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  • Curriculum Vitae Full name: Duncan Norman MBE Married to: Kerry Norman Children: One daughter 2016 - August 2021 Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Albania 2013 – 2016 FCO, Head, Afghanistan Unit 2013 Cabinet Office, Senior Event M…

  • Duncan Selbie is the founding Chief Executive of Public Health England. Prior to 2013, he was Chief Executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, the regional teaching hospital for the south east of England. From 20…

  • Duncan John Rushworth Taylor CBE is the appointed Ambassador to Mexico and arrived in country in October 2013. Duncan Taylor was Governor in Grand Cayman from 2010 to 2013. He was born in England in 1958 and began his servic…

  • Duncan has a mechanical and environmental engineering background with management experience gained over 27 years in the UK and overseas. He has worked for The London Stock Exchange, Ford, British Overseas Aid and Unicef and …

  • Duncan Worsell joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in June 1992, prior to which he served in the Royal Navy. During his policing career in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary Duncan has undertaken the full range of operational …

  • Earl Attlee is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He was a Lord in Waiting (Lords Whip) from 2010 to 2014 for: Attorney General Department for Communities and Local Government Home Office (Immigration) Scotland Off…

  • Ed Cornmell was appointed Executive Director of the Youth Custody Service in October 2022. Ed was previously the Deputy Director responsible for prison operations nationally. Prior to this as Deputy Director Operations in th…

  • Ed Lester was Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar at Land Registry from May 2013 to March 2015. An accountant, Ed previously worked in the oil and banking industries, including roles as: Treasurer and Head of Corporate …

  • Ed Mitchell joined the Environment Agency (EA) in 2007. He was appointed Executive Director of Environment and Business in 2010 His previous roles include: Head of Regulated Industry, EA Director of Environment and Corporate…

  • Ed Owen joined HMCTS following six months as communications adviser to the Medicines Discovery Catapult, and he was chief executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust for four years until October 2016. Earlier in his career, the f…

  • Ed Schofield is Information and Technology Director for the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), having joined in February 2012. His previous roles include: Head of IT for West Sussex County Council local and central government chie…

  • Ed Smith is the Chairman of NHS Improvement. Ed is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council at the University of Birmingham and Treasurer of Chatham House. From January 2015 to October 2017 Ed was the lead non-executive di…

  • Ed Vaizey served as Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for digital industries from July 2014 until July 2016. Previous…

  • Ed Westhead is currently a Non-executive Board Member of HM Land Registry. He was previously a Non-executive Board Member of Companies House. Ed is an Executive Director at UK Government Investments (UKGI), the Government’s …

  • Eddie Bloomfield is the Public Trustee and was appointed in 2010. Alongside this role, he is also the Head of the Office of the Accountant General. His previous roles include: HM Chief Inspector of Court Administration for E…

  • As HM Land Registry’s Deputy Director – Digital Services, Eddie Davies is responsible for the development and refinement of the organisation’s Digital by Default products and services. Eddie and his team interpret user insig…

  • Eddie Hughes was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rough Sleeping and Housing at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 19 September 2021 and 8 September 2022. Eddie was previously Parliame…

  • Eddy was appointed as the Director for Enforcement, Compliance and Crime in September 2020. Eddy joined the Civil Service in 1993 and has held a wide range of roles within the immigration directorates of the Home Office. Pri…

  • Mr Edmund Fitton-Brown served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen from February 2015 until February 2017. Mr Fitton-Brown joined the FCO in 1984. In his last appointment, he was Counsellor in Dubai. He has h…

  • Edward Evans’ first posting was to Jerusalem where he led on Middle East Peace Process issues, human rights and international law. He has also been posted to Mogadishu (leading on security sector reform) and Ottawa (responsi…

  • Edward Ferguson took over as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Serbia in July 2023. Before coming to Belgrade, Edward served as the Minister Counsellor Defence at the British Embassy in Washington DC in September 2018. Together wi…

  • Edward Hobart took up his appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates in May 2023. He has previously served as Consul General in Dubai, from 2012 to 2015, a role which included leading Trade and Inves…

  • Edward Inglett was appointed Deputy Head of Mission and His Majesty’s Consul to the Republic of Moldova in February 2023. Edward was previously at the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva and at UK embassies in Helsink…

  • Eddie leads the analytical team in the NFA and was appointed to the post of Director of Knowledge in 2009. The directorate looks at fraud loss and performance measurement, risk and analysis, intelligence, and information sha…

  • Full name: Edward Oakden CMG Married to: Dr Florence Eid Children: Three daughters 2013 - 2015 FCO, Director Middle East 2012 – 2013 Strategic Trade UKTI, Managing Director 2010 - 2012 Sectors Group, UKTI Managing Director 2…

  • Edward Roman is a career diplomat. He joined Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service in 2006, prior to which he worked in publishing for the Haymarket Group and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Ed occupied various policy jobs in th…

  • Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby served as Prime Minister between 1852 to 1852, 1858 to 1859 and 1866 to 1868. Read more about the life and achievements of Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby in our past Prime Min…

  • Edward Timpson was His Majesty’s Solicitor General for England & Wales between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022, and the Minister responsible for Children & Families in the Department for Education from 2012 to 2017.…

  • Edward is a qualified solicitor with experience gained in the private sector at Simmons and Simmons, and as an adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and latterly as a Director General in HM Treasury.

  • Edwina has been a member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s Board since November 2018 and was appointed as Deputy Chair in November 2020. Edwina also sits on the Board of the Geospatial Commission: an expert comm…

  • Eileen Milner was Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) from November 2017 to July 2021. Eileen has held a number of senior roles in the technology and public services advis…

  • Elaine Brown has been a Deputy Official Solicitor since October 2014. She is currently Head of the Court of Protection Property and Affairs team, and advises the Official Solicitor’s and the Public Trustee’s Trust and Deputy…

  • Elaine Hartin is the Chief Operating Officer for Belfast Metropolitan College, NI’s largest further and higher education college. Her role incorporates all college support functions, that is; Finance; HR; IT/MIS and Estates.…

  • With 30 years’ experience in the transport and service industry, Elaine is highly experienced in working in complex, highly regulated environments which are subject to intense public, political and media scrutiny. In additio…

  • Ele was appointed Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer for national, domestic and exotic diseases at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in July 2023. Ele is an experienced veterinarian with a background in inf…

  • Before retiring in 2020, Eleanor Cozens worked in market research and then in international development, where she led or supported programmes for international charities in the UK and abroad. Her work included developing pr…

  • Eleanor Hourigan has been Deputy Permanent Representative and Legal Adviser at the UK Delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg since 2016. In particular she represents the UK in Council of Europe negotiations concer…

  • Eleanor took up her post as Human Rights Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative in Geneva in August 2024. Eleanor was most recently Deputy Ambassador to Italy (2019 to 2024). Prior to that she filled a number of fore…

  • Eleanor Schooling is National Director, Social Care on a temporary basis from September 2015. Eleanor was Corporate Director of Children’s Services, London Borough of Islington and is involved in many activities outside of h…

  • Eleanor Shawcross is a Public Policy Specialist. Most recently, she served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions, having previously spent a number of years at HM Treasury on the C…

  • Elin Burns took up her appointment as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ireland in July 2021. She was previously the Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi and Director of Trade for Pakistan from October 2017…

  • Elinor has 18 years experience at UKHO, starting her career as a marine cartographer before developing through a number of roles including Product Delivery Manager, Relationship Manager, Head of Global Partnering and Engagem…

  • Elise started her career as a Human Performance Consultant at Accenture providing support to a range of Comms & High Tech clients, before joining the Home Office in 2003. She worked in a number of policy areas, with a fo…

  • Liz Butler is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. She is a self-employed Chartered Accountant, specialising in business start-ups.

  • Elizabeth has worked for RWM and its predecessors for 21 years. She started her career in the Technical Directorate producing safety cases, before moving into stakeholder engagement and eventually organisational development,…

  • Elizabeth Buchanan was a non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from March 2018 to March 2023. Elizabeth Buchanan is currently a Special Adviser to Waitrose, Saputo UK and McDona…

  • Elizabeth Carriere has been the Governor of Montserrat since August 2015. Prior to this she was the Head of DFID in South Sudan for 3 years. As part of her role in DFID, she has also been on assignment in Indonesia, Jamaica,…

  • Elizabeth Chapman is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Sofia. Elizabeth joined the Diplomatic Service in 2002. In London she has worked in various policy roles, including on the Andean countries, South East As…