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  • Mark Thomson was appointed Director General, HM Passport Office in April 2015 and Director General, UK Visas and Immigration in October 2016. On 24 August 2015, Mark also became Registrar General for England and Wales. Befor…

  • As the CEO of High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Mark has the privilege and ultimate responsibility for leading the company that has been charged with delivering a new high-speed railway that will connect the major cities of the UK. …

  • Mark Tompkins has been Deputy Director of the UK Co-ordinating Body since 2006, having joined UKCB in 1998. Mark previously dealt with various policies for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and the Inter…

  • Mark was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England on 24 May 2024. Mark Tufnell is a former President of the Country Land and Business Association. He manages and owns a family farm in the Cotswolds. Previously…

  • The Head of the Governor’s Office is Mark Turner who has 38 years service with the FCO. He is responsible for the efficient and accountable running of the office, leads on issues of law and order and legal issues as well as …

  • A highly commercial legal expert, with extensive international experience across sectors and a track record of delivering legal, governance and compliance across complex organisations. Mark is a Member of the Upper Tribunal …

  • Mark Wild has been Chief Executive Officer of HS2 Limited since December 2024, leading one of the largest infrastructure programmes in the UK – Britain’s newest, high speed railway stretching over 140 miles between London an…

  • Marshall Elliott was Head of DFID Tanzania from 2011 to 2015. He joined DFID in 1995, initially as a senior education adviser and subsequently chief education adviser before becoming Head of DFID South East Asia (2004-2007),…

  • Marta was appointed as a non-executive member in September 2014. She chairs the SSRO’s Audit Committee and is a member of the Regulatory Committee. She also serves on the Referrals Committee. She holds a number of other non-…

  • Martha joined the Legal Aid Agency in July 2023 as Deputy Director responsible for Corporate Services.    Martha joined the Legal Aid Agency from HM Prisons & Probation Service where she had established and led the strat…

  • Martin was appointed HR Director at the National Offender Management Service (now HMPPS) in May 2016. His previous roles include: Corporate HR Director, Home Office Deputy Director of HR, National Offender Management Service…

  • Martin Child was the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to Guinea in Conakry from August 2016 to August 2019.

  • Martin has a strong commercial background in the public and private sectors. His experience stems from roles within the Cabinet Office and Balfour Beatty. He’s also held senior roles with GlaxoSmithKline, Toyota and Varity P…

  • Martin Clarke has been the Government Actuary since September 2014. He is the scheme actuary for the pension schemes of public institutions including NHS, the armed forces and MPs and is responsible for producing the quinque…

  • Martin was appointed Panel Chair and Panel Inquiry Chair of the CMA on 19 September 2018 and has been a Non-executive Director of the Board since 1 October 2017. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee. Martin was …

  • Martin Cox was appointed as Director of Strategy and Technology on 1 May 2013. He is a theoretical physicist who joined Culham upon graduating, working on plasma modelling. He then became involved in the operation of the exp…

  • Martin has been a career Civil Servant since leaving college. For 30 years he has focused on International Development working for the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He has …

  • Martin was Her Majesty’s Consul-General in Ekaterinburg 2015 to 2018. He is a career diplomat, who has undertaken a range of jobs in the UK and around the world including: 2012 British Embassy Ashgabat, Deputy Head of Missio…

  • BA Hons (Geography) from Durham University. Held senior General Management and Human Resources positions in the Post Office before joining Corporate Renewal Associates (a strategic change management consultancy). Moved to be…

  • Martin Hagen is a non-executive board member and chair of the audit committee. Martin is a Chartered Accountant, formerly a partner in Deloitte and served as president of the ICAEW from 2009 to 2010. He is currently a truste…

  • Martin Harris was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Ukraine and started in his role in September 2023. Martin joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1991. He was Second Secretary at the UK Delegation to th…

  • Martin has over 30 years of experience in policing and crisis management, having served with distinction in both the British Army and UK law enforcement, including four years as chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (…

  • Martin is currently Chairman of East Midlands Academic Health Science Network and a Non-Executive Director of Public Health England. He is a member of the council of Leicester University and the International Advisory Board …

  • Martin Kent was appointed His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for Asia Pacific in September 2023. He joined from an interim posting as the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission in the British Embassy Tokyo. Martin previous…

  • Martin has held numerous operational roles within Sellafield over a 17 year period, including several heads of operating unit positions, heads of programme roles and value stream lead roles.

  • Martin McCluskey was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 7 September 2025. He was previously Assistant Whip, House of Commons between 18 July 2024 and 8 Sept…

  • Martin McTague started his own business 28 years ago and currently owns and manage three businesses - offering public policy, engineering and IT consultancy services. Over nearly three decades running businesses Martin has w…

  • Martin became the Interim Director General for Strategy, Evidence and Customers in October 2013. Prior to that, Martin was Director for EU and International affairs, including responsibility for negotiations on the Common Ag…

  • Martin Norman was appointed Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission Banjul in October 2022. Martin has worked for the UK government since 2009 in a variety of roles. In 2016, he joined the Foreign, Commonweal…

  • Martin Oxley joined the Embassy team in Warsaw, building on a 15 year business career in Central Europe. An expert in the healthcare and life sciences sector, he has led a number of the leading blue chip and regional pharmac…

  • Martin is currently the Adviser to the Education board of Aspirations Academies Trust. In 2019, he completed a five-year contract as Regional Schools Commissioner for North-West London and South-Central England. Prior to tha…

  • Martin Reynolds was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from October 2019 to March 2022. Prior to this role he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya. He was the Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of S…

  • Martin Richmond joined the Civil Service in 2009 and has worked in various roles within the Cabinet Office and Treasury focusing mainly on the delivery of cross-government efficiency savings. Prior to joining the Civil Servi…

  • Martin Scales has been British Deputy High Commissioner to Malawi since July 2014. Martin joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. He has previously served in Oslo, Frankfurt, Gibraltar and Lashkar Gah and various…

  • Martin Shearman was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium in June 2019. Martin was previously posted to New York where he was responsible for the UK’s engagement with the United Nations on development,…

  • Martin Sim has spent almost 40 years working in the FE sector. He oversaw the merger of Pendleton, Eccles and Salford Colleges to form Salford City College, becoming principal and CEO in 2010. Since leaving Salford City Coll…

  • Martin joined DBS having previously spent 15 years at the Youth Justice Board (YJB). As a member of the Strategic Leadership Team he joined with the Board and its committees in leading the YJB. His operational roles included…

  • 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…