of start-up companies. She moved to the public sector …

  • Katherine Cowell started in her role as Regional Director for North East in September 2022. She was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for North. Katherine is also the Senior Responsible Officer for the Opportunity…

  • Katherine Fletcher was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and Minister for Women at the Cabinet Office between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. She was elected Conservative MP for So…

  • Katherine Green was appointed joint Director General, Labour Market and Poverty in November 2024 in a jobshare with Sophie Dean. Prior to that Sophie and Katherine were Directors General, Labour Market and Implementation. Be…