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Harriet Thompson is the British High Commissioner for Ghana, arriving in June 2021, and is also the Non-Resident Ambassador to Benin and Non-Resident High Commissioner to Togo. Before her arrival in Ghana, Ms Thompson was the British Deputy High Commissioner...
Jan Thompson has served as the British Ambassador to Norway since April 2023. Previously, she was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to India in August 2018. She served as British Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2013-2017 and then, temporarily, as...
Sir Jonathan was appointed Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) in April 2016 after more than 3 years as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. As Chief Executive, Sir Jonathan is responsible...
On Thursday 8 May 2025, the Attorney General Lord Hermer KC delivered the Thompson Foundation Lecture on “Employment law and the fundamental right to security”
Simon Thompson has been selected as the new Chair of the Met Office Board and will start his appointment on 1 December 2024.
Lindsy was appointed Resident British Commissioner to Antigua and Barbuda from October 2019 to February 2024. Her previous posting was as Consular Regional Manager for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Lindsy joined the...
Sir Jon Thompson joined HS2 in April 2021 and was appointed as Chair on 9 February 2023. Sir Jon’s appointment, after almost a year as Deputy Chair, came at a pivotal time for the HS2 programme. Sir Jon brings decades of experience...
Mark Thompson is the Director of Platforms, Data and Interoperability, a specialist Digital, Data and Technology unit within Cabinet Office Government People Group. He is leading on developing innovative ways to modernise the Civil Service’s employee supporting systems, such as...
Jonathan is an independent Non-Executive Director at the Government Property Agency (GPA) and Chair of its audit and risk committee. Jonathan was appointed to the GPA Board in August 2021. Jonathan is the Non-Executive Chair of the Argent group of...
Peter Thompson is the Deputy Chief Executive at Dstl. He has spent 20 years in the defence and security sector and has held various roles in the civil service, including strategic advisor to MOD’s Chief Scientific Adviser programme director, Dstl...
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