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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...
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...
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...
Garry has over 30 years experience as a senior industrial relations and collective bargaining expert working across the public and private sectors. After working for a brief period in consultancy, he currently works as an Interim Industrial Relations Lead for...
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...
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Alistair Burt was appointed UK Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions in July 2026 Alistair was Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the Department for International Development from June...
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