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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 years. Previous postings have included...
Dr Ruth Boumphrey is Director of Research at Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a global charity protecting life and property and supporting education, engineering-related research and public engagement. She is responsible for a large portfolio of grants, direct charitable activities and accelerated...
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 & Development Office in...
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 responsibility for...
Dr. Ruth Wiseman has been Deputy Head of the Embassy in Sarajevo since August 2018. She has come to Sarajevo from Canberra, Australia, where she headed up the Foreign and Security Policy Team at the British High Commission. Her last...
Ruth has extensive local government experience, having been first elected as a councillor at the London Borough of Sutton in 2002. She was Leader of the Council from 2012 until 2024. During that time, she was one of the Vice...
Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne became Directors General for Policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as a job-share in July 2023, adding a number of responsibilities to their previous role as Directors General for Culture, Sport,...
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...
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 the private sector on...
Ruth Tomlinson is a Legal Director in Home Office Legal Advisers in the Government Legal Department. She leads the policing, crime and national security team, as well as being Legal Director for the Northern Ireland Office. Ruth qualified as a...
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