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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…
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Kathryn Cearns is a chartered accountant with extensive senior level experience in both the public and private sectors. Kathryn holds several government, non-executive, trustee and advisory positions: Department for Transpor…
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Kathryn retired from her role within Service Children’s Education in 2015. She was appointed Acting Chief Executive by the Adjutant General in 2012. She was appointed Director of Education Services in September 2007, having …
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Kathryn joined the team in the British Embassy, Tallinn as Deputy Head of Mission in September 2014. She is a career diplomat having joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. During her career, Kathryn has served i…
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Kathryn Parsons was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2017 to 2020. Kathryn is the co-founder and co- CEO of Decoded, a London-based tech start-up which a…
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Kathy Gillatt was the Transitional Director of Corporate Services for both the Driving Standards Agency ( DSA ) and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency ( VOSA ) from July 2013 to June 2014. The agencies merged to form the D…
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Kathy Hall is Director-General of Delivery in the COVID-19 Task Force. She was formerly a Director in the Department of Health & Social Care.
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Ms Kathy Leach started her role as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia in August 2025. Previously she was His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Deputy Director, Constitution and Devoluti…
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Kathy Mansfield was a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. She is also Project Director of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) Assistance Programme (ZIMRAP).
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Katie was appointed Director General for Buildings, Fire and Resilience in June 2025. She shares the role with Ben Rimmington CBE . Her previous roles include: Director General, Social Security, Disability and Pensions in DW…
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Katie Kapernaros joined the Board of the Competition and Markets Authority as non-executive director in April 2026. Katie Kapernaros is an experienced IT executive with a 30‑year career spanning senior leadership roles at IB…
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Sign up to receive our Chair and Chief Executive messages by email or update your subscription preferences . Katie joined the FSA in July 2021 and became the interim Chief Executive in August 2024. She was appointed as perma…
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Katie White was appointed Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 21 July 2026. She was previously Minister for Climate in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero between 7 September 2…
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Kato Longfield was the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kinshasa from 2024 to July 2026. She arrived in Kinshasa in August 2024. Kato has led teams providing consular assistance to British people in distress …
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Katrina was Regional Director, East Midlands from August 2019 to May 2022. She also took on responsibility for North East, Yorkshire and Humber in April 2022. Previously, she was a Senior HMI, assistant regional director and…
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Katrina joined the Embassy in September 2011. During her career at the FCO, she worked in London on European Union and South East Asia issues and for 4 UK ministers, including a secondment as a Private Secretary to the UK Se…
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Katrina was Director General ( DG ) for International and Borders at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from June 2021 to December 2022. She joined Defra from the Scottish government, where she was DG for…
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Katy is an Executive Director at UK Government Investments. She is a civil servant with significant experience of public spending, local government finance and housing and planning policy. Prior to UK Government Investments,…
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Katy was appointed as the Director of UK Maritime Services (formerly Maritime Safety & Standards) in April 2016. Katy studied Marine Technology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where she graduated with Honour’s d…
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Kaveh is currently Group Chief Digital Information Officer at Rolls Royce plc and is an experienced digital transformation leader with over 30 years’ experience spanning energy, utilities, manufacturing, complex systems engi…
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Kay Carberry became a Low Pay Commissioner on 1 November 2012. She was Assistant General Secretary of the TUC before retirement at the end of February 2016 having previously been the first head of the TUC’s Equal Rights Depa…
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Kay Withers is interim Director General, Strategy, Equalities and Communications at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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Kayley is the Head of Policy for Families, Welfare and Work at Citizens Advice. Prior to joining the national Citizens Advice team Kayley was a frontline adviser at Leeds Citizens Advice where she gave advice on all issues i…
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Kazi Dinsmore served as the British Deputy High Commissioner to Maldives from January 2023 to August 2024. Kazi joined the UK Civil Service in 2018 following 10 years in the Royal Navy and 7 years in the private security sec…
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Keir Mather was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport on 7 September 2025. He was previously Assistant Whip, House of Commons between 10 July 2024 and 7 September 2025. He was elect…
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Keirra Smith was previously the Head of the British Consulate-General in Dusseldorf and Director of Department for Business and Trade in Germany. Before joining the British Consulate-General in Dusseldorf, Keirra was the Dep…
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Keith has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in The Hague since August 2023. Prior to his posting in the Netherlands he was Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy in Kyiv. Keith joined the UK Foreign and …
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Keith Anderson has been CEO of ScottishPower since 2018. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Keith was CEO of ScottishPower Renewables and led Iberdrola’s international offshore business. Before joining ScottishPowe…
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Keith is an experienced Director of Government Major Programmes. He joined the UK Space Agency following a secondment to the National Physical Laboratory where he was Programme Director for the National Timing Centre. Prior …