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The Head of the Governor’s Office is Mark Turner who has 38 years service with the FCO. He is responsible for the efficient and accountable running of the office, leads on issues of law and order and legal issues as...
Steve O’Donoghue is our incoming Director of Corporate Services and joins us in February 2021. He has extensive experience in public sector finances, corporate governance, risk management and strategic HR and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public...
Rowland’s early career was in H.M. Customs and Excise where he progressed to senior roles in both Human Resources and IT Management. In 1999 he joined Land Registry where he initially worked in HR roles firstly in the Local Plymouth...
John Rankin CMG became Governor of the British Virgin Islands on 29 January 2021. Mr Rankin was Governor of Bermuda from December 2016 to November 2020. He was previously British Ambassador to Nepal and before that was British High Commissioner...
Rob Linham was appointed UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe in May 2018. He specialises in human rights and legal matters. Rob joined the Lord Chancellor’s Department in 2001, which became the Department for Constitutional Affairs and...
Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries
Sir Nic Dakin was appointed Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) on 16 September 2025. He was previously Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) from 10 July 2024 to 16 September 2025, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State...
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