All ministers and senior officials on GOV.UK

Andrew Cumpsty was previously Leader of Reading Borough Council (2010 to 2012), and a Councillor from 2004 to 2014. He was previously the co-founder and former Deputy Chairman of the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise …

Andrew Dalgleish took up the position of Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Paris in January 2025. Prior to that, he was Deputy High Commissioner in the British High Commission in Pakistan in July 2022. He spen…

Andrew became the Deputy Head of Mission at British Embassy Budapest in July 2022. His previous roles include running the cross-government Africa Security and Stability Policy Unit (covering migration, serious and organised …

Andrew has been on loan to DCMS from the Home Office since February 2022, first as Head of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Team and then as Director of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Government Coordination Centre. Unti…

Andrew Emmett was appointed Director, Finance and Analysis at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in November 2012. Previously he has held senior roles in the Audit Commission, Department of Health and the Minist…

Andrew joined DVLA in 2010 as Head of Commercial Services, moving to become Assistant Director (Commercial) in 2012. He became Commercial Director in May 2015. Education Andrew holds a Master of Science degree in Procurement…

Andrew has been the Programme Director for Project Gigabit since February 2021, and has responsibility for overall programme delivery and for the BDUK team of local delivery managers. He was previously in BDUK from 2011 to 2…

Andrew Fleming is the British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata. Prior to arriving in Kolkata, Andrew Fleming served as British Deputy High Commissioner to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 5 years and then as Officer on Sp…

Andrew Ford was the Interim Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Mexico City from November 2021 to April 2022. He was previously Deputy Head of Mission in Bogotá and has spent most of his career working in the Am…

Andrew Forrest joins Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) with more than 20 years’ experience from a range of leadership roles in both Customer and Supply Chain organisations in the Nuclear and Petrochemical industry. He has h…

Andrew brings experience of over 30 years in commercial, procurement and supply chain management to the role of GCCO as he leads the cross-government commercial community to deliver the Plan for Change. Focusing over 6,000 c…

Andrew Garth took up his appointment as British Ambassador to Slovakia in October 2014. His previous roles are listed below: 2010 - 2014 UKTI, Head, Commercial Development Unit 2008 - 2010 FCO, Head, EU Enlargement & Pre…

BIRA (British Independent Retailers Association) CEO Andrew Goodacre has devoted his career to strengthening Britain’s high streets and the communities they support. Since taking over BIRA’s leadership in 2018, Andrew has ex…

Andrew Griffith was Minister of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Economic Secretary to the Treasury between 27 October 2022 and 13 No…

Andrew Griffiths was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from January 2018 to July 2018. He was a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 17 J…

Andrew Gwynne was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care from 9 July 2024 to 8 February 2025. He was elected as the MP for Gorton and Denton in July 2024.

Andrew has been with the Branch since its inception in 2004, was Deputy Chief Inspector from 2015 and was appointed Chief Inspector in 2022. His railway career before RAIB included a number of design and project engineering …

Andrew’s professional experience is in governance, communications, leadership and change management, across a range of sectors including government, regulatory bodies, not-for-profit, professional services and passenger tran…

Andrew Heyn OBE, British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao, took office in October 2016. Andrew joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 1989 and served in Caracas, Lisbon and Dublin before his most r…

Andrew Hood stood down from the lead non-executive board member role at Department for International Trade on 15 March 2021. He was appointed in November 2020. Andrew is a: founding partner at Oxford Research & Analysis …

Andrew Jackson became His Majesty’s Head of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Myanmar in August 2025. Andrew joined the Diplomatic Service in 1990. Prior to taking up his role in Yangon, Andrew was Ambassador to th…

British Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal from 26 April 2013 to 2015 Secondment to the European Union as Deputy Head of the EULEX Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo from October 2010 Her Majesty’s Ambassador,…

Andrew Pearce OBE was appointed Governor of Montserrat in January 2018. Andy joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office after a period engaged in scientific research. He has had overseas postings in Bangkok, Bucharest, Preto…

Andrew Jones was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from November 2018 to July 2019. He was Exchequer Secretary to HM Treasury from 15 June 2017 to 8 January 2018. He was Parliamentary Und…

Andrew started his career in the Civil Service on the day the then Prime Minister called the 1997 General Election, originally as a policy officer in the then Department of the Environment dealing with planning rules for tel…

Andrew Key was appointed Director of Government Skills in February 2024. Before this he was Chief Executive of the Judicial Office, supporting the Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals in their leadership of t…

Andrew Lawrence has held several positions in professional services, corporate and not for profit sectors including as Chair of the Board, Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, Non-Executive Director and Finance Director. His c…

Andy Lison is a Chartered Engineer with extensive programme leadership experience gained during a 30 year career in the Royal Navy. While serving in the military, Andy held a range of roles and responsibilities, anchored in …

Andrew McAllister took up his appointment as Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy to Kazakhstan in October 2017. Andrew joined the FCO in 1988, and has previously served overseas in Karachi, Seoul, Dhaka, Shanghai and Hyd…

Andrew McCully was the Director General for Schools in the Department for Education, previously Director General for Early Years and Schools until March 2023. In a 35-year career in the civil service, Andrew held a wide rang…

Andrew McNaughton was appointed Technical Director at High Speed Two Limited in February 2012, following 2 years as Chief Engineer. Andrew is also: Special Professor of Rail Engineering at Nottingham University a Visiting Pr…

Andrew Millar has British Consul General in Houston, Texas since August 2011. He joined the Civil Service in 1994 working as a regulatory economist within the Office of Gas Supply and joined the FCO in 1996, as regional econ…

Andrew Millard has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at the UKHO since October 2024. Andrew is a chartered accountant and was previously group financial director at McMillan-Scott PLC and finance director of …

Andrew Mitchell CMG was appointed British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany on 4 September 2024. Before joining the Embassy he was a Director General in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) from February 2…

Andrew Murdoch is the Governor to Bermuda. He started the role in January 2025. Andrew was previously Legal Director at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He was Acting Legal Adviser at the FCDO during…

Andrew held a variety of procurement roles before joining Babcock International Group in 2012. Andrew was seconded into Magnox in 2015 as Head of Procurement, becoming Business Services Director in 2017.

Andrew Noble LVO joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1982. He was most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria and has also served in Germany, South Africa and Greece. 2014 to 2017 Her Majesty’s Ambassador t…

Andrew led the UK’s development efforts in Uganda since June 2019. He joined FCDO in 2014 from the private sector, with over 15 years’ experience of managing progressively larger teams and portfolios in the private and publi…

Andrew Page has been in Ljubljana since March 2009. He joined the Foreign Office in 1990, just after the Berlin wall had been torn down in Germany. His first diplomatic posting was in Ukraine, the second to Paris, where he “…

Andrew Parker was the Director General of the Security Service (known as MI5). Career Andrew was appointed Deputy Director General of the Security Service in April 2007. From 2005 to 2007, Andrew was appointed Director, Inte…

Andrew Patrick is the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. Prior to his diplomatic posting in Sri Lanka, he was the UK’s Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy from F…

Andrew Percy was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse) at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 17 July 2016 until 14 June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for B…

Andrew Popham (appointed in 2013) is a Chartered Accountant. From 1987 to 2012 he was a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), most recently as global head of compliance. From 2006 to 2010 he worked in Tokyo and Hong K…

Andrew took up his duties at UKDel OECD Paris in August 2015. Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. He spent his first four years in the EU Directorate in London, principally on the negotiations for the …

Mr Andrew Rennison was Forensic Science Regulator from February 2008, he stepped down on 29 August 2014. He has also served as the Surveillance Camera Commissioner.

Andrew Rhodes was appointed Director General, Operations at the Department for Work and Pensions in March 2016. Andrew joined the civil service in 2005 and has worked as Director of Products and Services at the Driver and Ve…

Andrew joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non-Executive Board Member on 21 August 2023. He has 25 years’ experience as an executive in technology companies, notably Farfetch where he served as Chief Operating Officer for 10…

Andrew Robertson is the Director of Legal Services at DBS, where he leads the in-house DBS legal team and is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team. Andrew spent the first twelve years of his career practising at a leadin…

Andrew Sanderson joined UKHSA on 18 October as Director General of Finance, after spending the previous five years as a Finance Director and board member in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). His previo…

Andrew Sells was appointed chairman of Natural England in January 2014. He also sits on the Defra Board. Andrew was previously chairman of Wyevale Garden Centres group (2009 to 2012) and chairman of Linden Homes, a specialis…