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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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Rupert Pearce is the UK’s National Armaments Director ( NAD ) and a member of the Defence Board, as a 4*/Permanent Secretary grade civil servant. With over 40 years of experience, Rupert has built a distinguished career acro…
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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 Dunphy joined HS2 in October 2025 as Chief Transformation Officer at a pivotal moment in the delivery of the UK’s largest Rail Infrastructure programme. As part of the Executive Committee, Ruth is leading HS2’s Transfor…
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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…
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Ruth Hannant became Director General at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – on a job share basis with Polly Payne – in March 2021. Their current role at the department is the Directors General for Society, M…
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Ruth May is the Chief Nursing Officer for England and an Executive/National Director at NHS England and NHS Improvement. Prior to this, she was Executive Director of Nursing at NHS Improvement from 2016 to 2019, and Director…
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Before joining HMRC, Ruth was Work Services Director and Deputy Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). She was previously Chief Operating Officer in Jobcentre Plus. She has spent two spells in…
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Prior to assuming her role as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Riga in April 2018, Ruth worked as Economic and Prosperity Officer at the British Consulate General Istanbul. Ruth joined the Foreign, Commonwealth …
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Ruth joined HMRC as Director of Indirect Tax in March 2016, and has led on Customs and Indirect Tax since early 2017. Since joining the Civil Service in the 1990s, she has led a range of policy work in different departments …
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Ruth joined HS2 in July 2021. She is a member of both the Executive Team, reporting directly to Chief Executive Mark Thurston, and the HS2 Board. Ruth will head up the new Commercial Directorate, where she will have responsi…
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Ruth Wayte joined the Legal Aid Agency in July 2003 as deputy legal director. She’s been a member of the executive team since 2010. Her previous roles include: Legal Director, Legal Services Commission Deputy Legal Director,…
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Ryan Shorthouse is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. Ryan is the Founder and Executive Chair of the independent think tank, Bright Blue. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at King’s College London and a Trustee of the Wha…
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Ryan Williams is the Chief Economist at Enoda, an electricity grid technology company based in Edinburgh. He was previously a Director at Grant Thornton UK, specialising in energy economics. Ryan was also a Principal at Oxer…
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Sachin Jogia is a Non-Executive Director at HM Revenue and Customs (appointed September 2025), and a Non-Executive Board member at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (appointed on 18 March 2025). Sachin h…
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Sadie Morgan BA (HONS), MA (RCA), FRSA is a co-founding director at the award-winning practice, dRMM Architects. She became the youngest and only third ever-female President of the Architectural Association in 2013. In March…
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He is the founding chief executive of Youth Leads UK, a charity he established aged 15 and has supported more than 7,000 disadvantaged young Greater Mancunians access volunteering opportunities and skills development program…
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Sally Axworthy was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan in August 2025. Her previous roles include time as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Joint Head of the North Africa Department, Head of the Great La…
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Sally Collier was appointed Chief Regulator of Ofqual in April 2016. Her previous roles include: Chief Executive, Crown Commercial Service Managing Director, Government Procurement Service Director of Procurement Policy and …
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Sally Dixon brings HR and change experience to the Board, with over 20 years’ experience at the professional services firm PwC, advising clients how to deal with people issues during times of change, in particular during mer…
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Sally Hedley has been the Deputy British High Commissioner to Tanzania since July 2024. She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (formerly Foreign and Commonwealth Office) in 2010, and has served overseas…
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Sally Jones joined the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) as the interim Head of the Corporate Centre in September 2015 and left LAA on 22 September 2017. Her previous roles include: Private Secretary to Jonathan Djanogly, minister for …
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Sally Jones-Evans was a Non-Executive Director at the Department for International Development from March 2017 to August 2020. Sally sat on the Departmental Board and was also a member of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committ…
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Sally Langrish was appointed Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Legal Adviser (Director General, Legal) on 1 May 2022. Sally first joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Legal Directorate in 1995, working o…
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Sally has held senior digital transformation roles in the public, private and third sector for over 20 years. Recently, she has been the founder/chief executive officer of the Centre for Digital Public Services in Wales, an …
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Sally Randall was appointed Director General for Environment at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 14 October 2024. Before this, Sally was Director General of Food, Biosecurity and Trade from August 20…