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  • Emma has been the Interim Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in La Paz since February 2024. Prior to this, she worked on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO’s) humanitarian and development por…

  • Emma is Assistant Director: Head of Legal and Company Secretary at the Regulator of Social Housing.

  • Emma Wade-Smith OBE was His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America and HM Consul General New York from November 2021 until January 2024. Prior to this appointment, she spent nearly 6 years leading the UK government’s…

  • Emma Ward is Director General Road Transport Group at the Department for Transport (DfT). Her current role encompasses investment in: road infrastructure across England vehicle and motoring regulation vehicle decarbonisation…

  • Emma was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in November 2014. Education Emma has a BA Hons degree (2:1) in English Literature from Durham University (1989). She successfully completed her Certificate of Coaching f…

  • Emran Mian is the Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ). Emran was Director General for Regeneration at the Department for Levelling Up, Hous…

  • Eoin is the Director of Business Frameworks (BF) in the Department for Business and Trade. Eoin was previously Director of Strategy and Legislation in the Transition Taskforce within the Cabinet Office, and before that the C…

  • Eric Hollis has over 35 years’ experience within the UK Atomic Energy Authority ( UKAEA ). He began his career working at the London HQ on energy forecasting and has since undertaken a wide range of roles including developme…

  • Eric Robinson has been Chief Executive of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) since July 2019. Previously Eric worked as CEO for Wirral borough council where he helped transform the organisation, and introduce new strat…

  • Eric Salama is the Chairman and CEO of Kantar, the consumer insight division of WPP, the largest marketing services and communications company in the world. Previously, Eric was a Main Board Director of WPP Group, and CEO of…

  • Erica Handling joins as our new lead NED for Legal Quality. Erica is currently General Counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa at BlackRock. She is also a Trustee of Working Chance (Charity). Erica brings invaluable exper…

  • Erik Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer and second Accounting Officer at the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ). As a member of the CMA Board, Erik is responsible for setting the strategic direction and policy fram…

  • Erin Kuhn took up her posting as Consul (Government and Prosperity Affairs) at the UK Government Office in Denver in December 2015. She was previously Chief of Staff for Global Programs and University Life at New York Univer…

  • Erin Robinson took on the role of Transformation Director at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology following the Machinery of Government ( MoG ) changes announced in June. She is working to create ‘Future DSIT’; …

  • Eryl Besse joined the Charity Commission as Board member in June 2013. She is a native Welsh speaker. Eryl has over 30 years’ experience of the practice of law in 3 international law firms. Her previous roles include: Partne…

  • Esi is the Director of Business Group at UK Export Finance, with oversight of the department’s underwriting, origination, marketing, and communications. Esi is also a member of UKEF’s Executive Committee.  Joining UK Export …

  • After graduating from Sussex University in 1972, Esmond joined the Department of Employment where he worked on industrial relations issues and incomes policy. He moved on to research at Industrial Relations Services, coverin…

  • 2015 – Present Deputy Head of Mission, British Consulate-General Hong Kong 2014 Chargé D’Affaires Ad Interim, British Embassy Bucharest 2010 – 2014 Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Bucharest 2008 – 2010 Team Leader, C…

  • Before taking up her current post at HM Revenue and Customs in December 2016, Esther was HR Director at the Ministry of Defence, where she led the HR function for the Department’s 58,000 civilian workforce. Esther is an HR p…

  • Euan has enjoyed a 33-year career in the national and international nuclear industry, a career he started at Sellafield as a graduate. He has previously held senior leadership roles with responsibility for the decommissionin…

  • Evelyn Ashton-Griffiths took up the position of Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome in February 2024. Most recently, Evelyn was Deputy Political Counsellor at the British High Commission in New…

  • Evelyn Dickey is a Non-Executive Member of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Board. Evelyn also chairs the NDA Remuneration Committee. Evelyn has extensive human resources experience, leading design and delivery of…

  • As acting Director of DIT Poland, Ewa heads a team of 19 Key Account Managers focusing on identifying high value opportunities in the Polish market and on providing assistance to large UK companies. The Department for Intern…

  • Ewen Fergusson was formerly a partner in the Finance Division at Herbert Smith Freehills from 2000 to 2018. He was Head of their General Banking and Acquisition Finance team (2004-2015), and also sat on the Partnership Nomin…

  • Faran Johnson joined HM Courts & Tribunals Service in 2015. Faran has over 20 years of global HR experience leading organisational transformation to drive the right leadership and behaviours to enable change. She has wor…

  • Farrah Storr is the Editor-in-Chief of ELLE UK. Prior to this, Farrah was the Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan from July 2015 until April 2019 and in that time, Farrah grew the brand to become the No.1 UK women’s glossy magaz…

  • Fay Jones was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Assistant Government Whip from 27 October 2022 to 13 November 20…

  • Date Role 2020- 2024 British Ambassador to Uruguay 2016 - 2020 New York, Head of International Development, UK Permanent Representation to the United Nations 2011 - 2016 Mexico City, First Secretary – Prosperity 2010 Climate…

  • Felicity Buchan was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 30 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. She was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury between 7…

  • Mr Fergus Auld was appointed HM Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan in April 2022, in succession to Mr James Lyall Sharp. Curriculum vitae 2022 to present His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan 2021 to 2…

  • Mr Fergus Cochrane-Dyet OBE was British High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia from 2016 to 2019. Curriculum Vitae Full name Fergus John Cochrane-Dyet OBE 2016 – 2019 Zambia, British High Commissioner 2015 – 2016 FCO, H…

  • Fern Horine was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova in October 2023. Previously, Fern was Deputy Head of Department in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate. She has served in a number of …

  • Feryal Clark was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on Wednesday 9 July 2024. She was elected Labour MP for Enfield North in July 2024.  She studied Bioi…

  • Non-Executive Board Member & Audit and Risk Committee Chair Fields Wicker-Miurin is a highly respected multidisciplinary leader with over thirty years’ management and leadership experience. Fields has spent much of her c…

  • Fields Wicker-Miurin has spent much of her career working in financial services, including as Director of Finance and Strategy at the London Stock Exchange. She is a partner at Leaders’ Quest, an innovative, international so…

  • Fiona Blyth MBE was appointed British Ambassador to Mongolia in 2023 .  She has held roles in the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York and in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s European Counter…

  • Fiona has 20 years’ experience in the nuclear industry. During this time she has worked in a wide range of support roles including personal assistant, communications, stakeholder engagement, socio economics, executive suppor…

  • Fiona Bruce was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief in December 2020. Fiona became Member of Parliament for Congleton in 2010. Before 2010 Fiona practised as a solicitor, setting…

  • Fiona was the UK Government’s Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, COP26 from March 2020 to May 2022. Fiona retired from the Diplomatic Service in May 2022 to move to the private sector. Fiona joined the …

  • Fiona Deans became interim Director General of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in October 2020. Fiona initially joined GDS as Chief Operating Officer in 2018. Fiona has worked in digital for over 20 years and joined GDS…

  • Fiona Dickie served as the Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator since November 2017 before being appointed Pubs Code Adjudicator from 03 May 2020. Fiona was reappointed to the role for a further three-year term running from May 2024…

  • Government Actuary Fiona Dunsire, took up the role on 1 November 2023. She has joined GAD following 35 years of actuarial experience in the private sector where she held a variety of roles across pensions and investments, in…

  • Fiona Louise Lappin has been Head of DFID Vietnam since September 2008. She joined DFID in 1988 and has held a number of different senior positions in the UK and overseas, most recently deputy head of DFID India. She started…

  • Fiona MacGregor was appointed the Regulator of Social Housing’s (RSH) Chief Executive on 1 October 2018. RSH was previously part of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), of which Fiona was the Executive Director of Regulat…

  • Fiona Maxton was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to Malta in 2017 2014 - 2017 Deputy Head of Mission, Tashkent 2013 - 2014 Russian Language Training 2012 - 2013 FCO, Risk Management Officer, Finance Directorate 2011 - 201…

  • Fiona Morrison took up her present position as Chargé d’affaires in Haiti in Jan 2016. She joined the FCO as a graduate entrant. Her first posting was as Political Officer to the UK’s Delegation to NATO in 1991. She was then…

  • Fiona Robertson was Head of Litigation Division in the Office of the Advocate General from 01 July 2006 to 14 January 2022. Fiona joined the Office of the Advocate General in 1999, transferring from Crown Office & Procur…