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  • Martin Spencer was appointed a Civil Service Commissioner on 1 October 2021. Martin is also Chair of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee for Ofs…

  • Martin joined Companies House in 2019 having spent the majority of his career working for the Welsh Government in various policy roles including economic development and inward investment, public health, education and social…

  • Martin has extensive experience in the leisure and hospitality sector, following a successful career in hotel management. After being elected to President of the Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce in 1999, Martin decided to …

  • Martin Turner is a senior executive with 18 years extensive experience operating at board level in a variety of roles with complex FTSE 100 organisations in the UK and internationally. He has an excellent track record of suc…

  • Martin Walkingshaw is accountable for Operations and Programmes across Nuclear Waste Services. He was appointed to the Board of LLW Repository Ltd in 2011 and RWM Ltd in 2022, now a member of the Board of Nuclear Waste Servi…

  • Martin was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ashgabat between September 2023 and February 2024. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1978 following a short time with HM Inspector of Taxes. He has a…

  • Martyn Oliver is a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. Martyn Oliver is the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) and a National Leader in Education. He s…

  • Martyn Keith Roper is a highly experienced career Diplomat with a successful track record in senior corporate leadership roles across the world. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in June 1965. He was appointed as Govern…

  • Martyn Taylor has been Chief Commercial Officer of BDUK, an Executive Agency of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), since November 2021. Prior to this, Martyn held roles as Director for Digital Ident…

  • Mary Agnew has been in her current role since June 2012. She leads a small DH team who work with organisations from across the system to take forward the findings of the Francis Inquiry and support the NHS in delivering cons…

  • Mary is the Director General of Crime and Policing Group, appointed in November 2013. The group’s core mission is to cut crime to deliver a significant programme of police reform. Mary’s career has encompassed a range of rol…

  • Mary Carter retired as a KPMG partner in 2008. She is a qualified Solicitor and worked in private practice as a lawyer until 1987. Between 1987 and 2008 she specialised in and worked as an adviser in relation to executive pa…

  • Mary Creagh was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 18 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Coventry East in July 2024.

  • Mary Cunneen has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Board since April 2019. She is a lawyer by profession, starting her career as a criminal defence lawyer before moving onto specialisi…

  • Mary Curnock Cook has been a Non-Executive Director of SLC since April 2018 and holds a number of non-executive roles in the education sector. From 2010 to 2017, Mary was Chief Executive of UCAS, the universities and college…

  • Mary was appointed as a non-executive member of the Board in September 2017 and is also a member of the Audit Committee. She is a senior economist with over 25 years’ experience planning, undertaking and delivering high qual…

  • Mary Jo Jacobi was appointed to ACOBA in June 2012. She has held senior roles in the banking and financial services industry at HSBC (1993 to 2000), Lehman Brothers (2000 to 2001) and Drexel Burnham Lambert (1985 to 1990). S…

  • From June 2013 to October 2017 Mary Reilly was a non-executive member of the Department for Transport Board. Mary was a chartered accountant and audit partner when appointed at Deloitte. She has over 30 years of extensive ex…

  • Mary Shockledge arrived in Somalia in April 2017 as Deputy Ambassador. She was previously in Uganda as Deputy High Commissioner.

  • Mary-Kate Thomson became the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Yangon in February 2023. Before taking up her role in Yangon Mary-Kate was the UK’s Attaché to Northern Ghana. Mary-Kate joined the FCO (now FCDO) in…

  • Matt Agar is Building Digital UK’s (BDUK’s) strategy director and is responsible for the strategy and design of Government’s delivery programmes for broadband connectivity, including the £5bn Project Gigabit. Matt has been a…

  • Matthew Armstrong joined the GIAA on 3 January 2018 in the newly established role of Chief Operating Officer, responsible for delivery of the Agency’s corporate services. Prior to joining GIAA Matthew worked in the Ministry …

  • Matt Baugh OBE is Director of the FCDO’s Migration and Conflict Directorate (MCD), responsible for FCDO’s migration and conflict strategy and capability. Before this he was Director for Euro-Atlantic Security (2022 to 2024),…

  • Matt Cannell has been British Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan since November 2024. Prior to taking up his current position he was British Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director (2021 to 2024) to Bangladesh. M…

  • Matt was Director of Science Operations and Research from September 2024 to July 2025. Before joining APHA, Matt was Chief Delivery Officer at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory ( Dstl ). Much of his career has be…

  • Matt’s previous roles include General Manager, UK Procurement Outsourcing division, Xchanging, and positions at Cable and Wireless and Ford Motor Company.

  • Matt Field was appointed British Ambassador to the Czech Republic in January 2023. Matt was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 2018 to June 2022. Matt has previously served in a number of overseas…

  • Matt is the Deputy Government Actuary. He was appointed in August 2022, following an open competition for the role. Prior to that he was Actuarial Director for Clients, Growth and Development. He is a member of GAD’s Managem…

  • Matt King was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in November 2020. Education Matt is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in 1996. …

  • Matt Moody took up his post as Consul-General Guangzhou in July 2022. He leads the UK Government’s engagement in the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan and Jiangxi in South China. Matt joined the Foreign,…

  • Matt Thurstan is Director General, Chief Financial Officer at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Matt joined MHCLG from My Civil Service Pensions (MyCSP), where he was the Chief Executive for 4 years.…

  • Matt is Executive Director, Strategy, and joined Ofqual in 2023. His previous roles include: Director of Strategy and UKP Partnerships, Macmillan Cancer Support Strategy Director, National Trust

  • Matt Warman was Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Cult…

  • Mr Matt Woods has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon and His Majesty’s non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea He will succeed Mr Barry Lowen, who will be transferring t…

  • Matthew is Director of Launch at the UK Space Agency, responsible for achieving the first small satellite launch from Europe and helping the UK become the leading provider of commercial small satellite launch services (Europ…

  • Prior to joining the ESFA Matthew spent 20 years working with distressed and stressed corporates and their stakeholders. He joined from PwC where he worked in the Deals Team for over 10 years, working in insolvency and restr…

  • Matthew Bailes joined the HCA in April 2012. Before this, he was Director of Regulation at the Tenant Services Authority, and Head of the Affordable Housing Division at the Department for Communities and Local Government. Ma…

  • Matthew (Matt) Burney assumes his role of His Majesty’s Consul-General, Shanghai from September 2023. Prior to this role, Matt was the Director of the British Council in China, where he oversaw the United Kingdom’s cultural …

  • As Director General for EU Exit Implementation, Matthew reports jointly into Cabinet Office and DExEU. Prior to this role, Matthew was the Chief Operating Officer for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), leading departmental strat…

  • Matthew was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Ofsted in April 2014. He also chairs the Operations Executive Board. Matthew first joined the agency as an assistant divisional manager in April 2007, following 10 months as l…

  • Matt was appointed Deputy Head of Mission to Indonesia and Timor Leste in August 2022. Prior to this, he worked as Deputy Director, Head of Western Balkans Programme Department in FCDO London. After completing his MA in Orie…

  • Matthew is Director of Competitiveness at BusinessLDN. He is responsible for a programme of work on competitiveness, including regulatory, fiscal and economic measures that support growth and make London a compelling destina…

  • Matthew Garner was appointed as GFSL’s Interim Chief Executive Officer in May 2022. He is a strategic leader, bringing a wealth of experience in developing and leading high performing teams delivering facilities management a…

  • Matthew is the National Director for Digital Transformation in NHS England, and Director General for Digital Transformation in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Until 31 January 2022 he was also the CEO of NHS…

  • Mr Matthew Hedges was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Paraguay in August 2017. Curriculum Vitae Full name Matthew James Hedges 2015 – 2016 Princeton University, Master in Public Policy – International Relations 2012 – …

  • Matthew Johnson has been Head of Mediterranean Migration Unit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in London since July 2018. He was also acting Migration Envoy from January until October 2019. From 2016 to 2018 …

  • Matthew Kidd began his career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1978 and took up his first posting to Cyprus in 1980. He was later posted to New York, Paris, Ethiopia, Germany and NATO before returning to Cyprus as B…

  • Matthew Lawson was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia in July 2022. Prior to this appointment, he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Mat…