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Ben Stride became the UK Deputy High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia in June 2024. Ben joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2003, and has previously been posted to the British High Commission …

Derek took up his appointment as Acting Consul-General in Ekaterinburg on 29 March 2018. He is a career diplomat, who has undertaken a range of jobs in the UK and around the world including: 2017 British Embassy Moscow, Depu…

Derek is a professional economist with interests in competition, regulation and public policy. He started his career in the UK Government Economic Service before working for 15 years as a consultant in the London office of m…

Derek Ross joined the Student Loans Company (SLC) in 1999. He was appointed to the Executive Board in 2001 and since then has held a number of executive roles. He became Director of Operations in 2010. Before joining SLC, De…

Derek joined the civil service in 1991 as a casual Administrative Officer working in Looe Jobcentre in Cornwall.   He had numerous roles in the early part of his career in different offices across Cornwall, working with empl…

Dharmash was appointed as a CMA Board member in February 2024. Dharmash is a venture capitalist, specialising in technology, new business models and finance. He has served on a wide range of board in executive and non-execut…

Diana Breeze is the Director of Group HR for Bunzl PLC, the global distribution and outsourcing group. She is a member of their Executive Committee and attends the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Prior to this, she …

Diana Brightmore-Armour joined the board of DCLG in February 2011. Career Diana has 30 years of international experience in banking, corporate finance, financial management, treasury and audit, with roles including: Group Tr…

Diane Herbert is a Non-Executive Director at HMRC . She joined Channel 4 as Director of Human Resources in March 2005. As part of the Executive Team, Diane’s role includes Organisation Development, Leadership, 4 Talent, Dive…

Dianna Melrose has been High Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania since February 2013. She is also the UK representative to the East African Community. Dianna was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Cuba between 2008 and …

Dianne joined the SIA in 2003 as Assistant Director of Compliance and Investigation. She worked in a number of operational roles before taking on the Director of Corporate Services role in April 2013. She was appointed as th…

Digby Griffith joined the Home Office in 1988. He was appointed as Director, National Operational Services at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in 2011. His previous roles include: Director, Offender Management…

Ms Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam took up the role of Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands in June 2023. Curriculum Vitae Date Role 2023 to present Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands 2017 to 2023 Cabinet Office, Direct…

Appointed Non-Executive Chair September 2020 Chairman of Investment Committees for the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure, and for Marguerite II Fund. Non-Executive Board Director at Canaccord G…

Ken McCallum is the Director General of the Security Service (also known as MI5). He is an MI5 officer with more than 25 years of experience across the full spectrum of the organisation’s national security and intelligence w…

Vel has worked for the British Government for over 15 years in various international roles covering defence, development and diplomacy. Immediately prior to coming to Tanzania, he was Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State…

Michael Walker has been a judicial member of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Board since April 2011. Michael was appointed as a district judge in April 1994. He has been seconded to the Senior Presiding Judge’s office …

Tim Jenkins has been a judicial member of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Board since October 2016. Tim became a solicitor in 1980 and was appointed as a district judge in 1998, having been a deputy district judge sinc…

ulyan joined the IPO in 1998 as a Patent Examiner. He moved to dealing with IP policy issues in 2000, covering a range of portfolios including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and the World Trade Organisation TRIPs Agreement.…

Chief Digital Officer (Interim) at Homes England.

Dominic Field was appointed lead non-executive director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ) in November 2024. He was previously a non-executive director at DSIT from April to November 2024. Domi…

Dominic Fortescue was appointed Government Chief Security Officer in January 2019, and is Head of the Government Security Function. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1991 and brings with him a great deal of experience, hav…

Dominic Herrington was appointed Executive Director for Transforming Delivery Directorate in June 2022. This role sits within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, which is an Executive Agency sponsored by the Ministry…

Dominic joined IPO in 2016 as Deputy Director of HR and Organisational Development. Dominic was appointed Acting Director of People, Places and Services in September 2017 before moving into the role on a permanent basis in M…

Dominic Jermey was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste in 2023. Dominic’s previous diplomatic postings include serving as HM Ambassador to Afghanistan (2016 to 2017) and to the United Arab Emirate…

Dominic McAllister is Consul General at the British Consulate-General Wuhan. His principle focus is developing long-term productive UK/China partnerships. Dominic has been a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office di…

Dominic Meiklejohn OBE has served as a British diplomat since 1990. He has worked in Poland, Iraq and Albania. Among various roles in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Dominic led Rapid Deployment Teams in Sri L…

Dominic has 28 years experience in the nuclear industry. He studied chemical engineering at university and worked in the petrochemical industry before moving to Nuclear Electric. Dominic came to DSRL in 2019 to work on the p…

Dominic O’Neill was previously the Head of DFID in Nepal (2011-13), Sierra Leone (2008-11), Iraq (2007) and Yemen (2003-6). Prior to joining DFID in 2002 he worked in Namibia, Mongolia then Chile with Voluntary Service Overs…

Dominic joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2006 after training as a barrister and five years in law enforcement. His first job was in the British Embassy Tehran as an Immigration Liaison Officer (2006 to 2008), be…

Dominic Schroeder was UK Ambassador to Denmark from 2016 to 2020. Previously, he was Ambassador and Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna. Dominic joine…

Dominic Williams is the current British Ambassador to Cambodia. He joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2005 and has previously worked in the Embassy to France; the High Commission to Sri Lanka and the …

Dominic was appointed Director General at the Northern Ireland Office in June 2022. Previously Dominic was Director General of Security Policy at the the Ministry of Defence where he was responsible for policy on all Defence…

Donald Shepherd was appointed Interim Finance and Commercial Director at PHE in July 2019 and is responsible for finance, estates, procurement, business development, ICT and Digital services. Donald was previously Deputy Dir…

Dorothy joined HMRC as the HR Director for Personal Tax Group in January 2008 and becomes the Interim Chief People Officer following her role as the Director Workforce Management for HMRC and HR Director for Enforcement &amp…

Doug began his career in the British Army in 1984 as a Private Soldier. He served in the Army for 37 years.  Over that time, he was stationed in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Germany, Cyprus and the United Stat…

Doug is the Director of the Natural History Museum, and until November 2020 was Country Manager of Amazon UK. He joined Amazon in December 2011 and was President of Amazon China from 2014 to 2016. His previous roles included…

Doug has spent the past 20 years in and around the world of defence and security, operating in senior roles at private-sector businesses providing engineering and technology services, including for MOD, and for the intellige…

Doug Watkins became Acting Director General for Corporate Services at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 13 July 2020.

Doug is a chartered aerospace engineer who has worked in a variety of senior positions in the military (RAF) and in industry during a career spanning 40 years. He has been responsible for leading teams in developing, deliver…

Dougie has over 30 years’ experience as an economist in the public, private and third sectors. He is currently a member of Aberdeen City Council’s Economic Policy Panel and is also Head of Nature Positive Economy at the RSPB…

Douglas Carswell was appointed as a non-executive board member of the Department for International Trade in November 2020 and stepped down on 31 March 2023. He served as Member of Parliament for Clacton from 2005 to 2017, du…

Douglas Hamilton is currently the Director of the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust based in Edinburgh. Douglas has many years experience of working to address child poverty in Scotland through his employment in the children’s v…

Douglas Marshall was appointed as the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman for a period of 5 years commencing 1 March 2021. He carries out work for Cumbria Constabulary as a Police Staff Senior Investigating Officer a…

Douglas McCormick is CEO of Sweett Group, a global provider of professional services for the construction and management of building and infrastructure projects. He has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry …

Douglas Ross was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland from 16 December 2019 to 26 May 2020. He was also a Government Whip until 14 February 2020. He was elected Scottish Conservative MP for Moray in June 2017,…

Douglas Wilson is the Director General of the Attorney General’s Office, appointed in May 2021. Previously, he spent four and a half years in cyber agency GCHQ as Director of Legal Affairs and International Relations, servin…

Dr Aidan Fowler is the National Director of Patient Safety in England and a Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health and Social Care. Since March 2020 he has been on secondment to the Office of the Chief Medi…

Alastair was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England on 24 May 2024. Alastair is Head of the Allerton Project. Prior to that he worked for the Co-operative Farms, specialising in the development of farming sy…