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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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Melanie Ward was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office on 22 July 2026.
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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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Dame Melinda Simmons DCMG was appointed as British Ambassador to Poland in September 2025. She is a seasoned British diplomat and public servant with extensive experience in international development, conflict resolution, an…
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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 was Chief People Officer at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 2021 to 2025. Since joining the Civil Service in 2007, Mervyn 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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…