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Gary is an Independent Member of the Intellectual Property Office Steering Board. He has recently completed three years in the private sector as chief executive of a2om International in Surrey; providing driver education sof…
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Gary Blanchard is the Chief Operating Officer at the Disclosure and Barring Service. Gary took on this role at the DBS in November 2017. Before joining DBS, Gary worked in the business process outsourcing industry. He held a…
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Gary Davies was appointed Deputy Head of Mission and Her Majesty’s Consul to the Republic of Moldova in March 2019. Previously he was Deputy Head of Mission to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Gary was Head of Appointme…
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Gary joined Border Force as Director Border Systems in October 2013. He has had over 20 years’ experience as a member of Executive Boards for organisations and companies operating in the Mining, Finance, Transport, Environme…
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Gary has a BA in History from Cambridge University. He worked in the banking industry for over 20 years, predominantly with ABN AMRO where he held a number of positions including Global Head of Markets and Global Head of Com…
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Gary Pugh OBE began his career as a forensic scientist in 1979 and in 1989 secured a place on a Cabinet Office programme for scientists and technologists which included experience in the development of government policy, wor…
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Gary was appointed as Company Secretary in December 2015, having previously carried out the roles of Senior Manager - Legal and Compliance and Head of Legal and Corporate Services. Prior to joining the Student Loans Company …
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Gavin Cook joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002. He was Deputy Head of Mission in Ghana, and has done postings in Ethiopia and Ukraine. Gavin has held a range of positions in the UK, including Deputy Director S…
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Gavin previously headed the Regulatory Affairs Section (Application Management, Supply & Northern Ireland Protocol Teams) within the VMD. Gavin is a career Civil Servant working firstly in MAFF / Defra and has been with …
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Gavin Lambert became Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in May 2023. He shares the role with Caleb Deeks . He was Director General, Market Frameworks a…
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Gavin was the Development Director, Official Development Assistance, British High Commission, New Delhi, India. Gavin was previously head of DFID’s office in Burma since June 2013 and before that was based in DFID’s London o…
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Gavin Robert (appointed in 2013) is a solicitor with over 20 years’ experience in EU/UK competition law, and has been a partner for 14 years with international law firm Linklaters (from which he retired as a partner at the e…
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Gavin became Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Podgorica in May 2016. Previously he was Political Secretary in the British Embassy Seoul (2011-15) covering inter-Korean relations and North Korean issues. In Londo…
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As Strategy & Change director and SRO, Gemma is responsible for the delivery of Reform, the £1 bn courts and tribunals modernisation that will see the introduction of new online services, more efficient court processes a…
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Gemma Pearce joined the Coal Authority as a non-executive director on 1 April 2016 and has been reappointed from April 2019. She has 18 years experience in the public sector, including as Chief Executive of the Mental Health…
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Gemma was appointed Director of Funding at the Education and Skills Funding Agency in April 2023. Gemma has been a civil servant for 17 years. Before joining the ESFA she worked in the business department (BEIS), where she …
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Gemma is an accomplished diplomat with experience in a wide variety of areas of diplomatic work and a strong background in public service. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2013 on a graduate scheme for the F…
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Gen Kitchen was appointed Assistant Whip, House of Commons, on 20 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Wellingborough and Rushden in July 2024.
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Raised in Northumberland, General Dame Sharon Nesmith DCB ADC (Gen) commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1992, spending the majority of her early years serving in Germany, the Balkans and Iraq. While in command sh…
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Gwyn Jenkins commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1990. His time as a junior officer was spent in the Commando Logistics Regiment, competing for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in cross-country skiing and on operations in…
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General Sir Chris Deverell was commissioned into the Second Royal Tank Regiment in 1979. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics, he saw regimental service in Northern Irel…
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General Sir David Richards was Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the armed forces and principal military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and government. He was appointed in 2009. Since his ap…
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General Sir Gordon Messenger joined the Royal Marines in 1983. After a range of junior officer appointments, predominantly in regimental service and including a 1 year Mountain Leader course, he attended the Canadian Staff C…
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Jim Hockenhull was educated at the Royal Hospital School and commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1986 after reading Politics at the University of York on a University Cadetship. His subsequent education includes a MA…
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Mark Carleton-Smith joined the Army on a University Cadetship in 1982 and was commissioned into 1st Battalion Irish Guards. He served at regimental duty in London, Germany, Canada and South Armagh, prior to service with 22 S…
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General Nick Houghton was born in 1954 in Otley, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Woodhouse Grove School in Bradford, RMA Sandhurst and St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he did an in-service degree in modern history. Commi…
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General Sir Nick Carter joined the Army in 1977 as an 18 year old and commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst into The Royal Green Jackets, an infantry regiment. During his early career he served in Germany du…
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Born in Tidworth Garrison military hospital and raised in Norway, Gibraltar and Iraq, General Sir Patrick Sanders was commissioned in 1986 and spent his early service as an Infantry Officer in The Royal Green Jackets in Germ…
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General Sir Peter Wall was appointed as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, in 2010 after a year as Commander-in-Chief Land Forces. He has commanded 9 Parachute Squadron RE, 32 Engineer Reg…
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General Richard Barrons was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1977, prior to reading for a degree in philosophy, politics and economics at Queen’s College, Oxford. He has completed a Masters in Defence Adm…
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General Sir ‘Roly’ Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later. He has…
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Geoff Dart joined the Office of Manpower Economics (OME) in September 2010. He moved to OME from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, where he became Director of Advanced Manufacturing Industries in 2009, fo…
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Geoff has spent a number of years working in Rail Director positions across the Middle East, for Arcadis, Bovis Lend Lease, and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation.
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Geoff Muirhead is the Non-Executive Chairman of ASK Developments, Chairman of the North West Rail Campaign, Chairman of the Institute for Public Policy Research Commission on Northern Economic Future and Chairman of the Atla…
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Geoff Smyth is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. He is currently chair of Origin Broadband and an independent management consultant.
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Stanley Beresford Thompson and Violet Adriana Thompson migrated from Barbados and Guyana respectively as part of the post-war rebuilding of the mother country. My father fought in the second world war and distinguished himse…
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Geoff Wain, British Deputy High Commissioner Ahmedabad Date Location Designation 2015 to date Ahmedabad, India Deputy High Commissioner 2013 - 2015 London Team Leader - Afghan Operations, Pakistan and Afghanistan Department,…
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Geoffrey has held four British and international Chief Executive posts in the public health and regulatory sectors, namely as Chief Executive of the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, the European Food Safety Agency, the UK’s…
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Geoffrey has worked both in private sector infrastructure finance and in Whitehall. From 1995 to 2002 he worked for Deutsche Bank as a Managing Director and head of project finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He …
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George Beveridge was a member of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) Board from August 2009 to April 2016.
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George Canning served as Prime Minister between 1827 to 1827. Read more about the life and achievements of George Canning in our past Prime Ministers section.
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George Edgar OBE was British High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji from 2020 to 2021. Prior to the appointment he was Deputy Director & Coronavirus Task Force in FCO. Other roles include European Union Ambassador to …
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George joined the FCO in 1991 from the Northern Ireland Office. His last overseas posting was as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of Pitcairn. He was previously Consul-General in Boston; a…
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George Freeman was Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology between 7 February 2023 and 13 November 2023. George was previously Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and I…
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George Grenville served as Prime Minister between 1763 to 1765. Read more about the life and achievements of George Grenville in our past Prime Ministers section.
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George Hamilton Gordon Earl of Aberdeen served as Prime Minister between 1852 to 1855. Read more about the life and achievements of George Hamilton Gordon Earl of Aberdeen in our past Prime Ministers section.
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George Hodgson has been the British Ambassador to Colombia since September 2022. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002. He has previously served in Dakar, Washington, Kabul, Islamabad, Brussels and London. Da…
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George Jenkins OBE was appointed as Chairman of the SSRO on 1 January 2017. He is currently the chairman of the Professional Standards Authority which has oversight of nine regulators and 24 Accredited Registers who regulate…
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