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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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Kate Dearden was appointed Minister of State (Minister for the Future of Work) in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on 21 July 2026. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the D…
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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 …
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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…
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Kate is Deputy Chief Executive at the Regulator of Social Housing. She joined the Regulator of Housing as Director of Consumer Regulation in July 2021 and was Chief of Regulatory Engagement prior to becoming Deputy Chief Exe…
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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…
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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…
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Kate Foster was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in July 2026. She previously served as Africa Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from April 2023 to 2026, where she …
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Kate Gibson is a global leader with a deep love of nature and more than 20 years’ of experience in strategy development and implementation, and leading complex transformation programmes to embed sustainability at the core of…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Kate Joseph became the Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations ( ESTR ) at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) in July 2026. She was Director General, ESTR at the Department for …
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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…
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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…
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Kate Nowicki is a specialist in dispute resolution and employment relations. She worked with the conciliation service Acas for more than 30 years, building her experience, skills and knowledge through a number of roles, befo…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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Kate is Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) and a qualified Chartered Accountant. She was part of the founding team of Sayer Vincent, a professional audit and advisory firm specialising in social purpose o…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kate Tilley joined Legal Aid Agency (LAA) as HR Director in March 2014. Before this she was UK HR Director, WSP Global Inc.
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Kate White was Strategy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from 2024 to 2025. Kate was Director for Trade and Economic Security from February 2021 to April 2024 and interim Director General…
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Kath brings extensive experience in leading digital transformation and building high-performing digital and data teams across the financial services sector. She joins SLC from AlbaCo a start up Bank, where she served as Chie…
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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…
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Kath Tunstall has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service since March 2015.
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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…
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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…
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Katharine Braddick was a non-executive board member for the Department for Business and Trade between 11 December 2024 and 13 June 2026. Katharine joined Barclays in March 2022 in a new role as Group Head of Strategic Policy…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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Katherine Green was appointed Director General for Labour Market and Skills in September 2025. Before that, she was in a jobshare with Sophie Dean as joint Directors General for DWP Policy. Before DWP , Katherine and Sophie…
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Katherine Holmes (appointed in 2009) was, until her appointment, a partner and head of the competition department at the London office of Reed Smith which merged in 2007 with Richards Butler, her former firm. Before joining …
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Katherine Kerswell joined the civil service in September 2012 as Director General, Civil Service Reform. Prior to that she was a chief executive of 4 local authorities, and has worked in local government for over 25 years. C…
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Ms Katherine Smitton has been appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan in succession to Mr Timothy Marschall Jones. She took up her appointment in October 2024. Before this Ms Smitton was Deputy Head of Mis…
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Katherine (Cathy) Ward LVO OBE was British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta from October 2020 to September 2025. Previously she was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador from 2017 to 2020. Curriculum …
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Kathryn Al-Shemmeri was appointed as the Chief People Officer in the Cabinet Office in September 2022. Kathryn leads the Cabinet Office People and Places directorate and has responsibility for Cabinet Office 2025, the depart…