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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 is the Chair of the Board of the Government Actuary’s Department – a Treasury ALB. He is also Lead Non-Executive Board Member at the Northern Ireland Office and a Non-Executive Director of Benenden Healthcare Society Ltd…
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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…
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Leslie Ferrar was the Treasurer to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Leslie also holds a number of other non-executive positions. She was previously a tax partner at KPMG.
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Lewis Neal was appointed HM Trade Commissioner for China and Hong Kong in September 2023. As one of 9 Trade Commissioners appointed by the British government to promote the UK in important global markets and the head of the …
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Lia Nici was Assistant Government Whip between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 8 July 2022 …
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Liam Anthony McShane took up his role as Deputy High Commissioner to Guyana and non-resident Deputy Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname in June 2025. Liam is a career UK diplomat. He joined the then FCO in 2018 and has re…
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Liam Orme joined the GIAA in October 2016 and is Director of Delivery Directorate 1 (DD1). Liam’s directorate covers audit services to the following departments and their arm’s length bodies: Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, Hom…
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Libby Green has been His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador since September 2025. Libby has been in the Diplomatic Service since 2001. She has extensive experience across a range of diplomatic, media, security,…
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Lieutenant Colonel Rob Tomlinson MBE took post as the UK’s Defence Attaché to Bosnia and Herzegovina in November 2011. He is a professional military engineer and logistician whose career has taken him worldwide from Canada, …
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Lieutenant General Stickland was appointed Chief Joint Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood in November 2021, responsible for the command and integration of UK global operations. He previously served a…
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Lieutenant General Davis took up his appointment as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar on 19 January 2016. For the previous 34 years, he has served in the Royal Marines and retired from the Naval Service in May 201…
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Born in Glasgow, Lieutenant General Eldon Millar was brought up and educated in South Asia and the Scottish Highlands, graduating with an MA in International Relations before commissioning into the Royal Engineers. Lieutenan…
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Lieutenant General Ian Cave commissioned into The Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1988. His initial appointment was as a rifle platoon commander in Northern Ireland, then OC Recce Platoon in Berlin (1989-1992). Other early appointm…
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Since December 2018 Lieutenant General Swift has been General Officer Commanding of the British Army’s high-readiness warfighting division, the 3rd Division. He has previous experience as the Assistant Chief of the General S…
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Nick Perry commissioned into the Army and The King’s Royal Hussars in 1996. He spent the bulk of the next eight years at Regimental Duty, serving in the armoured and the reconnaissance roles. Having trained in Germany, Cana…
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Richard was appointed as Non-Executive Director for Climate Change and Sustainability in March 2021. Before this appointment he spent a year leading on the Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach at the Ministry…
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Lieutenant General Richard Wardlaw was appointed as the first Chief of Defence Logistics and Support in October 2019. As CDLS, he was responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of a cross-cutting, pan-Defen…
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Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst was appointed Governor of Gibraltar in March 2024 and took up the role in June 2024. Sir Ben is a graduate of the University of Bristol (BSc(Hons)) and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst…
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Lieutenant General Sir George Norton graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge in 1984, where he read Archaeology and Anthropology and Land Economy on an Army Cadetship. His commission in the Grenadier Guards was confirmed…
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Commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1985, his early regimental service included tours in both heavy armoured and light forces, including roles served with 16 Air Assault Brigade and 1 (UK) Armoured Division. S…
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Tom spent his early career with The Rifles on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, and in operational and strategy posts at the Permanent Joint Headquarters and the Ministry of Defence. For t…
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Lilian Greenwood was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport and Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) on 16 September 2025. She was previously appointed Vice-Chamberlain of H…
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After spending her early career working as a teacher and social worker, Lin Hinnigan trained as an educational psychologist and spent many years working in this profession, including 5 years as principal educational psycholo…
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Lin is a qualified lawyer with many years’ experience as a chief executive in local and central government, including Suffolk County Council, Birmingham City Council, the Home Office and the Department for Transport.
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Lin Longman’s accountancy career began overseas, initially working within the travel industry in Europe and then for the Australian government in Sydney. Lin qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Acc…
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Linda was appointed as Chief Executive of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in October 2018, having held the role of Deputy Chief Executive since April 2016.
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Linda joined the Government Internal Audit Agency in 2016, and has taken on the roles of operational director and group chief internal auditor for the Ministry of Justice as well as championing diversity & inclusion. Pri…
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Linda Cross was British Ambassador in Ecuador 2008 to 2012. Linda joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1978. Previously, she has served as FCO Assistant Director, Protocol Directorate (July 07 - March 08); FCO Opera…
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Linda started her career as a commercial litigator in an international law firm. She joined the civil service in 2007 in a range of challenging roles, including Private Secretary to the First Minister of Scotland; Deputy Dir…
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Linda Knutsen was appointed Head of Exploration Division in April 2021. Linda started her MOD career as a Forensic Analytical Chemist for the Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory in 1994, following a MSc in Analytical Science…
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Linda Wallace joined Innovate UK in July 2014. She has used her experience in developing global communication strategies for high profile brands to oversee the rebranding of our organisation from the former Technology Strate…
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Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby is the Ambassador and Head of the UK Mission to the European Union, appointed in January 2021. Before his current role, Lindsay was Deputy Sherpa and Deputy Chief Negotiator in Taskforce Europe (10 …
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Welsh Food Advisory Committee member Lindsay has over 40 years’ experience working across the food and agricultural sector, including 32 years in local government and the wider public sector as a Food Standards Officer. She …
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Lindsay is Interim Government Chief Data Officer leading the Government Digital Service ( GDS ) data strategy to improve data maturity throughout its lifecycle. She works closely with Chief Data Officers across government to…
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Lindsay Skoll was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna in January 2021. Lindsay joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1996, on return from working fo…
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Lindsey was appointed Director of Schools Financial Support and Oversight at the Education and Skills Funding Agency in December 2023. Lindsey has been a civil servant since 1996. She was previously the deputy director for N…
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Lindsey was appointed Director General, International Finance in November 2021. Prior to her appointment, Lindsey was Director for Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions and was responsible for significant parts of the UK’s dome…
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Lindsy Thompson has been Head of the Governor’s Office in Montserrat since January 2026. Lindsy joined the then-FCO in 2003 and has served in the UK Representation to the EU, Sierra Leone, the Yemen Office in Saudi Arabia, …
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Lindy Cameron CB OBE has been British High Commissioner to the Republic of India since April 2024. Previously, Lindy was CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (2020-2024), following more than two decades of internat…
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Lis Birrane was appointed to PHE in 2012. Career highlights: director of communications of the Health Protection Agency chief press officer at the Department of Health chief press secretary to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry was a…
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Lisa Bandari was appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal and Cape Verde in January 2024. Previously, she was the Deputy Director for India and HMG India Coordinator from August 2021 to August 2022. Lisa has served …
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Lisa Barrett was the Deputy Head of Mission for the British Embassy Pyongyang in December 2023, having previously served in this role from 2017 to 2020. From 2020 to 2023 she served as Deputy Head of Mission in Antananarivo,…