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  • Michael is a former HM Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service. He was responsible for the inspection of the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office, reporting directly to the Attorney General. He is a fo…

  • Michael Gibbons CBE was appointed Chair when the RPC became a public body in 2012; prior to that he led the Committee for two years and served on the Better Regulation Commission from 2002. In 2007 he produced the ‘Gibbons R…

  • Michael Gibbons CBE was appointed Chair when the RPC became a public body in 2012; prior to that he led the Committee for two years and served on the Better Regulation Commission from 2002. In 2007 he produced the ‘Gibbons R…

  • Mr Michael Gifford was previously Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2018 to 2021. Mr Gifford joined the FCDO in 1981 and served overseas in Abu Dhabi, Oslo, Brussels and Pyongyang. Curriculum Vitae …

  • Michael joined the Coal Authority as programme director in October 2023.  Prior to this, he worked for National Highways as project director for the A417 Missing Link, a major road enhancement scheme in Gloucestershire. Unde…

  • Michael is the Deputy Chief Regulator having initially joined Ofqual in 2013. His previous roles include: Executive Director, Strategy Director, Strategy & Markets, Ofqual Associate Director, Strategic Policy & Risk,…

  • Michael is a Director in UK Government Investments (UKGI) He joined the Shareholder Executive (the predecessor to UKGI) in March 2009 and has worked on a range of governance roles and commercial projects across Government. M…

  • Michael joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2003 and has since served in both political, commercial and consular postings in Beijing (China), Abuja (Nigeria) and Muscat (Oman). During his most recent London posting…

  • Michael Hearty is a Non-Executive Director at HMRC . He is a highly experienced, professionally qualified, senior manager with extensive strategic and operational leadership experience in 2 large and complex UK government de…

  • Michael became Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Croatia in July 2021. He joined the Foreign Office in 2003. Since then he has represented the UK as Head of Political Section in Croatia, Kuwait and Yemen. Prio…

  • Michael John ‘MJ’ Holloway has been at the forefront of improving FCO’s customer services, and efficiency programmes. As Director for Consular Services in Iberia between 2005-2010, MJ led the FCO’s largest and busiest consul…

  • Michael Howells is a British diplomat and Consul General in Los Angeles. He is the senior representative of the UK government in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. In this role, he promotes trade and inve…

  • Michael Hurn was Acting Director General, High Speed 2 Group for the Department for Transport from 23 June 2017 to 17 November 2017. Career Michael started his career at London Underground working on major rail schemes inclu…

  • Michael Hutchings (appointed in 2013) is an independent solicitor who advises on competition law and EU law. He was a partner with Lovell White Durrant (now Hogan Lovells) from 1981 until 1996, and managed their Brussels off…

  • Michael Jary is the Government Lead Non-Executive. Michael was appointed to this role by the Prime Minister in March 2022 for a 3-year term. He is also a member of the Cabinet Office board. Michael was one of the founding te…

  • Called to the Bar in 1994 Michael was a Crown Advocate with the CPS appearing regularly in both magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. In 2011 he left the CPS to become a senior legal adviser and speechwriter to the Attorn…

  • Michael Mire joined HM Land Registry in 2016 and was the Chair of the HM Land Registry Board. He was formerly a Senior Partner at McKinsey, where he specialised in financial services and e-commerce, and is now a non-executiv…

  • Michael Nevin was Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Iceland 2016 to 2021. He previously was British High Commissioner to Malawi from 2012-2016. Michael joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1993. He has also served in Nair…

  • Michael joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1994 after a three-year secondment from the Ministry of Defence at the United Kingdom Delegation to NATO. He has focussed for most of his career on multi-lateral security…

  • Michael Padfield is the Director and Deputy Head of the Attorney General’s Office, appointed in May 2025. Prior to becoming Director, Michael was General Counsel in the Prime Minister’s Office in No10 Downing Street from Aut…

  • Michael Parker became the first Non-Executive Chairman of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency in January 2017. Prior to this appointment, Michael was the Chairman of the UK holding company of CMA CGM and its UK subsidiary M…

  • Mike joined the IPO in 2003 and has spent the last 15 years working in policy roles within the organisation. These roles have focussed on both patents and copyright policy, both domestically and internationally. In 2012 Mike…

  • Michael Scott is a former NHS chief executive with over 20 years’ experience across acute, community, mental health and learning disability settings. He played a key role in the successful reconfiguration of health services …

  • Michael Shanks was appointed Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 6 September 2025. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Ze…

  • Mr. Michael Shearer OBE was Her Majesty`s Consul-General for Western Japan 2013 to 2015. He joined the FCO in 2007 as a senior civil servant, following 10 years commercial banking experience with the HSBC Group with postings…

  • Michael Spurr became the chief executive of the National Offender Management Service Agency in June 2010, he continued as chief executive when Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service was created on 1 April 2017. He starte…

  • Michael Tatham is the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus since November 2024. Previously, Michael served as Chief Executive Officer for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024. Before that, Michael was the UK’…

  • Michael Vance joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in 2004, having previously served in the Royal Irish Regiment in the armed forces. He has been a police officer since 1997, initially serving with the Royal Ulster Constabu…

  • Field Marshal The Lord Walker of Aldringham was appointed to ACOBA in August 2009. He started his career as a teacher, and joined the army in 1966. He served in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland and Germany before taking c…

  • Michael Ward is a career diplomat who has specialised in European affairs and promoting trade and foreign direct investment to the UK. He took up his position as Consul General and Deputy Trade Commissioner Asia Pacific, Aus…

  • Michael Whitehouse is a qualified accountant and auditor with over 30 years’ experience as an external auditor of central government on behalf of Parliament. For 15 years he was an Executive Board Member of the National Audi…

  • Mike was the Director of Trade & Investment at the British Embassy Manila from 2015 to 2018. Mike had been a British diplomat for over 30 years. He specialised in trade, investment and economic work. His previous oversea…

  • Michelle Crotty was appointed Deputy Legal Secretary and Head of Operations, Attorney General’s Office in 2015. Education Michelle qualified as a solicitor in 1999. Career After 8 years in private criminal practice, Michelle…

  • As Director for Communications and External Affairs, Michelle is responsible for the communications and engagement strategy to build and maintain our corporate reputation and help to make Trade Remedies Authority known, unde…

  • Michelle Dyson was Director General for Adult Social Care from May 2021 to July 2025. Her previous roles included: Director of Qualification, Curriculum and Extra Curricular in the Department for Education Director of Early …

  • Michelle brings over 25 years of board experience in the Maritime, Aviation, Rail and Financial Services sectors, both nationally and internationally. She is currently the regional managing director of Wales and Western-Netw…

  • Michelle is an experienced business manager with a career spanning 20 years in the nuclear industry, holding senior positions within BNFL, Springfields Fuels Ltd and Toshiba Westinghouse. She has a range of operational, radi…

  • Michelle took up the role of Executive Director Public Sector Prisons South, in HM Prison and Probation Service in April 2019.

  • Michelle Reynolds was appointed Strategy, Planning and Innovation Director in January 2023.

  • Michelle was appointed as our Chief Executive in October 2020. She has over 25 years of experience working in regulation and regulatory environments in both the public and private sectors. Before becoming Chief Executive, Mi…

  • Michelle Thorp is currently the Global Transformation Managing Director at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). Michelle Thorp has 15 years’ experience in the Civil Service. After stints in international, european and domestic ju…

  • Michelle joined Companies House in March 2018 as Director of Finance and Commercial. Her passion is equality, diversity and inclusion, and she is the executive champion. Michelle is a chartered management accountant with ove…

  • Michelle Willis was appointed as the Acting CEO of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in September 2023, following over 14 years’ experience in the Marine Industry. Overseeing 230,000 square kilometres of diverse and v…

  • Michelle Wilson became interim Director of Service Delivery at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) as a job-share in October 2022, along side Michelle Reynolds and Nicola Hirst .

  • Michelle joined BDUK in September 2020 as Deputy Director for Transformation and Change having had a diverse career across multiple industries including telecoms, housing and automotive prior to joining the Civil Service. Mi…

  • Michiel Veldhuizen was the DBT Country Director in the Netherlands between 2008 and 2021.

  • Mick became Director of Delivery for the MHRA in September 2022.