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Sarah served on the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel from June 2018 to November 2021 and was re-appointed to the panel in November 2021. She is also Independent Chair for the Safeguarding Partnerships across the Chan…
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British Ambassador to Norway Sarah Gillett CMG CVO Biography Sarah Gillett took up her post as the British Ambassador to Norway in the summer of 2014. Previous assignments with HM Diplomatic Service include serving as Ambass…
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Sarah Glasspool joined the National Measurement Office (NMO) in January 1996 as an accountant. She was then appointed Finance Director in February 2008. Her previous roles include: Head Office Financial Accountant, Allied Ba…
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Sarah is the Director General for GLD’s Commercial with Trade and International Group. Sarah joined the Civil Service in 1999 and has advised key central departments. Her previous Civil Service roles include: Legal Director,…
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Sarah took up her appointment as Deputy Head of Mission to Latvia in July 2016. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2008. Sarah has previously been posted to South Korea and has worked on a wide range of issues…
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Sarah Harrison is Chief Operating Officer for the Cabinet Office. Sarah joined the Cabinet Office in July 2020 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) where she had held the role of Director G…
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Sarah is the Director of the National Data Library and Geospatial, as part of the Government Digital Service. She previously held the same role as part of the Geospatial Commission. In the past, Sarah led the creation and se…
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Sarah was appointed Director General for Delivery and Group Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 30 June 2025. Previously Sarah was Director General for Portfolio Delivery at D…
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Sarah Hulton OBE was British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from August 2019 to June 2023. Sarah has served in London in several different roles; as Head of Pacific Department, Head of DPRK Department and Head of Diversity a…
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Sarah joined UK Government in Wales in September 2020 as the Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State. She previously worked for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy where she was the De…
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Sarah Jones was appointed as Minister of State at both the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and the Department for Business and Trade, on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Croydon West, formerly Croydon …
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Sarah Laessig is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. She also holds board positions in the public and private sectors which reflect her experience and interest in financial services, technology, government, higher educa…
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Sarah is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Skills England, job sharing with Tessa Griffiths . She has more than 20 years’ experience in the public sector including roles in the Department for Education and Cabinet Office.
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Sarah Maddock was Acting Director of Engagement and Communication at the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) from October 2012 to September 2013. Education Sarah studied History and French at the University of Surrey and the Univ…
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Sarah Mann took up her post as Consul-General Guangzhou in June 2023. She leads the UK government’s engagement in the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan and Jiangxi in South China. Sarah joined the Foreig…
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Sarah Milum was appointed as Chief Investigations Decision Officer in March 2025. Previously she has been Director of Investigations Compliance and was jointly responsible for leading multidisciplinary teams delivering trade…
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Sarah Montgomery OBE was the UK’s Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa, from June 2022 to May 2024. Prior to this, Sarah was: Trade and Economic Counsellor in the British Embassy Washington Head of the Gulf, Yeme…
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Sarah Mooney is His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan, and British Consul General to Dubai and the Northern Emirates, taking up the role in February 2025. Prior to taking up this role, Sarah was t…
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Sarah Munby was the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ) from February 2023 and July 2025. Sarah led the department since its inception in 2023, alongside its original respons…
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Sarah Newton was Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from November 2017 to March 2019. She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office from 17 July 2016 to 9 November 2017. She was Con…
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Sarah Payne is Director, National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in Wales. From 1 June 2014, Sarah will have responsibility for the new National Probation Service in Wales, as well as responsibility for all Welsh prisons…
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Sarah became Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Podgorica in October 2022. She has previously done postings in New Zealand, Uganda and New York and most recently in Moscow (2019 to 2022) where she was the Acting C…
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Curriculum Vitae 2018 to present FCDO, Head, Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre 2013 to 2017 Ambassador to Finland 2011 to 2013 FCO, Head, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq Department 2010 to 2011 Maternity leave 2009 to…
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Sarah Rapson was appointed Director General, UK Visas & Immigration in March 2014 (having been interim director general since April 2013). Sarah joined the civil service in 2005 as Operations Director at the Identity and…
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Sarah Richards had taken up post as The Planning Inspectorate Chief Executive in March 2016 and left this post in September 2022. Her previous role was Strategic Director Regeneration, Housing and Resources, at Slough Boroug…
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Sarah took up her appointment as Deputy British Ambassador to Denmark in July 2022. Prior to this appointment, she was Head of Gibraltar Policy Unit, FCDO. She has served as Deputy British Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2014 to…
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Sarah took up her post as Deputy Head of Mission in Yangon in July 2019. Her previous roles include: 2016-2019 Political Counsellor, British Embassy Yangon 2015-2016 Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary 2014-2015 Iran …
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Sarah Sackman KC MP was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice on 2 December 2024. She was Solicitor General from the 9 July 2024 to 2 December 2024. She was elected as the MP for Finchley and Golders Green i…
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Sarah Sanyahumbi has been head of DFID Malawi since August 2011. She has over 19 years of experience in DFID, 14 of which has been overseas. She has headed several DFID country programmes, with her last posting being head of…
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Sarah Steele is a Senior Legal Advisor for the North Sea Transition Authority, advising on Net Zero and Energy Transition matters at the intersection of law, strategy and policy development. She is working closely with gover…
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Sarah Taylor is the Director, Consular and Crisis at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She was appointed in July 2024. Previously Sarah led the FCDO’s Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation. …
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Sarah Taylor is the Chief People Officer for the Home Office, where she leads the people function, driving workforce transformation and engagement. The ambitious agenda of works will see her leading people-centric strategies…
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Sarah Teather served as Minister of State for Children and Families from May 2010 to September 2012. She was elected Liberal Democrat MP for Brent Central in May 2010. Sarah studied natural sciences at St John’s College, Cam…
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Sarah Tiffin was appointed UK Ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations in April 2023. Sarah previously served as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Dublin, and before that as Deputy Head of Mis…
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Curriculum vitae Date Role April 2022 to April 2025 FCDO, Governor of Montserrat 2020 to 2022 FCDO, Director of Strategy, British Virgin Islands 2020 FCDO, Head of Cruise Repatriation 2017 to 2020 FCO, Director of Corporate …
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Sarah Veale was Head of the Equality and Employment Rights Department at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), where she worked since 1985. She was a member of the TUC team which negotiated the agreement with the CBI and the Gove…
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Sarah Vodden is the Director - Business Operations for Innovate UK. Sarah has worked at Innovate UK since 2011, joining in the role of Competitions Manager. Coinciding with the increase of competitions that Innovate UK was a…
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Sarah joined the Civil Service as a patent examiner at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in 2009. Since then she has held a variety of policy and operational roles at the IPO, before joining Companies House as Director …
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Sarah Williams-Gardener was appointed as a Non-executive Director of DVLA in February 2024. Education Sarah left school after completing ‘O’ Levels. She later went on to an IBM sponsored MBA at INSEAD. Career Sarah spent 17 …
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Sarah Wilson has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy N’Djamena since July 2021. Sarah is a career diplomat who has previously served in a number of diplomatic roles. These include work on Somalia policy & …
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Sarah-Ellen joined DVLA in June 2025. She has worked in a number of senior and executive human resources (HR) and organisational development roles across the finance and social housing sector and, more recently, for a devolv…
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Satjit was previously Interim Chief Executive of the Shadow Trade Remedies Authority, the body which was a key part of safeguarding British Industry, post-Brexit. He was previously CEO of 2 healthcare professionals’ regulato…
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Saul Klein was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in April 2023. Saul is co-founder and Managing Partner of Phoenix Court, home to LocalGlobe, Latitude, Solar and B…
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Saurabh Bhandari was appointed Director, Property Delivery and Transformation, within the Office of Government Property (Cabinet Office), in May 2024. Saurabh leads strategic initiatives to modernise and optimise the Govern…
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Mr. Scott Furssedonn-Wood LVO was appointed Director Protocol and Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in July 2025. Prior to this role Scott was Interim Director …
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Scott Johnson is an experienced small and medium sized businesses practitioner in the construction sector. From his initial new start up business as a student, he has worked across the sector leading to his current role as c…