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Paul Frammingham joined the Coal Authority in 2008 as Finance Director. He was appointed as a Board member in April 2011 and became Chief Finance and Information Officer in 2014. Paul’s previous role was as Financial Control…

Paul was appointed as the interim Director for Inspections and Enforcement of the SIA on 17 May 2021. He was confirmed in the permanent role on 21 December 2021. Career Paul joined the SIA after a 33-year career first in HM …

Paul served 25 years in the military gaining experience in a wide range of disciplines from secure satellite communications and IT infrastructure to strategic planning. His service culminated with several operational deploym…

After a short spell in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) at the RN spares depot at Eaglescliffe, Paul moved into the chemical industry in 1985 working at the ICI North Tees complex on Teesside. He held a variety of operational, …

Paul Gray CB was the chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) from 2012 to 31 July 2018. He was appointed by the government to lead the 2 statutory independent reviews of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)…

Paul Green was appointed Director of Operations, VMD in March 2011. Previously he led the public forest estate programme in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and has broad experience across agric…

Paul Greening was appointed as BPDTS’s Chief Financial Officer on 21 November 2016. He will remain in the role until 31 March 2019. Paul also sits on the BPDTS Board of Directors.

Paul is Professor of Economic and Social Policy in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences and Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Policy at the University of Bath. He is a commissioner on the Living Wage Comm…

Paul joined High Speed Two (HS2) as Phase 2b Director in June 2015 and took on the role of Managing Director - Phase Two in September 2017. Paul has almost 30 years of experience in project and programme management, largely …

Paul Hancock joined the Government Chemist programme in July 2020 as Head of the Office of the Government Chemist, Referee Analyst and Nominated Officer. Paul has 24 years’ experience of enforcement analytical chemistry (199…

Paul joined the Court Service in 1985 as an Administrative Officer at Harlow County Court. He has since worked in a wide range of operational, policy and change management roles. In 2011 he became the HMCTS Deputy Director f…

Paul was appointed Her Majesty’s Consul-General for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in July 2012. He returned to Germany having served previously in the British Embassy Berlin and having been an Erasmus student at the Universi…

Paul joined as Technical Director in 2014, becoming Waste Director in 2017. Paul has more than 14 years of experience in the nuclear industry. Before joining Magnox, Paul was Refuel Operations Manager for Babcock Internation…

Paul Henson was appointed Deputy Director, Finance Business Partner Operations at the Ministry of Justice in December 2018, which includes responsibility for the Legal Aid Agency. He joined the Legal Aid Agency in January 20…

Paul Holmes was Assistant Government Whip from 25 April 2024 to 5 July 2024.

Paul began his career in the FCDO in 2000 in the Scholarships Section. His Diplomatic career has included a variety of very interesting jobs in Culture, Sports and Scholarships. He has travelled the world covering for other …

Paul joined as Decommissioning Director in 2014, becoming Deputy Managing Director in 2017. Paul has 31 years of broad nuclear operations experience. This includes 23 years in programme management, nuclear waste management, …

Paul Jancar has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ljubljana since November 2015. Prior to Slovenia, Paul was posted to Hong Kong, where he covered economic diplomacy. He has also served at the UK Mission …

Paul Johnston joined the UK Civil Service in 1990, working for the Ministry of Defence initially. He has served in Paris and New York and has also had a wide range of political and security roles in the Foreign and Commonwea…

Paul Joyce is one of His Majesty’s Inspectors and is the Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills. Paul joined Ofsted in 2005 as HMI having previously worked within the Further Education and Skills sector in both g…

Paul was appointed Division Head for Counter-Terrorism and Security ( CTS ) at Dstl in June 2023. Paul started his defence career in industry in 2001 and researched radar signal processing for moving ground targets, working …

Paul Kernaghan was born and educated in Belfast. He served in the Ulster Defence Regiment [1974-1977], being commissioned in 1976. On graduating from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1978, he joined the Royal Ulster Cons…

Paul Kernaghan joined the CNPA Board in February 2013. He served in the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1974 to 1977, being commissioned in 1976. On graduating from Queen’s University Belfast in 1978, he joined the Royal Ulster…

Paul Kernaghan was appointed as the Judicial Appointment and Conduct Ombudsman in January 2016. Paul served in the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1974 to 1977, being commissioned in 1976. On graduating from Queen’s University …

Paul Kett was the Director General for Skills Group at the Department for Education until December 2022. He was also the: Chair of the DfE Digital, Data and Technology Committee Departmental Race Champion Head of the Policy …

Paul Kissack was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 13 October 2025.  From 2020 until 2025, Paul Kissack was Group Chief Executive of the Joseph Roundtree Foundation an…

Paul is Interim Executive Director of MPP at Homes England. Paul was previously Director for High Growth Areas and New Settlements. Paul managed Homes England’s work at Northstowe in Cambridgeshire, securing planning permiss…

Paul Lambert joined Natural England in April 2007 as Director of Finance. He has held a number of roles as Executive Director Corporate Services and more recently as Chief Officer Finance and Governance. Paul is a Chartered …

Paul became Director of Communications and Policy in March 2020. He joined the Charity Commission from the Competition and Markets Authority, where he was Director of Communications and Strategy and a member of the senior le…

Paul Lincoln was the Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). He was appointed in May 2023. As Second Permanent Secretary, his responsibilities included digital transformation across Defence, security and…

Paul Lowton is the Interim Director for Barring Operations at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Paul was previously Associate Director for Disclosure Service Delivery. Before joining DBS, Paul worked for the Criminal Recor…

Paul Macnaught is the Director for Ministers, Accountability and Strategy at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). He was appointed in May 2024. Paul joined the department in October 1996 and previous roles includ…

Paul Martin joined the Charity Commission as a board member in November 2016 and was appointed Chair of the Public Interest Litigation and High Risk Cases Committee in 2019. He is an adviser and writer on security, risk and …

Paul Massara is a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty . Appointed: 4 January 2016 Reappointed: 4 January 2019 (for a 2nd term) Terms ends: 3 January 2022

Paul Maynard was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport between July…

Paul McComb is the Director of UK Exports at the Department for International Trade ( DIT ). Paul was responsible for setting up the department in 2016. He followed this by a 4-year tour in Hong Kong as Director General for …

Paul is a finance professional with 20 years’ experience in the public and private sectors. He joined the Planning Inspectorate from the Ministry of Defence, where he was Finance Transformation Programme Director for the MoD…

Paul is a qualified accountant with 25 years’ experience in finance across both the private and public sectors, including 9 years specifically in skills. He is the Board member who leads the Operations Directorate, and as Ch…

A training and development professional, Paul worked with ScottishPower between 1990 and 2007. He headed up ScottishPower Learning, a partnership between the company and its trade unions that helped train the company’s emplo…

Paul was appointed Chief Executive Officer of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd in October 2023. He joined the STEP programme in September 2020 from the Ministry of Defence, where he was Director of Submarine Acquisition at…

Paul has over 30 years’ experience working as a senior official in the UK trade union movement holding positions in several unions including GMB, Nautilus International, the Society of Radiographers, the Pharmacists Defence …

Paul Morris was appointed Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul at the British Embassy in Yerevan in May 2022. Previously he was Deputy Head of the FCDO’s Consular EU Policy Network in London. He has served in various oversea…

Paul Morrison took up the role of Director General for Visas, Passports, Citizenship and Resettlement Services at the Home Office on 12 January 2026. Paul had previously served as Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate…

Paul Morton was appointed as an HM Revenue and Customs non-executive director in September 2019. He was Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification from March 2017 to January 2019. Before that he was Tax Director for RE…

Paul Mullins has been a mergers and acquisitions adviser for 30 years. He has also been a member of the Independent Advisory Panel of the Regional Growth Fund and served as a Commissioner on the Ownership Commission. He is c…

Paul is Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) at UK Export Finance (UKEF). He has been with UKEF since May 2022 in the process bringing together digital, technology, data and change and transformations teams from a…

Paul Newby is the independent Pubs Code Adjudicator. He took up his appointment on 2 May 2016. From 1969 to 1977 Paul Newby attended Solihull School, where he is now a Governor, with primary responsibility for the school’s p…

Paul was appointed as Assistant Chief Executive (Strategic Direction of Service) in April 1995, becoming Assistant Director (Policy and Planning) after the Service Children’s Education headquarters reorganisation in Septembe…

Paul joined Building Digital UK (BDUK) as Executive Chair in December 2020 and became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) in April 2021, leading the delivery of digital infrastructure investm…