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Richard Ridout. MBE has 15 years experience working on international foreign and domestic policy issues, including political, economic and Prosperity issues, Climate Change and Energy, Security and Counter-Terrorism, Justice…
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Richard joined High Speed Two (HS2) as Chief Operating Officer on the 24 September 2018. Richard has over 20 years of experience in the heavy industry and civil infrastructure sectors. Previously, Richard worked for AECOM wh…
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Richard Sandall’s journey to becoming the Development Director at the British High Commission Accra is a testament to his experience in the field. He arrived as the Deputy Development Director in August 2020 and officially a…
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Richard Sanders was appointed Acting Chief Executive at the National Measurement Office (NMO) in May 2014, he had a number of high ranking posts within the organisation. These include: Regulation Director, NMO Services Direc…
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Richard Saunders joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in June 2015 as Head of HR. He was appointed Director of People and Organisational Development in June 2018. Richard is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and has a broad ra…
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Richard is a Chartered Town Planner and is The Planning Inspectorate’s most senior Planning Inspector. He joined The Planning Inspectorate in 2013 from a senior management role in local government. He has also worked in the …
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Richard took up the role of Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General for Switzerland and Liechtenstein in March 2025. Before joining the Embassy, he served as Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy in Budapest from 2020…
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Richard is Director of Business Development, Marketing and Communications at UK Export Finance (UKEF). He has been with UKEF since 2016, having joined the department as Head of Civil, Infrastructure and Energy. Richard has e…
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Richard was the Acting Chief Risk Officer at UK Export Finance from September 2022 - 1 January 2023. He is currently Deputy Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining UKEF in 2015, Richard held senior roles both at Moody’s, where …
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Richard Stanford joined the Forestry Commission as Chief Executive in August 2021. Richard has a longstanding passion for the environment and the countryside. His leadership skills, ambition and expertise are forefront as he…
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Richard Swede is the Director of Legal at the Planning Inspectorate. Richard joined the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) Legal in 1993. He worked on coal and gas legislation before being seconded to the Cabinet Offic…
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Richard Thomas CBE LLD was the Information Commissioner from November from 2002 to 2009, responsible for enforcement of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts. He was subsequently the Chairman of the Administrat…
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Richard Turfitt joined the Health and Safety Executive in 1999 and helped establish their Litigation and Enforcement Advisory team. Richard helped to found the Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association and is a serving Justice …
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British Deputy Consul General at São Paulo and Deputy Director for Trade and Investment for Brazil since November 2009. Born in London in 1963. Third Secretary in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) in 1986. Third Secretary at the UK D…
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Richard took up the role of Executive Director, High Security & long term estate for HM Prison and Probation Service in April 2019.
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Richard Wildash took up his appointment as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Riyadh in June 2014. Prior to that Richard has been British Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe (non-resident) in January 2010 a…
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Mr Richard Wood was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway in August 2018. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Richard Wood 2015 - 2018 FCO, Head of Northern and Central Europe Department 2014 - 2015 Washington,…
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Rick Clegg was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Crown Commercial Service in January 2009. He’s also a Non-Executive Director of the Melton Mowbray Building Society. His previous roles include: Head of Packaging Buyi…
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Rick Shearn has been Deputy High Commissioner in Tanzania since July 2019. He has previously been posted to Somalia, Haiti and Sierra Leone focusing on political and security issues. Rick’s last role in the Foreign, Commonwe…
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Rita French is Britain’s Global Ambassador for Human Rights and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. Rita was appointed in May 2019. Rita has over 20 years of experience in public service. Rita be…
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Rob Bellis was the Director of Operations for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) from August 2014 to April 2015. Career Rob had been Executive Vice President (Chief Operating Officer) – Global Services and Operat…
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Rob has been leading the work to set up East West Railway Company since 2017 and is a non-executive director of Network Rail and Sn-ap Travel Technology Limited, a start-up organisation providing travel technology directly t…
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Rob Butler was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022.
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Rob Cocks was appointed Chief Finance Officer (Interim) at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory ( Dstl ) in January 2025. Prior to joining Dstl in 2007, Rob started his career at HMRC , before going on to train as a…
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Rob Contractor was British Deputy High Commissioner to Apia and the Deputy Consul General in Auckland 2019 to 2022. Before this, he was the Head of Political and Economic team in British Embassy Manila. Rob joined the Foreig…
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Rob Cook is the United Kingdom’s Deputy Permanent Representative (Economic) to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations agencies in Geneva. Rob began his career in the UK Civil Service at the Department for Work a…
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Rob Eason has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Board since February 2025. Rob has a public sector career background in science & technology and managing large defence projects and…
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Rob Fenn became His Majesty’s Ambassador to Nepal in August 2023. Prior to this he was the UK’s Deputy Head of Mission in Indonesia from 2018 to 2022. Rob joined FCO in 1983 and has worked in a variety of roles, including po…
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Rob initially joined the Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd Board in April 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Rob was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in October 2023 after serving as Interim CEO since May 2…
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Rob is the NDA’s Security and Information Services Director. He is a chartered civil engineer and a solicitor. He was legal director of Atkins and before qualifying as a solicitor worked for 12 years as a civil engineer in i…
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Rob Holden is a Non-Executive Director on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Board. Between 1999 and 2009, Rob led the London and Continental Railways (LCR) team in a series of transactions that secured the future o…
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Rob Linham was appointed UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe in May 2018. He specialises in human rights and legal matters. Rob joined the Lord Chancellor’s Department in 2001, which became the Depart…
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Educated at St George’s School, Harpenden and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, Rob joined the British Diplomatic Service in 2000 after working for the UK’s Millennium Commission. He served initially at the Foreign & Co…
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Rob Macaire was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran from April 2018 to July 2021. Rob studied at Oxford University for his MA in Modern History and joined the FCO in 1990. Rob has served overseas in Buch…
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Rob’s experience includes roles as the Finance & Commercial Director for Northern Rail Ltd, and as Finance & Commercial Director for Arriva Trains Wales. Before working in the rail industry he held senior roles in fi…
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Rob Solly was appointed Head of Defence and Security Analysis Division in March 2015. Rob joined Dstl ’s predecessor, the Defence Research Agency, in 1992. He has: Led projects, teams and groups that shaped the design of the…
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Rob Tinline has been British High Commissioner to Canada since February 2025. He represents the British Government in Canada and oversees the High Commission in Ottawa and Consulates in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calg…
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Rob Wilmot was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the CCS in September 2012. He was one of the founding executives of the internet provider, Freeserve. He also sits on a number of corporate and public sector boards, and i…
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Rob Wilson is a former Member of Parliament for Reading East and a Minister in the Cameron and May governments. He spent 10 years serving on the Conservative front bench with roles in higher education, health, at the Departm…
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Rob has spent 38 years in the nuclear industry, including 31 at Sellafield, where he held a range of posts, including Project and Programme Management roles, rising to become Head of Separation Area. He gained additional exp…
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Robbie Bulloch is Director for Overseas Territories and Polar at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Robbie was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Berlin from 2017 to 2021. From 2015 to 2017…
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Robbie Douglas-Miller OBE was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from December 2023 to July 2024.
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Robbie Moore was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from November 2023 to July 2024.
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Robert Ayling has been the Independent Chair of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Board since April 2011. Robert was Chairman of Welsh Water until Summer 2016, was previously Chairman of Dyson Ltd and Chairman of the Int…
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Robert Banks Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool served as Prime Minister between 1812 to 1827. Read more about the life and achievements of Robert Banks Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool in our past Prime Ministers section.
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Robert Chatterton Dickson was Chargé d’Affaires of the UK Mission to Afghanistan from July 2023 to June 2025. Robert was previously British High Commissioner to Bangladesh from 2019 to 2023, and Director in the National Secu…
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Robert Courts was Solicitor General from 7 December 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from 8 September 2020 to 20 September 2022. He was the Member of Parliame…
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Robert Fairweather was the UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2019 to October 2023. Robert has been a British diplomat since 1997. He has worked in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Nepal. Among va…
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury served as Prime Minister between 1885 to 1886, 1886 to 1892 and 1895 to 1902. Read more about the life and achievements of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in ou…