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  • 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…

  • Currently the Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Liaison Officer for the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI), and as Defence Customer Non-Executive Director for UKHO board, Pat is focused on meeting Defence need…

  • Carl Banton joined the Mining Remediation Authority in 2004 and has headed its environment, development, and public safety and subsidence departments. Before joining the Mining Remediation Authority, Carl worked for Alkane E…

  • Carl Emmerson is Deputy Director of the (Institute for Fiscal Studies ( IFS ), a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an editor of the annual IFS Green Budget and a Director of the Pensions Review. His research includes…

  • Carl Meewezen was appointed as Business Services Director for the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) in January 2015. Carl is a former director at the Cabinet Office, where from 2010 he led on performance management of the effic…

  • Carl joined UKEF in September 2019 from Lloyds Banking Group, where he spent 31 years in a variety of roles. He was a Relationship Director, managing and developing a portfolio of customers within the Manufacturing & Ind…

  • Carly became Director of Governance for the MHRA in September 2022.

  • Carmel was appointed the Director of Finance, Operations and Digital in January 2024. Her previous Civil Service roles include: Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, September 2020 to December 2023 (…

  • Carol Ann Giffin joined DECA in June 2021 in a newly established role responsible for the strategic direction of the human resource function and the transformation programme management office. She is responsible for the peop…

  • Carol has a rich and diverse career leading some of the most transformative public-sector change programmes of the last two decades. As Executive Director for Government People Group, Carol leads a cross-government programme…

  • Carol Bristow was appointed HMRC Director General for Borders and Trade in April 2023, having been interim Director General since May 2022. Carol had held a variety of leadership roles since joining the Inland Revenue and tr…

  • Carol was appointed HR Director at the National Offender Management Service in November 2012. Her previous roles include: Head of HR, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Head of Organisational Development in the H…

  • Carol Gray started her role as Regional Director for East Midlands in September 2022. She was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for East Midlands and the Humber. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director in the East …

  • Carol is a corporate lawyer who was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for 20 years. She headed the firm’s UK corporate governance team, providing advice on company law, board governance, listed company regulation, cor…

  • Carolan Dobson was appointed as a panel member in 2005. Her appointment ended on 11 June 2015.

  • Carolan Goggin is Acting Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber. She was previously the deputy director responsible for children’s social care improvement and intervention in the North of England. Earlier in her care…

  • Carole Oatway was appointed Chief Executive, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority ( CICA ) in September 2007. Carol has spent her career in housing, in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Carole’s previous roles i…

  • After graduating from Leeds University in 1993 with a degree in Modern Arabic Studies, Caroline joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She has over 20 years experience working in the Middle East in a range of bilateral …

  • Caroline joined HM Land Registry in December 2013 following a career in local government. Previously, she was Human Resources Director for the London Borough of Hackney. Caroline has substantial experience of operating at bo…

  • Caroline Anderson has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service since April 2017. Non-Executive Directors are senior figures from outside the DBS who bring a mix of expertise and skills from across …

  • Caroline Corby worked in the City for 13 years, specialising in private equity. During this period she served as a non-executive director on a number of private sector boards across a range of industries. After taking a care…

  • Caroline is Director General for the Employment with Economic Recovery and UK Governance Group. Her previous Civil Service roles include: • Legal Director, Department of Health and Social Care, November 2020 to May 2023 • Le…

  • Caroline and Charlotte joined HM Land Registry as Non-executive Board Members in April 2025, representing HM Land Registry’s sponsor department, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). They serve a…

  • Caroline Dinenage was Minister of State for Digital and Culture in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from February 2020 to September 2021. Caroline was Minister of State at the Department of Health and Soc…

  • Caroline is the Executive Director for Flood and Coastal Risk Management for the Environment Agency (EA). She joined the Agency in 2013 and has a varied background in both policy and operational roles. Her previous roles in …

  • Caroline Dulon took up her post as Regional Director, London and South East on 2 September 2024. Before that, Caroline was Regional Director, London from June 2022 and a senior HMI and Assistant Regional Director in the Sout…

  • Caroline is a Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Warwick. She has previously worked at the universities of Aston, Huddersfield, Lancaster and Manchester. Her research spans applied industrial economic…

  • Caroline Firstbrook brings a wealth of experience in professional services and entrepreneurship, having served as Chief Operating Officer at the law firm Clifford Chance LLP for over seven years until 2022. She has been a No…

  • Caroline has spent the last six years leading high performing operation directorates in a range of organisations, most recently as Chief Operating Officer at the Northern Ireland Office, the UK Covid Inquiry and the Independ…

  • Caroline took up post as Head of Bona Vacantia Division on 28 November 2016. She has been in the Government Legal Department for 24 years and in that time she has been a deputy director in a number of different legal areas i…

  • Caroline took up post as Head of Bona Vacantia Division on 28 November 2016. She has been in the Government Legal Department for 24 years and in that time she has been a deputy director in a number of different legal areas i…

  • Caroline Hurndall MBE was British Ambassador to Libya in succession to Nicholas Hopton from 2021 to 2023. Caroline joined the FCO in 2004 as a Desk Officer in the Conflict Issues Group. Read more about Caroline Hurndall . So…

  • Caroline brings with her an impressive breadth of skills and knowledge from leadership roles at the Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions, and HM Treasury. Known for her strategic acumen and innovative approa…

  • Caroline joined the civil service over 20 years ago doing a variety of roles at the Ministry of Defence. Working as a jobshare with Heather McNaughton , she delivered transformational change to modernise the terms, condition…