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Dame Kate Thirlwall was called to the Bar in 1982 and appointed as an assistant recorder in 1998 and a recorder in 2000. She took Silk in 1999 and became a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2008. She was appointed as a High Court …
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Lakh was appointed non-executive director of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Board in July 2018. Lakh is an experienced CEO, Chair and NED, having spent over 30 years leading technology businesses in Europe, South Amer…
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Lance Domm is British Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi, Director of Trade in Pakistan and Deputy Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan. He took up the role in February 2025. Lance has served in the Foreign, …
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Larissa Bruscky is the current Director for Government Relations and Trade at the British Consulate in Recife, appointed in April 2024 by the British Ambassador in Brazil, Stephanie Al-Qaq. She had occupied the position on a…
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Larissa Joy OBE was appointed as a non-executive director of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in July 2023. Larissa is a non-executive director of search firm Saxton Bampfylde; Chairman of the trust board o…
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Lars Lippuner joined the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) UK Customer Maritime Services directorate in 2024. Before joining the MCA, Lars was Associate Professor of Maritime Education and served as the Director of Wars…
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Laura joined the BDUK Commercial Function in 2019, becoming BDUK Commercial Director in 2021. Prior to that, Laura joined Cabinet Office Commercial in 2018 and the Government Commercial Organisation shortly after, looking at…
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Following the completion of the statutory audit services market investigation, of which Laura was the Chair, her appointment term ended on 26 September 2014. The information provided below is accurate for Laura’s term of app…
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Laura Catterick was appointed Non-Executive Director to the VMD in June 2025 and also as Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Laura is a Chartered Professional Accountant with extensive experience in financial ov…
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Ms Laura Clarke was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands from January 2018 to July 2022. Prior to this, she was Head of the South Asia Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth …
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Laura Cox is currently a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She is also a member of the Law Society (England and Wales), and the American Bar Association.
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Laura Crawforth took up the post of Deputy Director Constitutional Policy and further devolution in September 2014. Prior to that Laura held a number of posts in the Scotland Office from 2006: working with the Calman Commiss…
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Laura Davies took up her position as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Finland in November 2024. Laura was previously the UK Permanent Delegate to the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisati…
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Laura Farris was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024.
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Laura Mazal is Development Director at the British Embassy in Kinshasa, ensuring strategic oversight of the UK’s development and humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Prior to this, Laura headed …
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Laura Wensley is the Head of Service Development and Central Commissioning and joined the Legal Aid Agency in June 2013. Change portfolio manager, HMCTS Project manager, civil courts call centre, HMCTS Financial planning man…
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Laure Beaufils is currently the British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau. She was the Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa of the Department of International Development from 2019 to 2021 and the Deput…
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Lauren Costello has over 30 years’ experience in the education sector, specialising in strategy development and school improvement. She began her career as a teacher, proceeding to headteacher positions, before co-founding T…
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Laurence Lee was the Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Laurence joined the MOD in June 2021. As Second Permanent Secretary his responsibilities included digital transformation across Defence, secur…
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Laurence Lewis was appointed as Deputy Director of Digital at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) in December 2013. Previously he has held senior roles at: Ministry of Defence HM Revenue and Customs Department for Transport Thomas Co…
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Laurence started as Director, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland on 2 November 2020. Prior to that he was the Head of Strategy and Communications at the City of Edinburgh Council where he was responsible for corpo…
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Laurence Williams FREng (Chair) is an Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Safety and Regulation. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London; a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and his additional roles inc…
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Laurie Benson is a former global media executive who now advises boards on transforming their organisations and exploiting the benefits of digital technology. She brings a mix of private and public sector executive and board…
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Appointed Non-Executive Director 1 April 2021 Director of Wastewater and Asset Management at Southern Water Career centred on asset management, capital delivery and operations primarily in the utilities sector Qualifications…
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Lawrence M. Weiss was a Non-Executive Director of the UK Export Finance (UKEF) Board. He was the Chair of the UKEF Audit Committee, and a member of the Risk Committee as well as the Remuneration Committee. From 2017 to 2019 …
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Lawrence Slade is a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty . Appointed: 4 January 2016 Reappointed: 4 January 2019 (for a 2nd term) Terms ends: 3 January 2021
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Lawrence Tallon is the Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He was previously Deputy Chief Executive at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, where he led the Trust’s approa…
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Lawrie has been the chair of Magnox Ltd since September 2019. Lawrie brings extensive experience in senior executive and non-executive roles across a range of major private sector companies and high-profile public sector org…
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Lawrie brings extensive experience in senior executive and non-executive roles across a range of major private sector companies and high-profile public sector organisations. He comes with a strong track record in the nuclear…
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Lea’s career has spanned public policy, regulation, HR and financial journalism. She has held a number of senior roles at the Bank of England, including serving as the Bank’s Executive Director of People & Culture, and a…
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Leanne Cummings is Director Products and Services for the Government Digital Service (GDS). She was appointed in November 2024 on an interim basis, joining from her most recent role in GOV.UK as Deputy Director GOV.UK App an…
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As Director of Trade & Investment, Lech heads a team of 15 business development and market access experts who identify high value opportunities in the Polish market and provide assistance to large UK companies with a foc…
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Lee joined Public Health England (now UKHSA) in September 2016. Career highlights: Acting Director of Communications at the Department of Health, having been Head of News since May 2014 Associate Director of Communications a…
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Lee McDonough is Director General, Net Zero, Nuclear and International at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ). She is responsible for the delivery and implementation of the UK’s Net Zero programme as we…
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Lee Owston was appointed National Director, Education in January 2024. Since joining Ofsted as one of His Majesty’s Inspectors ( HMI ) in 2013, Lee has held various deputy director roles across early years, schools, teacher …
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Lee Rowley was Minister of State (Minister for Housing) in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the De…
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Leena Nair was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) from 2018 to 2020, and the Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee. Leena is the first female, fir…
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Leigh Anne has been Head of Litigation in the Office of the Advocate General since December 2021. Leigh Anne has worked in various roles across the Office of the Advocate General, including in the Immigration Team defending …
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Leigh Stubblefield is Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Kenya. Other senior roles include Acting Director of the FCDO’s Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation and Deputy Director in the cross-Gov…
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Mr Leigh Turner CMG, was UK Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from September 2016 to September 2021. Leigh´s previous role was HM Consul General Istanbul an…
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Leo Docherty was a Minister of State (Minister for the Armed Forces) in the Ministry of Defence between 26 March 2024 and 5 July 2024. He was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Develo…
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Leo Geddes is an Executive Director in the Shareholder Executive, a group within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) responsible for overseeing the Government’s shareholdings in publicly owned businesses…
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Les Allamby is currently the Discretionary Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland and member of the Policing Board for Northern Ireland. He is a member of the Carers’ Poverty Commission for Carers (NI). Les is also curren…
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Les Philpott was appointed Chair of the Board of GAD in 2021. He is also Lead Non-Executive Board Member at the Northern Ireland Office and a Non-Executive Director (NED) of Benenden Healthcare Society Ltd, where he is also …
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Lesley Ainsworth (appointed 2013) qualified as a solicitor and was a partner in international law firm Hogan Lovells for 25 years, specialising in EU and UK competition law (retired June 2013). She has practised in London, B…
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Lesley’s first posting was to Greece in 1989. She has since worked in a range of countries including postings to Russia and India and short-term deployments to China, Nepal and Nigeria. Curriculum vitae: Dec 2010 – Sep 2012 …
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Lesley became Chair of BDUK in July 2025. She is also Chair of ACL Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of Public Digital Ltd, both private companies. She was previously: Chair of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)…
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Lesley is Deputy Director at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Her previous roles include: Acting Director for Strategy and Research (2006-08) and Head of Research (2002-06) at the Sector Skills Development Agency…
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Lesley King-Lewis joined the HMPPS as a Non-Executive Board Member and Member of the HMPPS Audit and Risk Assurance Committee in 1 May 2018. Lesley was previously CEO of Windsor Leadership, and has over 30 years’ experience …
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Lesley was the Resident British Commissioner to St Lucia from June 2021 to September 2024. Her last posting was Deputy Ambassador to Cuba. Lesley has also served in Cambodia, Tanzania, Russia and India. Her last assignment i…