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Matthew Vickerstaff is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) and Head of Government’s Project Finance Profession. He is responsible for the UK Guarante…
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Matthew is currently the Director of Legal Services (and General Counsel) at the Serious Fraud Office. He joined the SFO in 2012 where, prior to his current role, he was an operational Head of Division responsible for superv…
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Matthew Webb was Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul in the Dominican Republic from March 2016 until January 2018. He was also HM Consul for Haiti. Matthew joined the FCO in 2007, and has worked in the Counter Proliferation…
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Matthew Westerman is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum. He started his career in 1986 at Credit Suisse First Boston. He subsequently worked at Rothschild & Co where he became Managing Direc…
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Max Milner was appointed Deputy Head of Mission to the British Embassy, Conakry in August 2023. Before moving to Guinea he served in Argentina and the British Virgin Islands. He has also held roles in the UK covering the G7,…
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Maxine is Director of Regulatory Operations at the Regulator of Social Housing.
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Maxine is a nuclear law and contract specialist with more than 21 years’ experience in the energy industry. Maxine’s previous experience includes National Grid, and from 2005 at law firm Gowling WLG advising key members of t…
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Max Irving arrived in the Dominican Republic in January 2018 to take up his present position as Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul. He is also HM Consul for Haiti. Max joined the FCO in 2011, working in Europe Directorate …
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Mayank joined DWP as Director General Digital Technology in November 2014. He became Director General, Chief Digital and Information Officer in September 2016.
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Mayur took up the post as Head of BV Division from 10 November 2014. He has been in the Government Legal Service for over 24 years and in that time he has been a deputy director in a number of different civil litigation post…
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Megan Lee Devlin was appointed as Director General in the Ministry of Justice in March 2024. Megan is responsible for leading on service transformation across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies. This includes oversight…
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Mehdi was Deputy British High Commissioner in Tanzania in September 2023. Prior to this appointment, Mehdi was at the British Embassy Beijing, where he carried out several roles including Counsellor for Programming, Trade Co…
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Mehrunnisa has a diverse background and has worked for a range of public sector organisations from Local Government to the Prison Service. For the past 9 years Mehrunnisa has been Director of Inclusion for the Solicitors Reg…
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Mel Barlow became His Majesty’s Ambassador to Laos in September 2023. Mel was most recently Deputy Ambassador in Kathmandu (2022 to 2023). She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2002 and has previous …
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Mel is Director General for the Litigation with Justice and Security Group. Her previous Civil Service roles include: • Director General, Employment with Economic Recovery and UK Governance Group, GLD, October 2021 to May 20…
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Mel Zuydam was the NDA Group Chief Financial Officer from January 2020 to March 31 2023. Mel is an experienced CFO with a strong track record in financial change, business growth and effective performance management. He’s wo…
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Melanie is currently Chief Research and Development Officer at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) where she has responsibility for the NDA group Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) strategy and NDA’s RD&…
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Melanie Dawes took up her role as Permanent Secretary for DCLG on 1 March 2015. She continued this role for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from 8 January 2018 until 2 March 2020. She became Permane…
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Melanie Hopkins served as Deputy Consul General to New York from November 2024 to June 2025, including a term as Acting Consul General from November 2024 to March 2025. Prior, Melanie served as Deputy Head of Mission in Braz…
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Melanie Robinson has been the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe since January 2019. Prior to this she was Executive Director for the UK at the World Bank Group in Washington from 2015 to 2018. Melanie has 18 years of experience…
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Melanie Siggs has worked in global strategic roles for both commercial and NGO organisations across the food systems and timber sectors. She has specialised in fisheries and aquaculture over the past 18 years. She is a Direc…
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Melanie took up her present position as Charge d’Affaires in San Jose in June 2015. After joining the FCO in 2000, Melanie worked in the Middle East Department and took up her first posting in 2002 to work on the Political S…
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Melanie Steel took up her role as HR Director for the Cabinet Office in June 2012. Prior to that she worked for the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) as HR Director to the Corporate IT Function. At Unilever, Melanie w…
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Melinda is Director General Global Issues at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). She was previously Director General Humanitarian and Development, from July 2023 to September 2025. Melinda was FCDO Str…
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Melinda Simmons was His Majesty’s Ambassador to Ukraine until August 2023. She was first appointed to this role in September 2019. Curriculum vitae Dates Role 2018 to 2019 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), Full-time L…
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Melissa Di Donato was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in April 2023. Melissa was CEO of SUSE from 2019 to 2023 and was the driving force behind its successful li…
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Melissa started her career in the private sector, working in the UK and overseas, before joining the Civil Service in 2014. She has held senior leadership and Board-level roles, leading Strategy, HR and Communications functi…
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Melissa joined the Inland Revenue as a graduate tax inspector in 1989 and has forged a successful career as a leader across a wide range of roles. She took up her current post as Chief Executive of the Valuation Office Agenc…
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Mercy Jeyasingham has been working in the voluntary health and social care sector for over 30 years, most recently as the CEO of the umbrella organisation for the eye health and sight loss sector. Currently a management cons…
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Mercy is a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. Mercy Muroki is a social policy researcher, commentator, and columnist. She holds a BA(Hons) in Politics from Queen Mary University of London and is …
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Mercy Muroki was a Policy Fellow to the Minister for Women and Equalities in the Equality Hub from January 2023 to March 2024. Mercy was previously a commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which was …
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Meredydd David was appointed Deputy Further Education Commissioner in September 2018. He is a board member on the Local Enterprise Partnership, chairs the Rural Strategy Board and is a member of the University of Chester Cou…
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Mervyn Thomas became Chief People Officer at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in February 2021. Since joining the Civil Service in 2007, Mervyn has held senior roles across the Civil Service, including Group HR D…
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Mervyn Walker has held a range of senior positions in large customer service and industrial companies. He has been Group Human Resources Director at British Airways, Mondi and, most recently, Anglo American and now holds a n…
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Mia has worked on and in the Western Balkans for over 20 years. She previously served in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as Regional Conflict Adviser based in Sarajevo (2019 to 2022), and as Senior Research …
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Miatta Fahnbulleh was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 6 September 2025. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Depart…
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Michael Anderson was Director General for Policy and Global Issues at the Department for International Development ( DFID ) between April 2010 and September 2013. Prior to being appointed to this role Michael has help a numb…
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Michael Aron was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Yemen from February 2018 to August 2021. Prior to this role, he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Sudan from 2015 to 2018. Michael has extensive experience representing the UK in th…
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Michael Boyd has been Managing Director at UKTI since 2011. He is also a director in the Department of Business,Innovation and Skills. His previous career was at Ernst & Young (now EY) where he was a member of the Global…
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Michael Bradley CB joined High Speed Two (HS2) as Chief Financial Officer in November 2018 and brings with him more than 25 years’ experience operating at Board level supporting businesses in both the public and private sect…
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Michael Brodie joined Public Health England ( PHE ) as interim Chief Executive in August 2020. He is also Chief Executive Officer of NHS Business Services Authority ( NHSBSA ), a role he has held since September 2019. Prior …
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Michael moved into the nuclear industry when joining the NDA in April 2021 as Interim Finance Director – Waste Division. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999/2000 after three and a half years at PricewaterhouseCoop…
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Michael Carey has been head of HMRC Division in the Office of the Advocate General since 20 March 2024.
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Michael Chalmers was Director of OAG and Solicitor to the Advocate General from 17 December 2012 to 16 June 2017. Education Michael graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in law (hons) in 1996 and a Masters…
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Michael became National Director for Inspection Reform in June 2013. Before this he was Director, Schools, leading Ofsted’s work in improving schools by developing inspection policy and frameworks. His previous experience in…
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Michael Cooper is a Senior Civil Servant in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and has been Director of the UK Co-ordinating Body (UKCB) since 2007. He has also been Vice President (Finance) of BC…
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Michael joined the Marine Management Organisation in March 2011 as a Principal Specialist in the Evidence Team, and has held positions as Head of Marine Conservation, Head of Compliance and Control, Acting Director of Operat…
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Mr Michael Davenport was most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. Before this he was EU Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, and British Ambassador to Serbia. His first foreign posting as…
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Michael Davis is the Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). UKCES is a government funded, industry-led organisation providing strategic leadership on skills and employment issues across the U…