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  • Mike joined the Department of Health & Social Security in 1979 straight from school, and spent his first 6 years in the Civil Service delivering services to customers. He then moved into regional management and thereafte…

  • Mike Falvey is responsible for the effective and efficient running of the HR Community in HM Revenue & Customs. He has overall accountability for people management capability and deployment across HMRC, and oversees the …

  • Mike moved into the public sector in September 2015 when he was appointed Chief Technology Officer for the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Since then, he has led a transformation of IT at the IPO and has been instrumenta…

  • Mike Freer was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice between 20 September 2022 and 5 July 2024. He was Minister for Exports and Minister for Equalities between September 2021 and 6 July 2022. He …

  • Mike Green was the Chief Operating Officer of the Department for Education and Director General of the Operations Directorate between 2012 and 2022. His previous roles included: Director of Commercial, DfE Departmental lead …

  • Mike Griffiths joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in October 2012 as the CNC ’s Chief Constable / Chief Executive Officer. He began his career as a soldier, commissioned into the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment in 1979 a…

  • Mike Hammond has been Head of DFID Southern Africa since May 2014. He has extensive experience working on international development for DFID he has headed 4 Africa Country offices (Uganda, Ghana, Rwanda and Zambia) as well a…

  • Mike joined HM Land Registry as General Counsel and Deputy Chief Land Registrar in February 2018 and took the role of Acting Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar from 1 January 2019 until 11 November 2019. Mike graduated…

  • Mike Kane was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport between 9 July 2024 and 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East in July 2024.

  • Mike Kapur is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has previously been Audit and Risk Chair at Leicester Royal Infirmary, The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, De Montfort University and National Forest Company. H…

  • Mike Keoghan was Acting Director General for Business Sectors at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) from 21 September 2020 to 30 July 2021. Mike is also BEIS ’s Chief Economic Adviser.

  • Mike Lyons is the Delivery Director Civils for Phase One. Mike has worked in both the public and private sectors on some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects specialising in the Transport Sector. He joined HS2 in 2014…

  • Mike McCarthy took up his role as Director General of Digital and Innovation at the Home Office on 12 January 2026. Mike was previously a partner with McKinsey Digital. He brings substantial experience of leading digital tra…

  • Mike McMahon was appointed as the Independent Adjudicator for the Adjudicator’s Office in October 2023. Mike was in post as the Adjudicator’s Office Head of Office from September 2020. Prior to this, he worked for the Financ…

  • Mike joined Companies House as Chief Accountant in April 2000 and was Finance Director between July 2008 and March 2012.. He has responsibility for providing the lead on financial performance and planning, and for financial …

  • Mr Michael Nithavrianakis was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, and took up his appointment in May 2023. Mr Nithavrianakis has extensive experience as a career diplomat and outside the UK…

  • Mike Palin is the Executive Director of Markets, Partners and Places (MPP). He joined Homes England in February 2021 as Interim Director of the Cities and Major Conurbations Team. He is a successful deliverer of economic gro…

  • Mike Parsons is Director General, Government Property at the Cabinet Office. Mike is also the head of the Government Property Function, leading a network of over 5,000 members with responsibility for a range of property-rela…

  • Mike Pettifer is Director, Academies and Maintained Schools Group.

  • Mike is duty holder for the Low Level Waste Repository nuclear licensed site, responsible for operating safely, securely, with environmental compliance, and retaining its social license to operate. He holds key leadership ro…

  • Mike Potter joined the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) in September 2022 and served as Government Digital Officer until to September 2024. Mike has a wealth of experience and an impressive record of delivering transfo…

  • Mike Rowe is Director for Marine and Fisheries in Defra, a role which sits at the heart of the Government’s vision of achieving clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse ocean and seas. Mike has been in the d…

  • Mike Sheridan took up his post as Regional Director, London on 1 September 2015. Previously, Mike was a senior HMI and operational lead for the South East of England. Mike first joined Ofsted as a seconded head teacher in 20…

  • Mike Smith was appointed Head of Counter-Terrorism and Security ( CTS ) Division in September 2018. He is responsible for leading and setting the direction of the Division to help protect UK national security now and in the …

  • Mike Tapp was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office between 6 September 2025 and 22 July 2026. He was elected as the MP for Dover and Deal in July 2024.

  • Mike Taylor was appointed as a non executive board member on 1 March 2013. He was re-appointed for a second term 1 March 2014 and a third term on the 1 March 2017. He founded Innovise Ltd in 2003 and as chief executive offic…

  • Since leaving the Ministry of Defence as a Senior Civil Servant some 10 years ago, Mike has built a successful portfolio career Non-Executive, Trustee and Management Consultant in the government, private and charity sectors.…

  • Mike Waldock became chief executive of Cefas in July 2012, after spending 2 years as the organisation’s chief scientist. He first joined the agency in 1980 and has since held scientific and management roles including science…

  • Mike Weir was a Solicitor from 1981 until his election to the Westminster Parliament in 2001. He served as MP for Angus from 2001 to 2017and on several select committees - Scottish Affairs (2001 - 2005), Trade and Industry (…

  • Mike Wood was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 14 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Assistant Government Whip from 28 October 2022 to 14 November 2023.

  • Mike has had four technology leadership roles in the last 25 years. Most recently, he was Global CIO for McKinsey and Company where he led several digital transformations over a 10 year period.  He also had responsibility fo…

  • Miles Dorrington is a dual qualified Barrister and Solicitor who has been a Deputy Traffic Commissioner since 2008. He was until recently an appeal Judge in the First Tier Tribunal. He was appointed as Acting Traffic Commiss…

  • Mims Davies was Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) in the Department for Work and Pensions from 12 April 2024 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the De…

  • Mungo Woodifield serves as the Minister Counsellor for Trade and Global Issues at the British Embassy to the United States of America. Mr Woodifield is responsible for overseeing the UK government’s work across the United St…

  • Miranda Curtis was the Lead Non Executive Director at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from April 2017 until June 2020. Miranda’s expertise is in building multinational leadership teams, the negotiation and oversight of…

  • Miranda Kavanagh joined the Environment Agency as Executive Director of Evidence in 2009. She is a barrister by training. Her previous roles include: Director of Communications and Patient Engagement, Healthcare Commission E…

  • Miriam is a career diplomat. Before coming to Geneva she was Director of Corporate Services for Her Majesty’s Government in New York. Her career has focussed mainly on the European Union, the Commonwealth, Japan and the Midd…

  • 2016 - 2019: Ashgabat, Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2015 – Russian language training 2012 – 2015 - FCO, Deputy/Acting Head, Projects Task Force 2012 - FCO, Operations Unit 2010 – 2012, Ulaanbaatar, Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2010 …

  • Mo Baines joined the Board of the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government in October 2024.  Mo has extensive experience of working in public policy and local government, with a particular background in service d…

  • Moazzam Malik was most recently Director General, Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He was previously Director General, Country Programmes for the Department for International Development, …

  • Mr Mockbul Ali OBE was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti in succession to Mr Chris Campbell in August 2020. Curriculum vitae 2020 UK Ambassador …

  • Mohammed Sammur joined Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) from Assystem Energy & Infrastructure. He was with the global specialist infrastructure engineering group since 2016, leading its business operations in Saudi Ara…

  • The Independent Examiner of Complaints is Moi Ali. Moi has a background in independent complaints review. Previously she served as: chair of the Independent Complaints Review Panel at Postwatch Scotland’s first Judicial Comp…

  • Moira Wallace was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) between 13 November 2008 and 31 October 2012. Career Moira began her career with 10 years at HM Treasury, including three years as…

  • Monisha is a media professional with a specific interest in the creative industries and higher education. Among her contributions to public life, she is Chair of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Trustee of th…

  • Morag Stuart FCIPS joined HS2 Ltd as chief commercial officer in January 2026.  Morag draws on more than 30 years of experience leading complex defence, civil and social infrastructure programmes in the UK and internationall…

  • Morven was appointed Executive Director of People at the Student Loans Company in November 2019 following a 12-month interim period in the post. She joined SLC from Aberdeen City Council, where she was Interim Chief Officer …