-
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.
-
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…
-
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 …
-
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…
-
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…
-
Polly Billington was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 22 July 2026. She was elected as the MP for East Thanet in July 2024. Education Polly graduated fro…
-
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…
-
Preet Kaur Gill was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care between 12 May 2026 and 22 July 2026. She was elected as the MP for Birmingham Edgbaston in June 2017.
-
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 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…
-
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…
-
Tony was appointed Animal and Plant Science Director in July 2026. He has held various roles in APHA since joining the agency in 2000, including Head of Virology and Lead Scientist for International Development and Global Sc…
-
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 UK Space Agency’s first Space Chief Technology Officer, providing strategic leadership across science, engineering, regulation and technology. Previously Director for Championing Space, he overs…
-
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 Bell was appointed as Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury in February 2026. Prior to this, he was Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee and Professor of Economics at King’s Business School, King’s College Lo…
-
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 …
-
Caroline Elliott was appointed as a member of the Regulatory Policy Committee in March 2024. Caroline is a professor of economics at the University of Warwick and academic director of the Social Science Connect Programme. Ca…
-
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…