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  • Julian (Jules) Hunt was Interim Director General for Technology, Digital and Data at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) from October 2025 to May 2026.  Jules joined DHSC following a long career in industry. He t…

  • Julian Kelly was appointed Director General Nuclear at the Ministry of Defence in May 2017. Prior to this appointment, Julian was Director General of Public Spending and Finance at HM Treasury. In this role Julian led work o…

  • Julian is a senior civil servant with extensive leadership experience in large-scale operations, customer experience and digital transformation across the public and private sectors. Since joining the Civil Service in 2009, …

  • Julian spent 35 years in the Civil Service. Most of his career was in the defence and security field, working in the MOD, the UK Delegation to NATO and the Cabinet Office. He was principal Private Secretary to two Defence Se…

  • Julian Miller was appointed Deputy National Security Adviser in July 2010 and has worked in the Cabinet Office since September 2009. Julian joined the Civil Service in 1980. He has spent most of his career in the Ministry of…

  • Julian Murray has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British High Commission Port Moresby since June 2025.   Before coming to Papua New Guinea, he managed consular services in Palestine and Israel, leading a team located in …

  • Julian Reilly was most recently the UK’s Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, and throughout his career has worked extensively in East Africa and the Middle East, focusing on the security, stability and pros…

  • Julian is the Acting Director of Capital Group at the Education Skills and Funding Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Education. Capital Group delivers new schools, rebuilds and refurbishes existing schools an…

  • Julie has been the Deputy Director for EO & Discovery at the UK Space Agency since April 2026. Julie was previously Missions and Capabilities Delivery Director for Discovery and Sustainability at the UK Space Agency. Jul…

  • Julie joined the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in April 2024 as the Director General for People and Capability, having previously held the position of Chief People Officer at the Home Office since December 2021. She …

  • Julie Currie was a non-executive director of the Department for International Trade between November 2016 and October 2020. She was chair of the department’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. She is also a non-executive di…

  • Julie Humphreys was appointed as Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State in October 2015. Previously she was the Board Secretary of the Civil Service Board based in the Cabinet Office. Julie joined the Civil Se…

  • Julie Kenny, CBE DL has been appointed by the Secretaries of State for Education and Work and Pensions as the new interim Chair of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. An existing Commissioner of the organisation, Ju…

  • Julie joined High Speed Two ( HS2 ) Ltd as Director of Community Engagement in December 2016. The directorate works across HS2 and its supply chain, creating opportunities for two-way conversations with communities aimed at …

  • Julie Lennard has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DVLA since March 2018. Career As CEO, Julie leads the digital and business transformation of one of the UK’s biggest multi-channel service organisations, with more …

  • Julie Lunt was appointed as Chief Legal and Governance Officer in February 2017. Julie has worked as an environmental lawyer throughout her career. Her previous roles include: Head of Legal Services, Natural England Regional…

  • Julie Marson was Assistant Government Whip between 27 October 2022 and 13 November 2023. She previously held the same role between 8 July 2022 and 20 September 2022. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State …

  • Julie has been delivering impactful and sustainable change in organisations for over 30 years in roles that span c-suite and board level, experiencing every stage of the organisational life cycle. She has delivered high prof…

  • Julie is responsible for science, evidence, research, information management, data, digital solutions and technology. She is a member of the FSA Executive Management Team. Julie joined the FSA in September 2015. She has prev…

  • Julie Robson worked on the employer engagement and economic development teams at the Training and Enterprise Council ( TEC ), going on to specialise in European funding for the TEC . She transferred to the Learning and Skill…

  • Julie is Executive Director for General Qualifications and joined Ofqual in 2008. Her previous roles include: Associate Director of Regulatory Policy, Ofqual Head of Education and Training, Law Society of England and Wales D…

  • Julie was appointed Director General Head Office and Commissioning Services at the Ministry of Defence in April 2016 but is no longer in this position. Prior to her appointment, Julie held a number of leadership posts in the…

  • Julie Taylor has been the Deputy Public Trustee since 2024 and the Head of Operations since 2023. She has leadership oversight of the Official Solicitor’s Litigation Teams. Julie’s previous roles have been in Official Solici…

  • Juliet Chua CB is the Director General for the Economic and Domestic Secretariat (EDS) at the Cabinet Office (CO) from January 2026.  Her previous roles include: Director General for Schools Group at the Department for Educa…

  • 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 brings over 25 years’ commercial and sustainability experience.  Her career included roles as Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer at Babcock International, Group Head of Procu…

  • 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…

  • Junior Johnson joined the FSA in May 2022. As the Director of Operations, he is responsible for the regulation and delivery of official controls for meat, dairy and wine in England and Wales. His role involves responding to …

  • 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 has served in the agency for 27 years, after joining as a trainee examiner in 1997. He worked for 21 years in Official Receiver Services, becoming Official Receiver for Southend, London and, more recently, Public Inte…

  • Justin joined HMRC in August 2013 from the Home Office and was promoted to Chief Finance Officer in July 2015. Justin graduated from Oxford University and has since worked for a variety of organisations in the private sector…

  • 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 MP was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport on 22 July 2026. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade betwee…

  • 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 …

  • Justin McKenzie Smith took up his appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Hungary in October 2025. From 2021 to 2024, Justin was Head of the Central Asia and Eastern Neighbourhood Department at the Foreign, Commonwealth &…

  • Justin joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non-Executive Board Member on 11 May 2026.  Justin was the Director General for Families Group at the Department for Education from October 2023 to September 2025 before retiring fr…

  • 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…

  • 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 …