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Scott Mann was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 28 October 2022 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2…
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Scott was Director General of the Crime Police and Fire Group (CPFG) from November 2017 to February 2020. He was previously acting Director General for Justice and Courts Policy in the Ministry of Justice and has over 20 yea…
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Scott Simpson was Deputy Head of Mission in the British Embassy in Costa Rica from 2008 to 2013. Previously he has served in Thailand, Peru and Greece. Scott has substantial consular and security experience. He joined the FC…
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Scott Waddington has spent the majority of his career in the hospitality sector, specifically in drinks marketing and pub retailing working with businesses including Bass, Carlsberg and Century Inns. He joined the privately …
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Scott Wightman was a diplomat for the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office until 2019. Most recently he was the British High Commissioner to Singapore, and before that the UK Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. He also work…
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Scott Wilson was appointed National Counter Terrorism Co-ordinator, Protect and Prepare, in April 2014. He’s worked with the Metropolitan Police since 2003, where his previous roles include: Commander, Metropolitan Police In…
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Sean Canavan, BA (Hons) MRTPI, MPA took up the post of Director of Strategy in April 2022. His previous role was Head of Strategy and Change at the Planning Inspectorate. Sean is a chartered town planner with over 30 years’ …
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Sean joined the IPO as a patent examiner in 1978. In addition to a series of leadership roles, he has had experience of domestic policy development and international negotiation. As a tribunal Hearing Officer, he has decided…
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Sean Donovan-Smith is Head of the Investment Management and Funds Group for the London office of international law firm K&L Gates LLP. Sean is a financial services lawyer with almost 20 years’ experience in the financial…
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Sean Golding was appointed as Interim Director of Finance, Planning and Performance in April 2024. He was formerly Head of Finance having joined CCS in early 2018. He has previously acted as Finance Director for several priv…
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Sean Harford became National Director, Education in September 2015 and retired in August 2021. Sean was appointed Her Majesty’s Inspector in 2003. Since joining Ofsted he has worked in school improvement, school inspection p…
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Sean Melbourne is the Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) at British Embassy Astana, Kazakhstan. He has been Head of Climate Change & Energy West Africa, based in Abuja, since August 2019. Before that he spent 6 years as Deputy…
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Sean Pearce is Chief Operating Officer at Ofqual. He has previously worked for: West Midlands Combined Authority, as Director of Finance and Corporate Services Worcestershire County Council, as Chief Financial Officer PwC, s…
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Sean Taggart is co-owner and Chief Executive of The Albatross Group of Companies. Since 1995, Sean and his team have grown Albatross from its origins as two relatively small and specialist domestic wholesale tour operators h…
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Seb is the Humanitarian and Development Director for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) leading UK’s international development engagement in South Sudan. Prior to South Sudan, Seb was Humanitarian Tea…
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Seema Kennedy was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Office from 26 July 2019 to 16 December 2019. She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care from April 2019 to July 20…
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Seema Malhotra MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Department for Education on 8 October, in addition to her current role as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in th…
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Professor Selina Stead is the Executive Dean of Environment at the University of Leeds and the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor for the Marine Management Organisation. Previously, Selina served as Dean of Research an…
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Selvarani Elahi has worked for LGC , a life sciences research and testing company, since 1991. Her first role was as a scientific officer in the Food and Nutrition Group. Since then Selvarani has worked in a number of differ…
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Serena Stone was the Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from June 2018 to April 2019. She previously served 2 Foreign Secretaries as their Private Secretary with lead r…
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Seth Kybird is interim Chief Executive Officer at Nuclear Waste Services (NWS). Before joining NWS in April 2025, Seth was CEO at Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) since its formation in 2021, and previously Managing Directo…
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Seyi is Chief Executive of Centrepoint, the leading national charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK. He is also Chairman of Youth Futures Foundation and a member of the London Fire Brigade’s Audit Committee. Pr…
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Shailesh Vara was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 7 July 2022 and 6 September 2022. He previously served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and then Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office bet…
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Shalini Khemka is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of E2Exchange (E2E), which champions and connects entrepreneurs, creates communities, invests equity capital and recruits non-executive directors for …
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Shalini Medepalli is the British Deputy Head of Mission in Chennai, representing the UK in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Previously, Shalini worked in the Strategy directorate in FCDO. She has worked for other departments acros…
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Shamik was the Chief Economist and Director for Economics at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2014 until 2019. He has had 30 years experience as a professional economist, alternating between private and public sector…
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Shan Morgan represented the UK on the Committee of the Deputy Representatives of the Member States (Coreper I) in the Council from 2012 to 2016. Coreper I is responsible for policy and legislative negotiations covering emplo…
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Shane Lynch joined UK Export Finance in May 2015 as HR Director. Prior to joining Shane held a number of roles in both the public and private sectors, most recently as HR Director at Islington Council. Shane is a Chartered F…
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Sharon Isabel Campbell arrived in the Dominican Republic on 23 October 2015 to take up her post as Her Majesty’s Ambassador (non-Resident) to the Republic of Haiti until 27 August 2020. She presented her credentials to Presi…
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Sharon Sawers has been the Director of Communications at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since January 2022. She leads external and internal communications including campaigns on priorities such as t…
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Sharon Wardle was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria from 2021 to 2024. Before this, Sharon was British High Commissioner to The Gambia. Curriculum Vitae 2016 to 2017 Tunis, Head North Africa Counter Terrorism & Extremi…
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Sharon Wilkins has been British Deputy High Commissioner to Rwanda since June 2012. She also covers Burundi. Sharon joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2006. She has previously served in the UK’s Delegation to NATO…
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Shaun Cleary has been British High Commissioner to Mozambique since April 2010. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1988. His previous FCO overseas postings were as Political Officer, South Africa (1990-1994); U…
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Shaun was Director General for Europe, International and Constitution at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between November 2019 and October 2020. He was responsible for leading Defra ’s work on EU Exit,…
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Shaun McNally was appointed as Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) in April 2016. He joined the Agency as Director, Case Management in October 2012. His previous roles include: Director, Crime, HM Courts Service Pe…
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Shaun Robarts has worked in the nuclear industry since 1994 when he started his career in radiation protection on operating Nuclear Licensed Site. In his role as Waste Management Director, Shaun leads for RWM on the provisio…
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Career Shehzad Charania MBE is the Director of Legal Affairs and International Relations at GCHQ. Shehzad was admitted as a solicitor in 2005. After a number of years in private practice, he joined the Treasury Solicitor’s D…
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Sheila Drew Smith OBE was appointed as a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 17 May 2012. Her term will end on 16 February 2018. She also serves as the Chair of the National Approved Letting Scheme and as …
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Sheila Mitchell joined PHE on 1st April 2013. Career highlights Head of consumer marketing communications at BT Partner in independent marketing consultancy with financial and telco clients Marketing adviser to Howell James …
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Shelagh Legrave was appointed as Further Education Commissioner in 2021. Shelagh has served as Principal and CEO of a large college group, and has a background in finance. She led through multiple mergers and improvements, a…
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Sher Houston joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. She has previously served in Bridgetown, UKRep Brussels, Islamabad and Luxembourg. Sher’s portfolios have included Middle East affairs, visas and immigration, …
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Sherry Coutu has a deep understanding of the digital sector having been a serial entrepreneur, investor and non exec director of companies, charities and universities for 25 years. She chairs Founders4Schools, Workfinder, Th…
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Shevaun Haviland joined the Civil Service in 2016 as the Deputy Director of Business Partnerships at the Cabinet Office. From 2017, Shevaun also became the head of Business Relations at Number 10, Downing Street alongside he…
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Shilpi Sahai, M.B.A, Fellow-Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, took up the post of Chief People Officer in July 2023. Her previous role was Deputy Director HR & OD at NHSEI, London Shared Services. Shilpi’…
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Having proudly led the transformation and development of organisational capability to prepare HS2 Ltd for delivery, Shira joined HS2 Ltd’s Executive Committee in October 2021 and leads the People, Organisation and Communitie…
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Shirley is a successful business leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience gained in delivering first-class financial, commercial, and operational leadership across the Private and Public Sectors. She is a former Ch…
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Shirley has most recently been the chief people officer at Scottish Water, where she was accountable for all people practices, engagement and internal communications, people change, workplaces, enterprise-wide transformation…
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Shona Bathgate was Head of HMRC Division in the Office of the Advocate General from 31 August 2020 to 01 March 2024.
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Shona was Second Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) from April 2021 to May 2024. Before joining DHSC, Shona was: Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from 2018 to 2021 Director Ge…