All ministers and senior officials on GOV.UK

Polly Payne and Ruth Hannant became Directors General for Policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as a job-share in July 2023, adding a number of responsibilities to their previous role as Directors Gene…

Priya Guha MBE became British Consul General in San Francisco in August 2011. She has responsibility for the Consulate General’s delivery of the UK government’s foreign policy and service delivery objectives in the six-state…

Priya Lakhani OBE is the Founder CEO of CENTURY Tech, an artificial intelligence education technology company that develops AI-powered learning tools for schools, colleges, universities and employers across the world. In 200…

Following a degree in Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Andy obtained his PhD from the Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, before joining Dstl (then CBDE) in 1994 after undertaking post-docs in Japan, Fr…

Professor Bethany Shinkins is a Professor of Health Economics at Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick. Bethany has a longstanding interest in screening and is a test expert member of the UK National Screening …

Professor Adnan Khan is the Chief Economist and Director of Analysis Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He is seconded from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), w…

Alan Manning is professor of economics at the London School of Economics and is director of the Centre for Economic Performance’s research programme on Community. From 2009 to 2012 he was Head of the Economics department at …

Professor Alan Penn was the Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from September 2021 to March 2023. Professor Richard Prager is now currently Chief Scientific Adviser for the M…

Alasdair Smith (appointed in January 2012) has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex since 1981 and was Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1998 to 2007. His academic work focuses on the effects of int…

Alastair Gray is Professor of Health Economics in the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford. He has previously held academic appointments at the University of Aberdeen, the Open University and the Lo…

Alfredo Saad Filho is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. He is Professor of Political Economy and International Development at King’s College London.

Professor Allan Hill is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. Allan is Professor of Population and International Health Emeritus in the School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences at the University of Southampton. H…

Professor Andrew Curran took up his post as Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research at the Health and Safety Executive in March 2015. His career highlights include: Deputy Chief Executive at the Health and Safety L…

Andrew was Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Northumbria University from 2008 to 2022. He is a graduate from the University of Oxford, where he also took his doctorate in Music. He held posts in the Universities of Oxfo…

Andy has recently retired from the position of Chief Nuclear Inspector in the Office for Nuclear Regulation. His career with the regulatory body spanned technical assessment, site inspection and nuclear policy roles, and ove…

Professor Anjali Goswami was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser and Director General Science, Data and Analysis at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 1 July 2025. Anjali is a research leader in evoluti…

Professor Anna Vignoles is a Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. Prior to that she was Professor of Economics of Education at the Institute Of Education and a Research Fellow at…

Professor Anne Anderson is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. She was formerly Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Anneke is a physician who specialised in clinical genetics and is professor of genomic medicine and consultant in clinical genetics at the University of Oxford (since 2021). She leads a research group extending across univer…

Professor Anthony Harnden is the chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He is professor of primary care at the University of Oxford and until December 2024, was a registrant council member o…

Professor Anthony Schapira is head of clinical neurosciences at University College London, professor of neurology and consultant neurologist at University College London Hospital and Royal Free London Hospital, and leads on …

Professor Anu Ojha OBE is the Director of Championing Space at the UK Space Agency, responsible for overseeing the Agency’s inspiration and outreach activities, its international relationships and ESA policy teams, and leadi…

Jo Bradwell is owner and director of Norbury Park. He has been instrumental in setting up the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR), increasing woodland cover and transforming the farmland from crops to mob grazing…

Baroness Alison Wolf CBE was a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from April 2023 to April 2024. Alison is the Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King’s Co…

Barry is Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Professor of Applied Control and Nuclear Engineering Decommissioning at The University of Manchester. He holds a Royal Academy Chair in Emerging Technologies and is the…

Bill Lee was appointed Ministry of Defence Chief Scientific Adviser on nuclear science and technology matters in June 2022. He has held previous roles within the UK Government in the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management…

Professor Bob Steele obtained his initial surgical and academic training in Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Aberdeen and was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Nottingham in 1990. He was then appointed as …

Professor Brian Bell is the Chair of the MAC. He is a professor of economics at King’s Business School, a faculty of King’s College London (KCL). He joined KCL in 2017, following 4 years as an associate professor in the Depa…

Professor Brian Faragher is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. He is also Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Visiting Professor of Medical Statistics at the Universit…

Professor Brian Morgan is Director of the Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre at the Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University and a member of the Cardiff Capital Region Board.

Professor Bruce Campbell is a Non-Executive Director of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He chaired the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) advisory committees on intervent…

Campbell Gemmell is a Partner in Canopus Scotland Consulting, working largely on environment policy and regulation issues in the EU, Australasia and China. Campbell chaired the review of Scotland’s Air Quality Strategy for S…

Professor Carole Mundell was the Chief International Science Envoy at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from January to October 2021. Previously Professor Mundell was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Foreign …

Charlotte is an Investment Banker and experienced FTSE Chair and Non-Executive Director. Her long board-level experience spans a host of sectors and industries and covers IPOs, M&A and restructuring. She is a recognised …

Professor Charlotte Watts was Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence at the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) between September 2020 and March 2025. She was seconded from the Lond…

Cherry is the Chief Scientific Advisor to Radioactive Waste Management and an Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham. She has an MA in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Materials Science from Cambridge University and…

Prof Chris Hyde qualified in Medicine from the University of London in 1986 and completed specialist training in public health in 1994. He has been a Chair of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Exet…

Professor Chris Johnson is the Chief Scientific Adviser in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ) having taken up the role in July 2024. Prior to this, he served as Pro Vice Chancellor for Engineering…

Professor Chris Whitty is Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, the UK government’s Chief Medical Adviser and head of the public health profession. Chris is a practising NHS Consultant Physician at University College Lond…

Christine Middlemiss is the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer. She was appointed on 1 March 2018 having been working as the CVO in New South Wales, Australia since July 2016 where she led major improvements to biosecurity across…

Christopher Gilligan is Chair of Defra’s Science Advisory Council (SAC). He is Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Cambridge. He also holds Professorial Fellow…

Claire is Professor of Mineralogy and Radioactive Waste Management in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. With an academic background in both geology and materials science and engineering, she has over…

Professor Claire Heffernan is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. She is also Director of the London International Development Centre.

Clare Fitzsimmons is Professor of Marine Ecosystems and Governance at Newcastle University. With commercial experience gained in defence and consultancy sectors, she is Director of Business, Innovation and Skills in the Scho…

Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser having taken up the role in April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession. Prior to this Angela was the Chie…

Professor Dame Ann Dowling was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2016 to 2018. Ann is President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Professor of Mecha…

Professor Dame Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge where she co-directs the Bennett Institute, heading research under the themes of progress and productivity. Diane is also a …

Professor Dame Jenny Harries has previously served on the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and brings a wealth of public health knowledge and expertise gained from working in the NHS and local governme…

Professor Dame Judith Petts retired in September 2024 as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Plymouth, a post she held for almost 9 years. In a 45-year career in higher education, senior roles included a…

Professor Dame Julia King DBE FREng is an engineer who has been Vice-Chancellor of Aston University since 2006. She: is a member of the Committee on Climate Change is a Non-Executive Director of Angel Trains and of the Green…