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  • Louise was the Head of the Governor’s Office St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha from August 2017 to 2019. Prior to that she was the Head of International Trade in Services and Head of Core Services and World Trade Or…

  • Louise Sandher-Jones grew up in Leicestershire and studied Chinese at the University of Edinburgh. She was elected the MP for North East Derbyshire in 2024 and appointed Minister for Veterans and People in the Ministry of De…

  • Louise Smyth joined Companies House in 2017 as Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies for England and Wales, until September 2025. Before joining Companies House, Louise was Chief Operating Officer at the Intellectual Pr…

  • Ms Stanton joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1990, and during the 1990s served in Tokyo, Abuja, Accra, Abidjan, Rabat, Doha, Damascus, Hong Kong, Manila, Los Angeles and Nagano, Japan (as Attachée for the 1998 Winter Olympics)…

  • Louise Taylor, has been Deputy Head of Mission to Kosovo since May 2014. She started her Foreign Office career in 2000 and has served in several countries worldwide. Her last posting before Kosovo was in Ankara, Turkey. Over…

  • Louise Tulett CBE was appointed Director General Finance at the Ministry of Defence in March 2015. Prior to being appointed, Louise held a number of senior posts at the MOD, including: Finance Director, Navy Command Joint Pr…

  • Louise was previously the UK Chargé d’Affaires in Khartoum. Louise has served as Development Director in Sudan leading the UK’s support on the economy and debt relief, peace, climate change and the humanitarian response. Pri…

  • Louise joined DVLA in 1984. She worked in a number of operational and HR roles, before taking on the HR and Estates Director role in June 2016. Education Louise holds a Masters (LLM) in Employment Law from the University of …

  • Louise Wilkinson was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Active Travel England in June 2022. In September 2024, Louise took on the additional role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Louise spent the first part of her car…

  • Louise Wilson was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in October 2020. She is a former entrepreneur who founded and led her own global strategic marketing and sponsorship consultancy business. Louise has served as an activ…

  • Loveday Ryder was the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) from January 2021 to January 2026. Before joining DVSA, she was Chief Executive of BPDTS Ltd from January 2018 to December 2020. She was…

  • Lieutenant Colonel Paul Marshall MBE Royal Logistic Corps was educated at Fleetwood Nautical College and Lincoln University. After leaving school in 1979 he was trained as a ships Navigator with Shell Tankers UK Limited befo…

  • Lucas Brown is the Consul to Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Born in Oxford, Lucas graduated in Politics and Sociology of Latin America with Spanish at the University of Liverpool and completed an MBA at…

  • Lucia Wilde was appointed as Ofsted’s Director, People in June 2023. She was previously His Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan in 2021. Prior to this, she was the HR Deputy Director in the Department for Health and Social …

  • Lucinda Stallard is the Legal Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva, where she provides advice on public international law and negotia…

  • Lucy Chadwick was Director General, International, Security and Environment Group in the Department for Transport ( DfT ) from 2012 to 2019. Career Lucy worked at Accenture before moving to the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit…

  • Lucy Ferguson serves as the Acting Deputy Head of Mission at British Embassy Washington since May of 2026. Prior to her appointment as Acting Deputy Head of Mission, Lucy served as the Minister Counselor for Foreign, Securit…

  • Lucy Hughes joined as Deputy Head of Mission to Singapore on 7 January 2025. Curriculum Vitae 2025 - Present Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission Singapore 2022 - 2023 Deputy Director, Eastern Europe and Central…

  • Lucy was Chief Operating Officer at the Environment Agency from 2020 to November 2023. She joined the Environment Agency (EA) in 2006. Lucy has worked in a variety of strategic and operational roles. Her previous roles in th…

  • Lucy Jones is Interim Chief Executive at the Legal Aid Agency. She was previously Deputy Chief Executive Director and Head of Corporate Services - having been appointed to that role in June 2019. Lucy began her civil service…

  • Ms Lucy Joyce OBE was appointed British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga in January 2021. Previously Lucy was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova from 2016 to 2019. Lucy was Acting High Commissioner …

  • Lucy Livings started her role as Regional Director for South-West in January 2024. Prior to this Lucy was Deputy Director within the south-west region from 2019. Lucy is an experienced civil servant with a broad range of exp…

  • Previous career highlights include: HR Director at the CMA Managing Director of Creating Outcomes Ltd providing senior interim HR services Head of HR at the Care Quality Commission

  • Lucy Shirodkar joined the UK Space Agency in the newly created post of Transformation Director in October 2022. This challenging role supports the organisation’s ambition to transform and adapt to a rapidly changing sector. …

  • Lucy Smith was Director General of the Strategy and Change Group at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from December 2020 to June 2024. Prior to that Lucy was at the Department for Education (DfE) in Sept…

  • Lucy Wylde joined UK Export Finance in January 2014. She is a member of the Executive Committee and Management Board. Prior to joining UK Export Finance, Lucy was General Counsel for Commercial Law in the Cabinet Office and …

  • Luisa joins Companies House from Dudley Council, where she worked with the executive team to modernise, digitise and commercialise services across housing, social care, environmental services, and corporate functions. Before…

  • Luke is an experienced HR Director with a commercial and operational leadership background. He leads transformational change and employee relations in areas such as reward architecture, organisational restructuring, working …

  • Luke Crosby was appointed Interim Head of LAA Digital on 1 February 2017. Previously Head of Business Analysis and User Relations in the Digital team, Luke transferred to the Legal Aid Agency in 2013 from its predecessor org…

  • Luke Hall was Minister of State (Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education) at the Department for Education from 26 March 2024 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State (Minister for Regional Growth…

  • Luke March has worked in non-executive director roles in the NHS since 1988 and is currently lead governor for the South Western Ambulance Service. He chaired the NHS integrated care system/partnership for Berkshire West to …

  • Luke Pollard MP was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence on 21 July 2026. He was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport in 2017. Born in Plymouth and the son of a submariner based in…

  • Luke Tryl was Director, Corporate Strategy at Ofsted February 2017 to February 2019. In that role he oversaw the development and implementation of Ofsted’s strategic priorities, as well as the organisation’s research functio…

  • Lyanne Maclean became Chief Operating Officer on 1st October 2019. Lyanne was a British Army Officer until 2013; leaving as a Colonel having commanded her Regiment and led soldiers in conflicts worldwide. She was awarded a Q…

  • Lyn joined the civil service in 1987 as a Direct Entrant Tax Inspector. She spent 16 years in HMRC and specialised in International Taxation on financial transfer pricing and Investment Banks as well as helping to set up the…

  • Lyn Romeo took up her post as Chief Social Worker for Adults in September 2013. Read Lyn Romeo’s blogs Previously, Lyn worked as the Assistant Director for Adult Social Care in the London Borough of Camden. She has also work…

  • Lyn Simpson was previously Director of Delivery and Development (North) at the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), the organisation which was responsible for providing leadership and support to NHS trusts and whose respon…

  • Lynda Fisher was appointed to the Service Children’s Education’s executive board on 6 April 2009 as chief executive. She started her career as a teacher and has worked in education and children’s services for over 25 years. …

  • Lynda Rawsthorne was appointed Government Head of Property Profession and Director, Property Capability, Sponsorship & Standards, in August 2023. Lynda is head of the Government Property Profession, the community of prop…

  • Lynda Warren is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law at Aberystwyth University and Honorary Professor at Bangor University. She is a member of the Board of Natural Resources Wales and sits on Defra’s Science Advisory Coun…

  • Lynette Rose joined DVLA in 1989 and became Strategy, Policy and Communications Director in March 2018. Education Lynette has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and American Studies from the University of Wales, Swansea. C…

  • Lynn Collins is Director of Representation and Organising at the Royal College of Midwives. Lynn took up post in March 2022 having served as TUC Regional Secretary North West for nine years previously and having worked for p…

  • Lynn Evans is the Deputy Director for Service Development and Central Commissioning. Lynn joined the Legal Aid Agency in June 2013 and took up her current post in April 2016. This is a shared role with Jo Fiddian. Her previo…

  • Lynne took up her appointment as Deputy British Ambassador to Bulgaria in September 2018. She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2013, where she has led policy teams in both Prosperity and Euro…

  • Lynne Hamilton was appointed as Finance Director at HM Courts & Tribunals Service on 20 April 2015. Lynne was previously Director of Finance and Commercial at the Welsh Government. She has worked in senior policy, delive…