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Rohan Sivanandan is a non-executive director for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and holds a non-executive director role for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) leading on…
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Roland Knell joined the Independent Living Fund in 2009 as ILF Senior Information Risk owner and Head of Governance. He is on secondment from the Department of Work and Pensions. Prior to this, Roland led on governance for T…
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Rommel Moseley joined the HMPPS Board in 2023. Rommel has spent over 20 years negotiating and delivering complex mutually beneficial partnerships with companies, governments and NGOs. He is currently Executive Director of Cr…
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Rommel Pereira joined HM Land Registry as a Non Executive Board Member in February 2025. He currently serves as a Non Executive Board Member of The National Archives and as a Non Executive Director on the Board’s of Supply C…
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Ron Dennis CBE was a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from April 2023 to April 2024. Ron is the former founder, Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Technology Group Ltd (1984 to 201…
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Name Ron Rimmer Married to Trish (Patricia) Rimmer Curriculum Vitae Jul 2015 – Present Deputy High Commissioner to Guyana and Non-Resident Deputy Ambassador to Suriname Oct 2014 – Jun 2015 Head of UKVI Business Development f…
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Rona Ruthen joined the Student Loans Company Board in October 2020. As VP of Customer Operations at Monzo Bank Rona is responsible for the design and delivery of the award winning customer service and customer operations, su…
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Ronen joined Hines in 2020 to lead property management operations and customer experience in Europe. Ronen is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in the sector holding roles at WeWork and Cisco previousl…
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Rory was the first member of his family to attend university. He graduated from Manchester University in Management Sciences in 1975. He joined the Bank of Boston in London and spent thirteen years there, including nine year…
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Rory O’Donnell was most recently the Director, EU Trade Policy and Northern Ireland at the UK Mission to the European Union between. Previously Rory worked at the UK Representation to the EU as the Counsellor for Regions, Ag…
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Ros has recently retired from the Naval Defence Industry. She was involved in large scale and often complex procurements for at least 37 years and has been operating in the Programme Management arena in key senior positions …
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Ros Lynch joined the IPO as Copyright and IP Enforcement Director in February 2014. Ros previously worked with Richard Hooper on a report that helped launch the Copyright Hub, a central point for information about copyright …
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Rosa has worked in the civil service for 20 years and joined the IPO as Innovation Director in September 2011. She is a trustee of the Whitehall and Industry Group, a not-for-profit organisation that provides better co-opera…
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Rosalind Hedley-Miller (appointed in 2013) was, until 2014, a Managing Director of Commerzbank AG, where she had responsibility for the M&A Advisory department in London. She worked at Commerzbank or its predecessor comp…
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Rosamund Blomfield-Smith spent 30 years in the City, latterly as a director of both Rothschilds and ING Barings, but since 2003 has been non-executive. She has served on many boards, including Thames Water and Hartpury Agric…
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Rose is a qualified chartered accountant who trained with the National Audit Office. She has extensive experience as a finance leader across government and as a non-executive board member of a housing association and mental …
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Rosemary Thew was the Chief Executive of the Driving Standards Agency ( DSA ) from October 2005 to June 2013. She left the Civil Service in June 2013. Before joining DSA , she was the Field Director for Jobcentre Plus in the…
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Ross was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia in June 2021. Prior to that he served in a variety of roles within the UK civil service and on secondment to the private sector. Ross speaks Arabic and some German and F…
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Ross Denny has been Ambassador to Costa Rica since 9 October 2015. He was born in Southampton, England, in 1955. In 1972 he joined the Royal Navy, where he served until 1979 before entering the Foreign, Commonwealth & De…
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Ross has been a Director General in the Ministry of Justice’s Policy Group since December 2022, and was permanently appointed to this role in April 2023. Ross first joined the MoJ in 2019 as Director of Strategy. Prior to jo…
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Ross James’s early career was spent developing, launching and expanding a range of products and services across a number of consumer industries. Ross commenced his career at Unilever and worked for companies as diverse as Od…
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Ross Matthews became His Majesty’s Ambassador to Chad in June 2024. Previously he was Deputy Ambassador at the British Embassy in Lisbon and, before that, Head of the NATO Section at the Foreign Office. Other previous posti…
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Ross is the Chief Digital and Information Officer for the Cabinet Office. He is responsible for delivering the transformation of the Cabinet Office through extended and improved digital and data services, including artificia…
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Ross Murray is a Trustee owner of woodland in South Wales, and also oversees management of family woodland in Herefordshire and Scotland. He is a Chartered Surveyor and a Trustee of the Bradford Estate in Shropshire. Formerl…
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Rossa Commane was Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul at the British Embassy in Montevideo from July 2017 to February 2022. Rossa has previously worked for the FCO as a Team Leader of Overseas Security, as a Desk Officer fo…
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Rowena Collins Rice was appointed Director-General of the Attorney General’s Office ( AGO ) at the end of 2012. Education Rowena has a first class law degree from Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor in 1995. Caree…
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Rowland’s early career was in H.M. Customs and Excise where he progressed to senior roles in both Human Resources and IT Management. In 1999 he joined Land Registry where he initially worked in HR roles firstly in the Local …
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Roy was appointed as a Non-executive Member in June 2023. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and Regulatory Committee. Roy has a track record of leadership in delivery, sales and commercial roles at executive level i…
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Roy Grant was recently a Non-Executive Director for RCNi for 9 years until 2022 and a Member of the Royal College of Nursing Remuneration Committee. He has worked on industrial relations programmes, strategy development, fin…
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With over 30 years’ experience in business development and project management, Roy has led the delivery of complex infrastructure projects across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States. Roy recently worked with …
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Roy Rickhuss is a British trade union leader and General Secretary of the Community Union since 2013. Beginning his career in 1979 at Monmore Tubes, he became active in the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation ( ISTC ) and wa…
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Rozanne joined the RPA in July 2021 from Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) where she was the Devolved Nations Operational Deputy Director for 3 years. She has extensive public sector leadership experience at national and …
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Ruairí O’Connell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2001. He began his career in the Eastern Adriatic Department and has worked on a range of issues during since then, with a particular focus on European security …
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Ruaraidh Macniven was Legal Secretary to the Advocate General for Scotland from 08 July 2013 to 15 August 2016 and Head of Advisory & Legislation Division from 15 August 2016 to 14 June 2019. Education Ruaraidh graduated…
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Rubbina Karruna is the Development Counsellor at the British Embassy in Beijing leading the UK’s engagement with China on international development issues. She was appointed to this role in October 2022. Rubbina has worked o…
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Rudy Markham has served on the boards of Astra Zeneca, the Financial Reporting Council, Standard Chartered, Legal & General and UPS Inc; He is currently the Chairman of Moorfields Eye Hospital. Rudy is also an experience…
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Rufus Drabble started his role as His Majesty’s Consul General in Miami in August 2022. He leads the UK’s work promoting economic, commercial, political, security and consular interests in Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Vir…
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Rupert McNeil was appointed Government Chief People Officer on 1 January 2016, joining the Civil Service from Lloyds Banking Group, where he was the Group HR Director. As Government Chief People Officer, Rupert is responsibl…
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Rupert has over 30 years of experience working across the property profession for a number of private sector companies, both domestically and internationally. His roles have included Property Director for both Tesco and Jard…
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Born in Australia, Rupert Potter joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1992 after graduating from St Andrews University with an MA with honours in Modern History with International Relations. Immediately prior …
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Dr Rurik Marsden is the Development Director at the British Embassy Yangon. He was also the UK government’s Chargé D’Affaires ad Interim to Myanmar from August 2022 to February 2023. Before coming to Myanmar in 2019, Rurik w…
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Rushanara Ali was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from 9 July 2024 to 7 August 2025. She has been the MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney (and its predecessor …
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Ruth Bailey joined MHCLG on 4 March 2019 as Director for People, Capability and Change. Ruth was previously People Director at the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Ruth starts as the Representative at the British Office Taipei in February 2025. She was previously the Deputy Head of Mission to Myanmar 2021-2022, her second posting in Myanmar. Ruth’s diplomatic career spanned over 20 yea…
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Ruth joined HM Land Registry in May 2015 as Deputy Finance Director and became Acting Director in September 2017. Ruth joined the Civil Service in 1994 on the fast stream programme , having previously been a corporate lawyer…
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Ruth Davis OBE was appointed UK Special Representative for Nature on 15 November 2024. Ruth studied English Language and Liter…
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Ruth Duffin was appointed as Public Guardian and Chief Executive for the Office of the Public Guardian in April 2025.
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Ruth Edwards was previously Assistant Government Whip between 16 February 2023 and 25 April 2024. She was previously Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) between 7 February 2023 and 16 February 2023.
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Ruth Elliot took up the role of Chief Financial Officer at Innovate UK in October 2016. Ruth joined the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy in August 2010 as the Department’s financial controller and th…
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After completing a Geography degree at Durham University, Ruth qualified as an accountant with Deloitte. Since then, Ruth has held a number of roles across the public sector including policy and finance roles at the Departme…