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Philip Dunne was Minister of State at the Department of Health from 16 July 2016 to 9 January 2018. Philip was elected Conservative MP for Ludlow, Shropshire in 2005. Education He studied politics, philosophy and economics a…
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Philip Hall OBE was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in November 2023. Philip’s previous roles included the Spending Review at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) from 2015 to 2…
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Philip Kendall became Administrator of Tristan da Cunha in September 2023. He reports to the Governor in Saint Helena. In this role Philip acts as President of the Island Council and Chairs the Heads of Department Meeting. P…
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Philip Lawrence joined the Coal Authority in May 2006, he was appointed chief executive in January 2007. His previous roles include: Director of Finance, Coal Authority Director of Financial Planning and Reporting, Marconi C…
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Philip Lowe was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board on 15 July 2013. Previous posts at the EC include: Director General for Competition, 2002 to 2010 Chef de Cabinet to the V…
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Philip Lloyd was Interim Chief Financial Officer at the Oil and Gas Authority from June to November 2016. Philip is a qualified accountant and a Fellow of the CMA. His career has encompassed many finance leadership roles in …
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Philip Malone was appointed British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga in 2024. Previously he was the Ambassador to Mongolia in 2018. He joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1981. He has served in a r…
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Philip Parham was the UK government’s Envoy to the Commonwealth from June 2018 to October 2021. He was also the Special Envoy for the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020 which took place in London in January 2020. Previously Ph…
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Philip Rushbrook was most recently Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, until June 2022. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Dr Philip Edward Rushbrook Married to: Janis Children: Two 2019 to 2022 Governor of St He…
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Philip Rycroft was appointed as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union in October 2017. As Permanent Secretary, he has responsibility for leading the department in all its work on the Government…
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Philip Smith was Country Director for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Ghana. Philip joined DFID in 2002 and has held a number of different senior positions in DFID headquarters and overseas. Prior…
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Philip Sturrock is currently Chair of The United St Saviour’s Charity in Southwark, and of the Board of Governors of Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall. He is also a Member of the Council of The Institute of Education in L…
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Philip Tissot became Deputy Permanent Representative to the UK Mission to the UN and Other International Organisations in February 2009. After almost 35 years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Philip left the Office on…
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Phil was appointed as our Chief Digital and Data Officer in January 2025. Phil leads the organisation’s digital and data initiatives, including the implementation of technology infrastructure and digital services. Phil bring…
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Philippa is a barrister and economist and holds a portfolio of appointments (legal and non-legal) focusing on regulation, standards, professional discipline, public health, governance and risk. She currently serves in a seni…
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Philippa joined the Vaccine Task Force as the Supply Director in 2022 and now leads the enduring COVID vaccine function in the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), ensuring the UK remains protected from coronavirus (COVID-19) …
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Philippa is currently Chair of the NHS Pay Review Body, Chair and Pro Chancellor of the University of Manchester. She is Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Ordnance Survey, a Non-Executive Direct…
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Philippa Lloyd was the Director General of Higher and Further Education (HE/FE) at the Department for Education ( DfE ) from July 2016 to September 2018. Philippa has been a civil servant from 1995. Her previous roles includ…
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Phillip King was appointed interim Small Business Commissioner on 27 January 2020. In a career spanning 40 years, Philip has held senior credit management roles in the high-tech and communication sectors, in distribution and…
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Piers Craven joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2005, and has since been posted to Egypt, Sudan and Vietnam, in roles covering political, communications and commercial work.
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Pippa Britton is a double Paralympian who competed on the GB archery team for 15 years and who represented the Welsh able-bodied team on more than 20 occasions. She achieved podium places at 6 consecutive World Championships…
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Pippa Dunn is co-founder of Broody, which aims to help turn great ideas into successful businesses. Previously, she was chief marketing officer of EE, responsible for the £5bn P&L of the consumer business. Pippa started …
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Pippa Greenslade was Group Human Resources Director of Bakkavor plc, a global provider of fresh prepared foods from 2013-2018. Previous roles include Global Human Resources Director at the British Council and senior HR posit…
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Pippa joined the IPO in 2011 and was appointed Chief Economist in March 2015. Pippa was then appointed Chief Economist and Acting Director of Innovation in August 2016 before becoming the Director of Innovation and Chief Eco…
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Polly Payne became Director General at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – on a job share basis with Ruth Hannant – in March 2021. Their current role at the department is the Directors General for Society, M…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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Professor Adnan Khan was the Chief Economist and Director of Analysis Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from 2021 to 2025. This included: Chief Economist and Director of Analysis Direct…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Alfredo Saad Filho is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. He is Professor of Political Economy and International Development at King’s College London.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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Professor Anu Ojha OBE has been the Space Chief Technology Officer at the UK Space Agency since April 2026. Anu was previously the Director of Championing Space at the UK Space Agency. Anu has worked in roles within a range …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…