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Richard Machin is an Associate Professor in Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University. His teaching and research focuses on social welfare policy and practice. His recent policy analysis has explored the ‘Homes for Ukrain…
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Richard McHugh became the Chief Executive of BPDTS in January 2021.
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Richard Middleton is Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom. Richard is also Chief Operating Officer at the University of Southampton.
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Richard is British High Commissioner to Nigeria and the UK Permanent Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) based in Abuja, from May 2023. Richard was the UK Executive Director at the World …
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Richard Moon has been Deputy Ambassador in the British Embassy, Kabul, since July 2016. Before coming to Afghanistan Richard spent five years as UK member of UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A…
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Richard is currently Chief Executive at the Civil Aviation Authority.
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Richard was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Nepal from November 2015 to November 2019. Before that he was Head of Pacific Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 2013 to 2015. Between 2008 and 2012 Richard…
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Richard is the Director for Finance and Corporate Centre at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Richard runs the corporate centre jointly with Helen Mills. Their directorate is responsible for the operational runn…
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Richard Oppenheim was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Yemen from August 2021 to July 2023. Prior to this role, he was the UK’s Deputy Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – promoting relations between the UK and Saudi Arabi…
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Richard Paniguian was appointed Head, UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation in August 2008. He left the post in February 2015. In 2015 he was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List fo…
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Richard Parkes was the Director of HM Coastguard from 1999-2019.
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Richard is Director of Finance and Corporate Services at the Regulator of Social Housing.
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Richard Pennycook was Chair of Skills England and Lead non-executive director at the Department for Education until March 2025. He was previously Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Co-op, stepping down in 2017 to pursue a …
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Richard joined BDUK in April 2022 as Director for Engagement and Public Information. He is responsible for BDUK’s communications and his role covers parliamentary affairs, external engagement, promotions and campaigns, media…
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Richard Poppleton has retired as the Director of Wales at the Planning Inspectorate. Richard is a chartered town planner and joined the Inspectorate in 1990 following a planning career in local government. He has worked as a…
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Richard Porter joined the Foreign Office in 2012 following a career as a Management Consultant and Paramedic. From 1998 to 2008, Richard worked on the streets of London responding to medical emergencies as part of the London…
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Richard Price joined the Ministry of Justice as Director General of Performance, Strategy and Analysis Group in May 2022. He previously served as Director of the Analysis Group at the Department for International Trade (DIT)…
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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…