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  • Juliet Chua CB is the Director General for Schools Group at the Department for Education, taking on the role on 22 May 2023. Her previous roles include: Director General, Finance and Corporate at the Foreign, Commonwealth &a…

  • Juliet spent the early part of her career in the private sector, working for BT for almost ten years and then as a freelance consultant in IT programme management with a specialism in contact centres. She held a number of se…

  • Juliet Sotnick joined the NWS board in January 2024.   She brings both Sustainability and over 25 years’ commercial experience, most recently, at IHS Towers, one of the largest independent communications infrastructure compa…

  • Juliette is a member of the senior executive team and is an adviser to the Board. She leads the Competition Enforcement function with the aim of tackling unlawful and damaging anti-competitive conduct for the benefit of peop…

  • Juliette John was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republics of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau in April 2022. Prior to this appointment she was the Development Director at the British Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Repu…

  • Julius Court is Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Kenya. Other senior roles have included his time as Head of DFID’s Strategy Unit, Head of the UK Government Prosperity Fund and Head of DFID Ethiopia. He h…

  • Julius Court is the Head of Office for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Kenya. Other senior roles Julius has held have included his time as Head of DFID’s Strategy Unit, Head of the UK Government Prospe…

  • Justin Basini was appointed as a CMA Board member in February 2024. On 21 July 2025 Justin was appointed as Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee and Senior Independent Director. Justin is the CEO and Co-founder of…

  • Justin Bedford was the UK Modern Slavery Envoy from October 2023 to January 2025. He was previously Head of NATO Policy and Deputy Head of the joint Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Ministry of Defence Euro…

  • Justin Chamberlain joined the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) as Customer Director in July 2011. His previous roles include: Marketing and Communications Director, Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Communications Dire…

  • Justin joined HMRC in August 2013 from the Home Office. Justin graduated from Oxford University and has since worked for a variety of organisations in the private sector, local and central government. Justin is a CIPFA quali…

  • Justin studied History and Politics at Leicester University prior to joining the Army.  He commissioned into The King’s Royal Hussars in 1996, commanding at all levels within the Regiment, deploying on operations to Bosnia, …

  • Justin Madders was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade between 9 July 2024 and 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough in July 2024.

  • Justin was interim Chief Executive of UK Government Investments until March 2020 and prior to that Deputy Chief Executive, and has subsequently been Senior Adviser. UK Government Investments is the UK Government’s centre of …

  • Justin was interim Chief Executive of UK Government Investments until March 2020 and prior to that Deputy Chief Executive, and has subsequently been Senior Adviser. UK Government Investments is the UK Government’s centre of …

  • Mr Justin McKenzie Smith was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Georgia from August 2016 to August 2020. Before this, Justin was Deputy Head of Mission and Director for Trade and Investment at the British Embassy in Mexico City fro…

  • Justin Russell is the Director General for Families Group, taking on the role in October 2023. Prior to this he was HM Chief Inspector of Probation from June 2019 to September 2023. Justin’s previous roles in government incl…

  • As Head of UK Government Office Raleigh, Justin Sosne currently serves as the British government’s lead on-the-ground political and commercial representative to his home state of North Carolina. In his role, Justin represent…

  • Justin Tomlinson was a Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero from 12 April 2024 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 4 April 2019 to …

  • Kalpesh Brahmbhatt is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. He has over 20 years’ experience of working for UK regulators and is currently a Senior Consultant for PwC.

  • Kanbar Hossein-Bor is a senior British diplomat and international lawyer, currently serving as the British High Commissioner to Fiji . He previously led the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s Democratic Gove…

  • Kanishka Narayan was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Vale of Glamorgan in July 2024.

  • Kara has been the British High Commissioner to Singapore since 26 June 2019. Before becoming High Commissioner, Kara was most recently Director for the Americas at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Deputy Head of Mission …

  • Karen Agbabiaka is a chief officer for a local authority, responsible for strategic management and transformation of the highway and transport department. Karen has over 30 years’ experience gained in local government and th…

  • Karen was appointed High Commissioner to the Republic of Vanuatu in July 2019. Before taking up her posting in Port Vila, Karen was Consul General in Houston in the USA. Karen joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in …

  • Karen Blackett CBE was appointed Non-Executive Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on 10 June 2025. Karen is an experienced CEO, chairperson and chief operating officer. She is the former UK…

  • Karen is Director of Regulatory Engagement at the Regulator of Social Housing.

  • Karen Gosden was appointed Interim Director General, Work and Health Services at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in January 2022. Before this, Karen was Work and Health Services Area Director for Central England a…

  • Karen Heaton has held the position of Director of Human Resources at the University of Manchester since September 2006. The University is one of the largest in the UK with a turnover in excess of £800 million , employs 11,50…

  • Karen was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro in August 2020. Curriculum Vitae 2017 to 2019 Guangzhou, Consul General 2016 to 2017 Guangzhou, Deputy Consul General 2013 to 2016 Beijing, First Secretary and Head …

  • Karen was appointed to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in June 2018 and was interim chair from March 2020 to December 2020. She was Deputy Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, and has over 32 years of experie…

  • Karen Pierce was appointed UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans in February 2025 and started the role in March 2025. Karen was British Ambassador to the USA between March 2020 and February 2025. Prior to arriving in Washi…

  • Karen Prodger is an independent adviser on the Customer Experience Committee at HMRC. Karen brings 20 years of experience, leading scale teams across global organisations, researching customer propositions, delivering seamle…

  • Karen Sanders joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in January 2024 as the Interim Director of People. Karen has over 30 years’ experience as an executive level human resources professional and workforce specialist. Karen ha…

  • 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 Airey was appointed as the British High Commissioner to Uganda at the end of 2019 and began work in November 2020. She began her career working at Oxfam in September 1999 and transferred to Shell International a year la…

  • 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…