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  • Stephanie Peacock was appointed the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth on 9 July 2024. She was elected to serve as the Member of Parliament for Barnsley East in 2017 and has represented Barnsley South since 2…

  • Stephen A. Carter was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2017 to 2020. Stephen is the Group Chief Executive of Informa plc, the international Academic Publ…

  • Stephen Aldridge has been Chief Analyst/ Chief Economist and Director of Analysis and Data Directorate since 2011. He continues in this role at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. A government economis…

  • Before joining the East West Railway Company, Stephen worked for Chiltern Railways and was instrumental in the infrastructure build of the Oxford to Bicester line which forms the start of the East West Railway.

  • Stephen Barrett joined the CNPA Board in April 2010. He is a member of the Senior Appointments Committee and former chair of the Finance, Planning and Performance Committee. He is an advisor, office holder and board member a…

  • Stephen Barter is Chairman of Wilton Capital Advisers, his own independent investment firm. Until recently, he was Chairman of KPMG’s Real Estate Advisory practice. He has over 40 years’ experience in real estate during whic…

  • Stephen Bligh became a BIS non-executive board member in September 2014. He is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee at BIS. Stephen is a chartered accountant who retired recently after 34 years with KPMG. He has…

  • Stephen Boyle is interim Chair of the NHS Pay Review Body and has been a Member of the NHS Pay Review Body since 1 August 2021. Stephen has worked as an economist for more than 35 years, in the public and private sectors, in…

  • Stephen Braviner Roman, Director General for Directorate Litigation with Justice and Security, responsible for GLD’s Litigation Group, the advisory Divisions for the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Defence, DCM…

  • Stephen Brice is the Deputy Governor of the Falkland Islands.  He arrived in the Falklands in April 2025, having previously completed postings in Afghanistan, India and Tanzania. Stephen has been a member of the Diplomatic S…

  • Stephen Bridges served as Consul General in Chicago, Illinois from August 2013 until August 2017. Formerly, he was in London leading on organizational design and workforce issues for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office fro…

  • Steve Brooker joined the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) as Head of Marine Planning in 2010, and in March 2013 he became Director of Marine Development. Since 1 March 2016, Steve has reduced his working contract and now…

  • Stephen is the Interim Director - AI & Data Economy, as well as being the Challenge Director for Next Generation Services. This programme aims to support the transformation of the accountancy, insurance and legal service…

  • Stephen Campbell joined the Student Loans Company as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in August 2019. Before joining SLC, Stephen held a number of senior IT and management positions at HBoS, Lloyds and most recently Aegon whe…

  • Stephen Cave was appointed Legal Director at the Department for Transport in June 2022, having previously been DfT’s Deputy Legal Director since April 2022. Since leaving private practice as a solicitor, Stephen has worked i…

  • Stephen Conlon was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan in May 2023. Prior to this, he studied Russian language full time. Stephen started his career in 1999 as the Desk Officer in the Economic Policy Departmen…

  • Stephen Dance is a Chartered Surveyor and Director of Infrastructure Strategy at the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA). He holds current non executive directorships in Local Partnerships LL…

  • Stephen Dauncey was the Chief Finance Officer for Highways England and had been a Board member since incorporation. He was a core member of the team that completed the transition from a government agency to a publicly owned …

  • Stephen Dingle became Chair of the Board in April 2013, having been appointed a non-executive director in 2008. His background is in banking and finance with property, mining and higher education specialisations. He was form…

  • Stephen Doughty was appointed Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on 8 July 2024. Stephen was first elected as Welsh Labour and Co-operat…

  • Stephen started his role as British Consul General in Chongqing in October 2020 and leads the British Government’s engagement in south west China. Before this, Stephen was Minister Counsellor for the Department for Internati…

  • Stephen Foreshew-Cain was appointed Executive Director of the Government Digital Service in September 2015. Stephen started his career as an analyst in the mobile telecommunications sector in 1992. His other career highlight…

  • Stephen has over 30 years’ experience working as a professional economist across a range of regulated sectors including post, water, rail, aviation, ports, energy and telecoms. He is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy Sc…

  • Stephen Gifford is an economist with 30 years of professional experience across the public and private sector. Stephen has expertise in economic regulation, competition, economic policy, economic appraisal, evaluation, econo…

  • Stephen has operated at scale in a wide range of HR leadership roles spanning both the public and private sectors. He was a Managing Director at Bain Capital until 2021, and is currently a Senior Adviser at the firm. He is a…

  • Stephen was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in March 2025. Career Stephen’s professional career started in policing, where he served for 30 years with the Metropolitan Police Service. He served at a number o…

  • Stephen Hammond was a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care from 16 November 2018 to 25 July 2019. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport from 4 September 2012 to 15 Ju…

  • Stephen Harrison is responsible to the Home Office for the development and delivery of ‘Fighting Fraud Together’, the national fraud strategy via the work of the NFA and its partners, aiming to make the UK more resilient to,…

  • Stephen was previously Managing Director of Provider Regulation at Monitor, the healthcare sector regulator whose responsibilities transferred to NHS Improvement on 1 April 2016, responsible for the monitoring, compliance an…

  • Stephen was appointed Chairman of the NDA on 1 March 2008 and was re-appointed in March 2014 for a further three years until 2017. A Chartered Management Accountant, his career has included senior financial and operational r…

  • Stephen Hickey was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iraq in September 2019. Prior to this appointment, he was the Ambassador and Political Co-ordinator in the UK Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Stephen joined t…

  • Stephen Hill was lead non-executive board member at the Department for Business and Trade between May 2023 and August 2024. He was previously a Non-Executive Board Member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial…

  • Stephen Hillcoat joined the Wales Office in July 2010 as Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State. He joined the Civil Service in 1986, and has worked in a number of departments covering a wide range of policy a…

  • Mr Stephen Charles Hitchen was His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq from July 2023 to February 2025. Prior to this appointment, Stephen performed a number of Director roles in London, with a focus on the Middle E…

  • Stephen Hughes joined HS2 in April 2019, being a highly experienced local government leader, having served as Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council for nearly 10 years. Stephen previously held an executive role at Brent…

  • Steve is Actuarial Director responsible for Quality, Compliance and Risk. He is a member of GAD’s Management Board and Executive. He provides Management Board oversight of the Insurance and Investment team. Steve joined GAD …

  • Stephen joined the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) after 10 years’ experience in the biotechnology industry, latterly as Research Director of Cantab Pharmaceuticals. From 1980 to 1990 he was a…

  • Stephen Jack was appointed as Chairperson of the Independent Living Fund’s board of trustees in April 2007. Stephen is a chartered accountant who has held senior management positions in a number of international financial se…

  • Stephen Kelly was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Government and Head of the Efficiency and Reform Group in September 2012. Stephen has been on the board and held executive roles at UK FTSE and US NASDAQ companies. He …

  • Stephen became a Senior Director in Immigration Enforcement in March 2014. He has been a civil servant since 1985, and has held policy, strategy and finance roles at the Cabinet Office, Department for Education and on second…

  • Stephen Kinnock was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 8 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Aberafan Maesteg in July 2024.

  • Stephen is Chief Land and Development Officer for Homes England. He leads the Development Directorate, with the agency now one of the largest land and master developers in the country. He has strong commercial and profession…

  • Stephen Lightfoot became the Chair of the MHRA on 1 September 2020, having been a Non-Executive Director of the agency since September 2015. He is also Chair of the NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB) and was previously t…

  • Mr Stephen Lillie CMG became the Director for Defence and International Security at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in September 2022. A senior career diplomat, Stephen has extensive experience of c…

  • Stephen has a background in education, working in a range of schools and a university school of education before joining Ofsted. At Ofsted, he initially focused on the inspection of schools causing concern, before gaining ex…

  • Stephen Marston spent most of his professional career working in the education service, particularly higher and further education.  He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire from 2011 to 2023.  He was elect…

  • Stephen Martin joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable on 9 May 2022. He had previously been a police officer in Northern Ireland for nearly 34 years, retiring as the T/Deputy Chief Constable in Janua…

  • Mr Stephen McCormick was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He joined the FCO in 1990 and has held several posts, most recently the Deputy Head of Mission in Baku, Azerbaijan. Stephen has two children. 2015 Deputy Head of Mi…

  • Stephen joined the SIA in January 2009 as interim Director of Service Delivery. Career Stephen was previously the Director of Strategy and Business Development for Shared Services at the Home Office. He led the design and cr…

  • Stephen McPartland was Minister of State (Minister for Security) between 7 July 2022 and 6 September 2022. He was elected Conservative MP for Stevenage in May 2010. Stephen completed his first degree in History at the Univer…