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  • 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 took up the role of British Ambassador to Ireland in October 2025. Prior to this she held the position of British High Commissioner to Singapore . Before becoming High Commissioner in June 2019, Kara was Director for th…

  • 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…

  • 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 Critchley is Director of Communications at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Before this, Kate served as Executive Director of Global Communications at The ONE Campaign and held senior roles at …

  • 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 Interim Director General for Strategy and Water at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from July to October 2025. Previously Kate was Interim Director General, Labour Market Policy and Impl…

  • Kate Dearden was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Business and Trade on 7 September 2025. She was previously Assistant Whip, House of Commons between 18 July 2024 and 7 September 2025. S…

  • Kate was appointed as a member of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel from 1 October 2025. Kate is currently a Non-Executive Advisor for the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, focusing on patient experience, Chair of the …

  • 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…