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  • Guy Esnouf has been Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Director for Radioactive Waste Management since mid-2020. In this role he is responsible for all external and internal engagement, focusing mainly the GDF program…

  • Guy took up his role as Chargé d’Affaires to the Republic of Guinea on 1 August 2022. Before arriving in Conakry, Guy spent four years as Economic Counsellor at the British Deputy High Commission Lagos, responsible for promo…

  • Guy Janes took up his current position as Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul to Haiti in October 2020. He joined the FCDO in 2007 working first on Parliamentary and then Middle Eastern issues. His first posting was to Sier…

  • Guy Lester became Finance Director at the Cabinet Office on 13 April 2015.

  • Guy Opperman was Minister for Roads and Local Transport at the Department for Transport from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 13 November 2023 …

  • Guy Thompson is Chief Operating Officer of Natural England, the government’s expert advisor on the natural environment. Guy was part of the executive team that vested Natural England from a three-way merger in 2006. Since th…

  • Guy Tompkins was appointed as Operations Director at HM Courts & Tribunals Service in April 2015. Guy started his career in the civil service as a clerical officer in the Department of Employment. He has since held a wid…

  • Guy Warrington is the British Ambassador to South Sudan. He took up his appointment in March 2023. Full Name Guy Warrington 2016 – 2019 Freetown, British High Commissioner 2013 – 2016 UKTI (UK Trade and Investment), Director…

  • Gwen was previously at Magnox Ltd as their CEO, where she joined in September 2019.   Prior to this, Gwen was the Business Development Director at Horizon, seeking to develop new nuclear power stations at Wylfa and Oldbury. …

  • Gwyneth took up the role of Director General, Financial Services at HM Treasury in January 2022. As Director General Gwyneth is responsible for leading the delivery of HM Treasury’s work to promote stability, fairness, effic…

  • Gwythian Prins joined the Charity Commission as Board member in June 2013. He is a Research Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also visiting professor at the University of Buckingham and…

  • Rowan James Laxton was appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon in October 2017. Prior to this he was the Deputy Director and Head of Overseas Security at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Of…

  • Haider Husain is an experienced international healthcare IT business leader with a strong technology background and experience of partnership working, combined with his work as a Panel Chair for the British Standards Institu…

  • Hala Audi is the Director of Strategy, Performance & Assurance at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Hala joined the IPA from HM Treasury, where she worked on major rail and transport projects before a secondment…

  • Halima Holland has been appointed as the Deputy British High Commissioner to Chennai. Previously, Halima worked as Deputy Head of Crisis Management in the FCDO and as Head of Kidnaps in Counter-Terrorism Department. Halima h…

  • Hamish joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1987, and has spent much of his career on Middle East and North African issues. Most recently he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Oman and before that he was Her …

  • Hamish Falconer was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Lincoln in July 2024. Follow Hamish on X/Twitter: @HFalco…

  • Hamza Yusuf was appointed interim Head of the Corporate Centre in September 2019. His career started in the Civil Service as a grade 6 in the Department for Communities and Local Government. Before working in central governm…

  • Hannah joined UKGI in 2017 and leads the UKGI Special Situations team. The Special Situations team combines civil servants and restructuring/insolvency professionals who focus on sectors and corporates where there is the ris…

  • Hannah joined HMPPS in October 2019 to establish a new Reducing Reoffending Directorate, building on her experience of strategic policy making, cross-Government and local partnership working and programme delivery. Her direc…

  • Hannah was appointed as Chair of the SSRO on 3 January 2022. She also holds non-executive director positions at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Thames Water and the National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO). H…

  • Hannah Payne has a shared role with Jo Fiddian as Head of Transformation at the Legal Aid Agency ( LAA ). Her previous roles include: Head of Contract Management and Assurance, LAA – 6 months cover Head of Service Developmen…

  • Hannah Rignell and Sarah Baker are Deputy Directors of the Disability Unit in Cabinet Office (job share). The Disability Unit aims to works across government to deliver the National Disability Strategy and to improve the liv…

  • Hannah Woodhouse was Regional Director for South West from September 2019 to January 2024. Before her appointment, Hannah was the Deputy Director within the South West region. Earlier in her career, she also worked in school…

  • Hannah Young was the Consul General at the British Consulate General, New York from January 2024 to November 2024. She previously served as Deputy Consul General in New York. Hannah joined from Number 10, where she was the P…

  • Harjinder Kang is His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia and the British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India. He was appointed in May 2023. Prior to his appointment, Harjinder was the UK’s Chief Negotiator fo…

  • Harjit was appointed to the Education and Skills Agency’s Management Board and as chair of its Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) in November 2023. Harjit is also a member of the Department for Education’s ARC. Harjit is an expe…

  • Harold is Senior Assistant Director, Investigation and Enforcement at the Regulator of Social Housing.

  • Harold Freeman is an experienced public sector board member, international economic and development expert. Working on sustainable development goals and the climate change agenda he has worked on multiple projects investing …

  • Harold Macmillan served as Prime Minister between 1957 to 1963. Read more about the life and achievements of Harold Macmillan in our past Prime Ministers section.

  • Harold Wilson served as Prime Minister between 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. Read more about the life and achievements of Harold Wilson in our past Prime Ministers section.

  • Harriet Aldridge is the chief executive of the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA). She previously worked at PwC for over 20 years, leaving as a director to join the civil service.  Her career experience has been focused…

  • Harriet Aldridge has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) since December 2023. She previously worked at PwC for over 20 years, leaving as a director to join the civil service.  He…

  • Harriet has been a member of the UK Diplomatic Service for 23 years. Before coming to Trinidad & Tobago in September 2020, she was British Consul-General to New England. Prior to that she was Deputy Ambassador at the Bri…

  • Harriet Kelsall is one of the most respected bespoke designers and business trailblazers working in the UK jewellery industry today. She founded her multi-award winning business from her kitchen table in 1998 and then starte…

  • Harriet has experience across a wide range of executive, non-executive and chair roles, across public, private and not for profit sectors. She has a background as a senior HR leader specialising in remuneration, spanning som…

  • Harriet King has been Deputy Head of Mission since June 2014, having joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2002, and has been based in London for the majority of her career. Curriculum vitae Full name: Harriet …

  • Harriet Mathews is Director General, Africa, the Americas and Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Harriet was previously Deputy Political Director from January to July 2023 and …

  • Harriet Thompson is the British High Commissioner for Ghana, arriving in June 2021, and is also the Non-Resident Ambassador to Benin and Non-Resident High Commissioner to Togo. Before her arrival in Ghana, Ms Thompson was th…

  • Harriett Baldwin was Minister of State for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the Department for International Development from 9 January 2018 to 25 July 2019. She was elected as the MP fo…

  • Harry MacDonald took up his appointment as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Lesotho in September 2022.  Prior to this appointment he was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Co…

  • Harry Rich is Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, governor of the Glasgow School of Art, an executive coach and business advisor. He is a non-practising solicitor, Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and Fellow of…

  • Harshbir is Missions and Capabilities Delivery Director for Earth Observation and Low-Earth Orbit Assets at the UK Space Agency. Harshbir joined the UK Space Agency in December 2018 to lead the Copernicus (EU Earth Observati…

  • A microbiologist by training, Harvey joined the Environment Agency (EA) and its predecessors in 1985. He was the EA’s Executive Director of Environment and Business from September 2015 to October 2022. Before this he was the…

  • Harvey is currently the aviation activity officer at the British Disabled Flying charity Aerobility, but his prospects did not always look that promising. Born with cerebral palsy, caused by complications at birth, Harvey’s …

  • Hayley Kelly started as Chief People Officer of the Planning Inspectorate in April 2024. She comes to this role from UK Export Finance where she led cross-cutting HR projects, prior to that she was Head of People for the UK …

  • Hazel Mowbray was Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General at the British Embassy Khartoum from July 2021 to June 2023. Hazel is a career diplomat. Previous postings have included Iraq (Head of Political Section) and Ethiop…

  • Heather was appointed as Chair of the SIA on 7 June 2021. Career Heather has spent the majority of her professional career in policing, initially with the Metropolitan Police Service and later with Hertfordshire Constabulary…