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Victor joined Turning Point, one of the UK’s leading health and social care organisations, as Chief Executive in September 2001. He is President of the International Association of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Chaired the Posi…
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Lord Whitehead CBE was Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero between 11 November 2025 and 21 July 2026. Education Alan studied Politics and Philosophy at the University of Southampton, later re…
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Lord Wilson of Sedgefield was appointed Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) on 10 February 2025.
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Lord Wood of Anfield was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 23 July 2026. He served as a member of the Labour Shadow Cabinet and as a senior advisor to Ed …
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Lord Woolley of Woodford is the founder and director of Operation Black Vote . He was chair of the Race Disparity Unit ’s advisory group from January 2018 to July 2020. Lord Woolley was knighted in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday …
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Lorely Burt was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip in November 2014. She was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for Solihull in 2005. Education Lorely grew up in the West Midlands and studied economics. Political career …
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Lorna was appointed Interim Director of Business and International Policy in November 2024. She became Interim Director of Enforcement, Business and International in February 2025 when the enforcement team became part of the…
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Lorna was appointed Regional Director, East of England in March 2021 and Director, Further Education and Skills in April 2014. She joined the then-new Ofsted in April 2007 as an assistant divisional manager. This followed 10…
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Lorna joined UKGI in October 2021. She has had a varied career both in and out of government. She is an experienced senior civil servant having been a director at DCMS and served as Private Secretary to two Prime Ministers. …
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Lorna Maden is Director of Finance Business Partnering at the Ministry of Justice, which includes responsibility for the Legal Aid Agency. She joined the Civil Service in the early 1990s. Previous roles include: head of fina…
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Lorraine Adair has worked in the Civil Service since August 1989 working across various business areas of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) - now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (D…
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Lorraine has more than 30 years’ experience in a wide range of industries including financial services, IT and property and has held senior executive positions in some of the UK’s leading companies in these sectors. She has …
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Lorraine Jackson CBE is Director, Joint Work and Health at the Department of Health and Social Care ( DHSC ). Lorraine has been at DHSC since September 2009. Lorraine is the DHSC Race Champion, senior lead for the DHSC Leeds…
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Lorraine Mulholland is the interim Director for Operations (Barring) at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Lorraine started as the interim director in August 2015.
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Lorraine is a business coach and Non-Executive Director working largely in financial services and the Third sector. Over her career she has held several senior posts in the private, public and voluntary sectors in the UK, Sp…
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Lottie Moore was a Policy Fellow to the Minister for Women and Equalities in the Equality Hub from March to July 2024. Lottie was most recently Head of Equality and Identity at Policy Exchange, primarily researching sex and …
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Louis Taylor was the Chief Executive of UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency. He was also a Director General in the Department for International Trade, and a member of its Executive Committee and Managemen…
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Louise joined HM Courts & Tribunals Service from the Insolvency Service where, in her role as People and Capability Director, she had responsibilities across the HR sphere including resourcing, reward, talent, learning &…
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Louise joined HM Courts & Tribunals Service from the Insolvency Service where, in her role as People and Capability Director, she had responsibilities across the HR sphere including resourcing, reward, talent, learning &…
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Louise Cantillon was appointed as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands in 2026. Her previous roles include: British Consul General Sydney and Deputy T…
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Louise de Sousa was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Colombia in September 2026. She served previously as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Chile (2021 to 2026), and Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Tunisia (2016 to 2020). Louise,…
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Louise Ellis was the British Deputy High Commissioner to Uganda from September 2020. Prior to this appointment, she was Head of the Commonwealth Unit in London and was part of the Commonwealth Summit Unit in the Cabinet Offi…
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Louise has a successful track record as a senior HR leader and board member in a number of organisations in many industry sectors including Technology, Retail, Hospitality and Printing & Publishing, working for several y…
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Louise Grainger was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 1 September 2024. Since joining Ofsted in August 2009, Louise has held various roles including Financial Controller, Deputy Director Finance and Planning, and Direc…
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Louise Harrison joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary from Merseyside Police in February 2020 after working in policing for 27 years. During her career she has undertaken a variety of uniformed and specialist roles, includin…
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Louise Hoste is an experienced retail leader and non-executive director with over 35 years of experience spanning food, convenience, and general merchandise sectors. Throughout her career, she has combined hands-on commercia…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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Lucy serves as the Minister Counselor for Foreign, Security, and Development at British Embassy Washington. Between September 2025 and February 2026, and May 2026 and October 2026, she also served as Acting Deputy Head of Mi…
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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…
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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…
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Lucy Jones is Deputy Chief Executive at the Legal Aid Agency. She was previously Interim Chief Executive Director and Head of Corporate Services - having been appointed to that role in June 2019. Lucy began her civil service…