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  • Brett Welch was appointed Legal Director at the Department for Transport in January 2018, having been the Deputy Legal Director for 16 months prior to that. Previous roles have involved advising HM Treasury and the Departmen…

  • Brian D Clark is Professor of Environmental Management and Planning at Aberdeen University. He was a Board Member of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Chairman of the North Region Board and the Planning &…

  • Mr Brian Davidson CMG serves as His Majesty’s Consul General to Hong Kong and Non-Resident Consul General to Macao, having taken up the position in July 2021. Brian joined the FCO in 1985 and has served in Beijing, Guangzhou…

  • Brian Deegan is the Director of Inspections at Active Travel England. Brian is one of the UK’s leading experts in active travel design and helped write the ‘Cycling Level of Service’ and ‘Healthy Street Check for Designers’,…

  • Brian Etheridge was appointed Acting Director General Rail Executive in July 2015 Career Brian Etheridge began his career in local government then worked at the Association of District Councils, the Department of the Environ…

  • Brian graduated in chemical engineering at Cambridge University and worked in ICI for 15 years doing research work, technology development, site production management and business restructuring leadership. Whilst working in …

  • Dr Brian Jones was appointed British High Commissioner to Fiji in February 2022. Brian is also accredited as non-resident High Commissioner to Kiribati and Tuvalu, and non-resident British Ambassador to The Republic of Marsh…

  • Brian Landers was appointed as Chair, Companies House on 1 August 2012. He is also a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Brian was previously deputy chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service, trustee of the Royal Ar…

  • Brian McBride is Chair at Trainline PLC. He is Lead Non-Executive Director on the Board of the UK’s Ministry of Defence, a UK Government appointment and he is also a Senior Adviser with Scottish Equity Partners. Brian steppe…

  • Brian Olley served as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania from September 2019 until September 2024. Brian joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2002 and previous to this role was British Hig…

  • Brian joined Magnox in 2017 as Technical Director, on secondment from Cavendish Nuclear. Brian was previously Decommissioning Strategy Director for Cavendish Nuclear. Prior to joining Cavendish Nuclear, Brian worked for UREN…

  • Brian Strutton became a Low Pay Commissioner on 1 May 2014. He is the General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association, joint secretary of the National Joint Council (NJC) for local government services, member of …

  • Brian joined DVLA in June 2019 as Chief Technology Officer. Education Brian holds an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Career Brian has more than 20 years of experience in Inform…

  • Brian Tytherleigh was the Director of Operations at NCTL from September 2013 to June 2016. His previous roles included: Director of Operations, Teaching Agency Director for Business Development and Performance at the Childre…

  • Brid Breathnach was Deputy Official Solicitor from June 2016 to January 2020.

  • Marital Status: Married Children: One daughter 2020 to 2023 British Ambassador to Jordan 2018 to 2019 Department for Exiting the European Union, Deputy Director, Near Neighbours 2017 to 2018 Various roles including Cabinet O…

  • Bridget Rosewell OBE, CBE, MA, MPhil, FICE was appointed Chair of the Independent Review into Planning Appeal Inquiries in June 2018. Bridget is an experienced director, policy maker and economist. She has a track record in …

  • Andrew Harrison was educated in London and completed a degree in Economics prior to joining the Parachute Regiment in 1990. His service through the 1990’s included multiple tours to Northern Ireland, a year with the UN in Ir…

  • Barry Le Grys worked in the offshore oil industry before going to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and being commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers. He has since commanded at all levels up to and including brigade on…

  • Brigadier Doug Gibson arrived in Ottawa as the UK Defence Adviser (DA) in August 2020. Brigadier Gibson was commissioned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Engineers - the British Army’s Civil Engineers - at the R…

  • Brigadier Jonathan Calder-Smith was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1983. His early career was spent in Germany, Northern Ireland and the UK in a variety of Regimental and Instructional posts, most particularly with…

  • Brigadier Marcus Simson commissioned into The Queen’s Own Hussars, an armoured main battle tank regiment in 1989. Stationed in Germany at the tail end of the Cold War, he fulfilled a number of junior Regimental appointments …

  • Brigadier Orr is delighted to have arrived in Ottawa as the UK Defence Adviser (DA) in the British High Commission. Having spent time previously in Canada at CFB Gagetown, in the Tactics School (1995-1997), and in CFB Suffie…

  • Brigadier Best has served for 30 years in the British Army. During his career he has deployed many times on operations, including Cyprus, Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and South Sudan. Educated at the …

  • Born in 1959, Will Taylor joined the Royal Marines in 1979, and arrived in Canberra as the Defence Attaché on completion of a short tour in the Naval Command Headquarters. He served extensively in the Commando Brigade both a…

  • Ms Joëlle Jenny was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark in succession to Ms Emma Hopkins OBE in October 2024. Curriculum vitae Full name: Joëlle Elisabeth Selma Jenny   2021 to 2024 FCDO, Director, S…

  • Bronwen has held leadership positions in both private and public sector most recently as Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development for an NHS Trust. Bronwen sits as a lay member of the JCIO disciplinary panel,…

  • Bronwyn Hill was Permanent Secretary at Defra between 2011 and 2015. Bronwyn was previously Director General, Major Projects and London at the Department for Transport, responsible for transport’s contribution to the 2012 Ol…

  • Brooks Newmark was Minister for Civil Society from 15 July until 27 September 2014. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Braintree in May 2005. Education Brooks studied at Harvard College and Harvard Business School, an…

  • Bruce Bucknell is the British Deputy High Commissioner Kolkata. He represents the UK in the 13 Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagala…

  • Bruce Calderwood is a trustee of the Avenues Group, a charity specialising in supporting people with complex needs. He was for many years a senior official in DWP in a wide range of roles. He ended his civil service career a…

  • Dr Bruce Macaulay, D.Tech, BSc., C.Eng. MIEE Dr Bruce Macaulay, a Chartered Engineer, has 35 years experience within the disciplines of Electrical, Electronic, Software and Communication Systems Engineering. He has held a va…

  • Bruce Mann, who is a member of CIPFA, became the Cabinet Office’s Finance Director in December 2009. Bruce joined the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) in 1979. After early work in policy roles (especially nuclear issues), the Fal…

  • Bruce is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He has over thirty years’ experience within the UK nuclear industry in all aspects of radioactive waste management incl…

  • Bryan Clark was appointed Director, Digital and Change, at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in March 2015. Bryan has worked in technology for over 30 years including 15 years as Partner & European CIO of K…

  • Bryn Orton is the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Costa Rica and Nicaragua since 6 October 2022. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 2015, first serving in the Europe Directorate before moving to No 10 Downi…

  • Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy, Skopje

  • Béatrice Lightfoot was appointed Interim Director of Central Services and Transformation in April 2017. Previous roles include: Director – Digital and Technology, EFA and SFA Chief Technology Officer, SFA Head of Operational…

  • Caitlin was appointed Deputy Head of Mission on 11 November 2015. She joined the FCO in 1990 and has worked in Cyprus, the UK’s delegation to NATO in Brussels, Guatemala and Cuba. Caitlin has done a wide variety of work in L…

  • Caleb Deeks became Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform 2023. He shares the role with Gavin Lambert . He wa…

  • Cameron Fox joined UK Export Finance in January 2006 and has held a number of Finance positions within the organisation over this period. Prior to joining Cameron worked at HM Treasury on a number of finance projects. Camero…

  • Cameron Robson joined the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) in August 2016. Initially, he was the group chief internal auditor for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). In October 2019, he took on the role o…

  • Candida Morley was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the UK Export Finance Board in December 2020. She is a Director of UK Government Investments, the UK Government’s centre of excellence in corporate governance and c…

  • Captain Andrew Moll joined the Marine Accident Investigation Branch ( MAIB ) in 2005 as a Principal Inspector, and was Deputy Chief Inspector from 2010 until he took up post as the Chief Inspector in 2018. He obtained a Bach…

  • Captain Robertson has served for 30 years with the Royal Navy and has commanded a number of vessels. From 2010 to 2013, he worked at Navy Command Headquarters in Portsmouth with responsibility for capability management, forc…

  • Gary is a serving Captain in the Royal Navy; he is a Warfare Officer and a specialist hydrographer by trade. Over his 32-year career, he has had numerous and varying appointments, which include commands of hydrographic ships…

  • Captain Matt Syrett is the Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Liaison Officer for the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI).  Appointed as the defence customer Non-Executive Director for the UKHO board, Matt is fo…