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Simon was the interim Director of Communication at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from April to October 2018. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies and was previously Director of Communications and …

Sinead O’Sullivan was the Director of Delivery from September 2013 and Accounting Officer from September 2015 for the NCTL to March 2018.

Siobhan Duffy joined UK Government Investments in 2021 to lead the Contingent Liability Central Capability (CLCC), an analytical and advisory unit set up to strengthen contingent liability expertise across government. Prior …

Sir Adam Thomson KCMG served as the UK Permanent Representative to NATO from 2014 to 2016. Full Name: Mr Adam Thomson Married to: Fariba Shirazi Thomson Children: Three *2010-2013 British High Commissioner to Pakistan 2006-2…

Adrian Johns served for 35 years in the Royal Navy specialising as a helicopter pilot and flying instructor but also commanding 5 times at sea in ships ranging from a minesweeper to HMS OCEAN, Britain’s largest warship at th…

Knighted in 2011 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001, Sir Adrian is a distinguished statistician and currently the vice-chancellor at the University of London. He previously served as Director General, Knowledg…

Alan Massey became the Chief Executive, Maritime and Coastguard Agency in July 2010. Before joining the MCA, Alan was in the Royal Navy, where he was Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command, in the rank of…

Sir Alec Douglas-Home served as Prime Minister between 1963 to 1964. Read more about the life and achievements of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in our past Prime Ministers section.

Sir Alex Allan had a long career in the civil service, including roles as Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and to the Prime Minister; as High Commissioner to Australia; as the Government’s ‘e-En…

Alex Chisholm became Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office in April 2020. Prior to that he was the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industr…

Sir Andrew is a former UK Ambassador to Israel, and was UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues from June 2010 to September 2015. Sir Andrew’s career includes the following positions: British Ambassador to Israel, 1992 to…

Sir Andrew Dilnot is Warden of Nuffield College Oxford and Chair of the Geospatial Commission. He was Chairman of the UK Statistics Authority from 2012 to 2017, and was the Chairman of the Commission on the Funding of Care a…

Sir Andrew Witty was the BIS Lead Non-Executive until February 2014. Andrew became CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in May 2008. Before this he held a variety of roles within the company both in the UK and overseas before being …

Sir Anthony Eden served as Prime Minister between 1955 to 1957. Read more about the life and achievements of Sir Anthony Eden in our past Prime Ministers section.

Sir Bernard is a British statistician who is Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Oxford. Following senior appointments at the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Oxford, he was the Chief Scientific Advisor to…

Sir Bob Kerslake became Permanent Secretary for the Department for Communities and Local Government ( DCLG ) on 1 November 2010. He was also Head of the Civil Service from January 2012 to September 2014. Sir Bob started his …

Sir Charles Montgomery joined Border Force as director general in March 2013. Education Sir Charles joined the Royal Navy through BRNC Dartmouth in 1973, spending his first three years in service at Sheffield University, gai…

Sir Charlie Mayfield was appointed Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in November 2010. Charlie became the John Lewis Partnership’s fifth Chairman in March 2007. He joined the Partnership in 2000 as Head…

Sir Chris Bryant was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade on 6 September 2025. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department f…

Sir Chris Wormald was appointed Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service in December 2024. Before this he served as Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health (now Department of Health and Social Care). He has al…

Sir Colin was appointed to ACOBA in 2009. He started his career in the Diplomatic Service in 1967, serving in Warsaw, Islamabad, The Hague and Bonn, including 2 years as Chef de Cabinet to the Vice-President of the European …

Sir Craig Mackey is a Non-Executive Director at HM Revenue and Customs (appointed September 2025). He was previously Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service and retired in 2018. He has operated as a senior pol…

Crawford Falconer is the Second Permanent Secretary for the Department for Business and Trade. He also heads the trade negotiation profession within the Civil Service. Previously he was the Second Permanent Secretary for the…

Sir David Bell is the Vice Chair of Skills England, an executive agency being set up within the Department for Education. Sir David has 40 years’ experience in the education and skills sector and is currently Vice-Chancellor…

Sir David Calvert-Smith was appointed Chair, Parole Board in October 2012. He has been a High Court Judge in the King’s Bench Division since 2004. His previous roles include: Presiding Judge, South Eastern Circuit Director, …

Sir David Carter was the National Schools Commissioner from 1 February 2016 to 31 August 2018. Before his appointment he was the first Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West. David is a music graduate of the Univer…

Sir David Holmes CBE was appointed as Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in June 2025. He is currently Chief Executive of Family Action, a charity which provides support to children and families. David hol…

Sir David King was the permanent Special Representative for Climate Change from September 2013 until March 2017. Sir David was previously the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he rais…

David was Chair of the Low Pay Commission from 1 May 2009 to 31 December 2016. He is Chairman of Pensions First, the Family Justice Board and the Amnesty International Charitable Trust. Prior to David’s role as Chair of the …

Sir David Reddaway has been British Ambassador to Turkey since 2009. He was previously Ambassador to Ireland (2006-9); High Commissioner to Canada (2003-6); a Fellow at Harvard University (2002-3); UK Special Representative …

Sir David Verey started his working life at investment bankers Lazard Brothers in 1972, rising to Director in 1983 and Chairman from 1990 to 2001. He remains a Senior Adviser at Lazards but has also held positions on the boa…

The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG was British High Commissioner to the Republic of India. Curriculum Vitae Full name The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG Married to Louise Asquith Children Four 2016 - 2019 British H…

Sir Dominick Chilcott is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1982. He has served as: High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives (2006 to 2007) Deputy Ambassador to the United States (2008 to …

Sir Edward Garnier was Solicitor General from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Harborough on 9 April 1992. Sir Edward was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, Jesus College, Oxford and the…

Sir Edward Heath served as Prime Minister between 1970 to 1974. Read more about the life and achievements of Sir Edward Heath in our past Prime Ministers section.

Sir Edward Lister became Chairman of Homes England in June 2016. He also served as a Non Executive Director at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from April 2017 until July 2019. Sir Edward has a considerable background i…

Sir Ernest Ryder became Senior President of Tribunals in September 2015. Sir Ernest was called to the Bar in 1981 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997. He became a Recorder in 2000. He was appointed a High Court judge, and …

Sir Geoffrey Adams was the British Ambassador to Egypt from September 2018 to August 2021. Sir Geoffrey joined the diplomatic service in 1979. Prior to his appointment to Egypt, he was British Ambassador to the Netherlands a…

Sir George Hollingbery was appointed British Ambassador to Cuba from February 2022 to January 2025. He was the Member of Parliament for Meon Valley from 2010 to 2019. UK government As Minister of State for Trade Policy 2018 …

Sir George Newman was called to the Bar by Middle Temple in 1965 and took silk in 1981. During his career at the Bar, as well as being involved in international commercial cases, he was one of the leading practitioners in th…

Sir Harry Studholme has owned and managed forests in South West England for over 20 years. He has been a GB Forestry Commissioner since 2007 until appointed Interim Chair from January 2013 to January 2014 and then Chair in F…

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman served as Prime Minister between 1905 to 1908. Read more about the life and achievements of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in our past Prime Ministers section.

Howard Davies is Chairman of the Phoenix Group. He is also Professor of Practice at the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) and Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory…