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Neil has 30 years’ experience working as a finance director. He has worked largely in the private sector for private equity owned businesses, both in the UK and abroad. He has a broad range of management experience gained in…
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Neil was appointed Director General, DWP Services and Fraud in March 2025. Neil’s career started in a local benefits office administering claims for Income Support. His subsequent roles have included: working in policy Pri…
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Neil has over 20 years’ experience managing complex and challenging projects, programmes and contracting partnerships with the nuclear industry. He has held a variety of roles across Sellafield Ltd’s major operational and de…
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Neil Curtis is the Acting Executive Director of Finance and Commercial Services at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Neil became the Acting Executive Director of Finance and Commercial Services at DBS in April 2026.
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After starting out in international banking, Neil joined the Department of Trade and Industry in 1988. In his early career there, he focused on competition, economic regulation and trade in services. Neil joined the IPO as I…
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Neil Goulden became a Low Pay Commissioner on 16 April 2007 and was reappointed for 4 years on 1 January 2011. He is a Director, Neil Goulden Consulting Limited, Chairman (emeritus), The Gala Coral Group and Chairman of Affi…
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Neil was appointed National Director, Digital and Operations in April 2025. Neil first became a civil servant on joining Ofsted in March 2000 and has worked in a number of different Ofsted teams, including policy, complaints…
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Neil Harnby is a senior executive lawyer, general counsel and company secretary with more than 25 years of international experience. Neil brings a wealth of experience, advising and working with organisations including Royal…
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Neil Harris was appointed interim Head of Platform Systems Division in April 2023. Neil started his MOD career in 1999 as a Mathematical Modeller in DERA , following a BSc in mathematics. He has carried out a variety of te…
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Neil joined the IPO in April 2015, in an innovative arrangement where the Finance Director role was shared with Companies House, where Neil had worked since 2012. This arrangement continued to January 2018, when Neil moved t…
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Neil has a proven track record as a Board Level Executive and human resources ( HR ) professional across multiple sectors, both public and private, as well as internationally. Before joining High Speed Two ( HS2 ) Ltd, Neil …
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Neil is a qualified solicitor and experienced corporate and commercial in-house lawyer having worked in either global or pan-European legal roles for a number of American, Danish and English multi-nationals based in the UK, …
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Neil Holland was appointed Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in May 2023. Neil Holland is a career diplomat. Previously he was Permanent Representative…
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Neil Holt joined the Export Guarantee Advisory Council in July 2011. Neil was a director and head of ethical compliance for Halcrow, an international firm of consulting engineers. A chartered banker with more than 20 years o…
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Neil returned to his role as Chief Executive of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in January 2026, a role he has held since February 2021. He was appointed the Rural Payments Agency’s (RPA…
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The Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Sarajevo is Neil Kavanagh. Neil has been in Sarajevo since August 2021, having come to us from Colombo, Sri Lanka where he headed the Political Team. Neil has previously w…
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Neil’s family has been affected by haemophilia, and he lost two brothers due to infected blood. Cardiff based Neil currently works for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and brings with him significant experience on the…
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Neil McLean is a Consultant to DLA Piper UK LLP and has more than 30 years’ experience in property and development work. He was head of the DLA Piper Real Estate group in Leeds for over 10 years and was national head of the …
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Neil O’Brien was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care between 7 September 2022 and 13 November 2023. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department fo…
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Neil Rhodes joined the Disclosure and Barring Service in May 2020 as a board member and was appointed as board deputy chairman in April 2023. Neil has a longstanding interest in safeguarding and promoting opportunities for y…
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Neil was appointed the Executive Director Custodial Contracts for HM Prison Service in April 2019.
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Nilesh (Neil) Sachdev joined HM Land Registry in 2022 as Chair of the HM Land Registry Board. He is an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director with a strong track record of leading complex organisations through transfor…
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Biography 2013-2014: Her Majesty’s Consul General for Ekaterinburg 2012-2013: UK Trade & Investment Head of Automotive & Marine 2008-2012: UK Trade & Investment, Head of Aerospace 2008: UK Trade & Investment,…
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Neil joined the SSRO in 2015 and was appointed as Chief Executive in May 2018 having previously been the Chief Operating Officer. Neil started his career as an engineer with British Aerospace before changing direction to tra…
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Director to the Office of the Advocate General and Solicitor to the Advocate General Education Neil has an MA(Hons) in English and Philosophy from the University of Glasgow and an LLB(Dist) from the University of Edinburgh. …
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Neil Taylor was appointed Director of the Office of the Advocate General & Solicitor to the Advocate General in August 2017. The Director of OAG is responsible for overseeing all legal services provided by OAG to the U…
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Neil Wigan is Director General Strategy and Delivery at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Previously, Neil was His Majesty’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya from July 2023 until Septembe…
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Neil Wolstenholme joined the Mining Remediation Authority in September 2024 as an interim programme director. Neil is a Chartered Project Professional with more than 30 years’ experience working in and leading major governme…
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Nerys Jones was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro in April 2026 and will start the role in August 2026. Nerys was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Vienna from December 2017 until March 2022, fo…
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Nesil Caliskan was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government between 12 May 2026 and 22 July 2026. She was previously Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) fr…
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Neville Brownlee joined the Charity Commission in July 1986 as a case officer. He has undertaken a variety of roles and worked in a number of different areas of the commission’s work, mostly in connection with frontline oper…
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Neville Chamberlain served as Prime Minister between 1937 to 1940. Read more about the life and achievements of Neville Chamberlain in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Neville worked as an HR Director in public, private and not for profit sectors. This included Norfolk Constabulary, Hyde Housing (a large London housing association) May Gurney plc and McCain Foods GB ltd. As such he success…
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Niall Cullens has been Deputy High Commissioner (Political and Development) in Port Moresby since December 2025. He has over 40 years’ experience as a diplomat in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. He has se…
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Niall Mackenzie was His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America, based at the British Consulate General in New York, from May 2024 to March 2025. In this role he led a cross-USA and Canada team to deliver new trade an…
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Niamh McBreen became UK Government Investments Ltd’s non-executive board member of Companies House in February 2017. Prior to joining UKGI in 2015 Niamh spent 15 years at Angel Trains and subsequently its European affiliate,…
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Nic Hailey was Director General, Transformation from June 2020 to September 2021. Nic led the work to bring together the former Department for International Development (DFID) and the former Foreign & Commonwealth Office…
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Nic Westcott is Chief People Officer at Sellafield Ltd, where she leads the people strategy for one of Europe’s most complex industrial sites within the NDA Group. She is shaping leadership capability and cultural alignment …
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Nick Alexander has been Deputy Head of Mission since August 2011. Nick joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. He has previously served in: 2009 – 2011 Deputy Head, HR Operations, HRD (HR Managers & Local Sta…
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Nicholas Abbott joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985. Prior to his appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, Mr Abbott was His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, and Head …
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2023 to present Bishkek, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic 2020 to 2023 Kyiv, Head of UK Programmes in Ukraine 2017 to 2020 Occupied Palestinian Territories, Team Leader, Governance and Security 2015 to 2017 Bi…
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Nick Cannon was the British Ambassador to Albania from March 2012 to July 2016. Before that he was British High Commissioner Kigali and Non Resident Ambassador to Burundi from 2008 to 2011. Roles March 2012 British Ambassado…
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Nick Collier took up his appointment as Deputy Ambassador and His Majesty’s Consul at the British Embassy, Republic of Belarus in June 2024. 2020-2024 UK Delegation NATO, Brussels, Head of Operations 2018-2020 Ankar…
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Nicholas Hopton was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2017 to 2018. Prior to this he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Qatar from 2013 to 2015. Mr Hopton joined the FCO in 1989 and has also served a…
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Nicholas Ridley joined UK Export Finance in 1999. He is the General Counsel for UK Export Finance, and a member of the executive committee and the management board. Nicholas was previously a partner at Waltons and Morse, and…
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Nicholas Shott was appointed as a non-executive director for the Home Office in March 2017. Nicholas went into investment banking in 1991, following a career in the media industry. He is now vice chairman of European Investm…
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Nicholas Woolley was appointed as Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to Zambia in August 2019. Prior to this he was Her Majesty’s Deputy High Commissioner to Democratic Republic of Congo from 2014 to 2016. Woolley has extensive…
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Nick Allaway joined the Charity Commission in 2004, having previously led the corporate service functions at the Big Lottery Fund. Nick trained as an accountant after a brief career as a Town Planner. He has an excellent tra…
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Nick Archer MVO was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic in January 2018. Curriculum Vitae 2014 – 2017 UK Trade and Investment, Managing Director, Policy and Network Development 2012 – 2014 UK Trade &…