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  • Heather Hancock was announced as lead non-executive board member for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 21 July 2023. Heather Hancock is the Master of St John’s College in the University of Cambridge a…

  • Heather James has been a member of Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) since 2009. She is a Planning Consultant specialising in community consultation and engagement. Heather is also Chair of Brighton Fring…

  • Heather Lawrence was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at Monitor on 1 July 2012. Heather has 23 years’ experience as a CEO. From 2000 to 2012 she was CEO of Chelsea and Westminster hospital which gained NHS Foundation T…

  • Heather McNaughton joined the civil service over 20 years ago doing a variety of roles at the Ministry of Defence. Working as a jobshare with Caroline Pusey , she delivered transformational change to modernise the terms, con…

  • Heather Rabbatts (CBE) is a qualified Barrister and has held a number of senior executive positions across the public sector, sport and broadcasting. After more than a decade as a CEO of local authorities, which included a t…

  • Heather worked previously at BAE SYSTEMS and AREVA and has vast experience working within the manufacturing, oil, gas and mining sectors in the UK , Europe and the USA. She has a master’s degree in HR Management and has been…

  • Heather Savory joined the HMPPS as a Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of the HMPPS Audit and Risk Assurance Committee on 20 May 2021. Heather Savory has 30 years’ experience in the public and private sector. She currentl…

  • Heather is a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Defence. She is a finance professional who has worked in various locations in the UK.

  • Heather Wheeler was Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office between 8 February 2022 and 8 September 2022. She was an Assistant Government Whip, from 8 February 2022 to 8 July 2022. She was a Parliamentary Under Secreta…

  • Hedvig Ljungerud is responsible for the North Sea Transition Authority’s ( NSTA ) policy, performance, economics and communication and external affairs teams. She joined the NSTA in June 2015 from HM Revenue and Customs, hav…

  • Heidi Alexander was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Swindon South in July 2024.

  • Helen is a planning lawyer with long experience in private practice within major law firms and subsequently as a Director in the Infrastructure Planning Commission and the Inspectorate; she has also worked as an Inspector ex…

  • Helen Aston become a non-executive director at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) in February 2024. Helen is a Chartered Accountant. She worked for PwC for 15 years in transaction services, restructuring and pe…

  • Helen was the Director of Communication at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from January 2019 to February 2023. She was previously Official Spokesperson to the Prime Minister, a role she took on in June 201…

  • Following almost 21 years in the NHS - which Helen joined as a Regional Finance Management Trainee in 1992 - she joined Monitor, the healthcare sector regulator whose responsibilities transferred to NHS Improvement on 1 Apri…

  • Helen Campbell is the Director of Strategy, Performance and Assurance at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Helen joins the IPA from National Grid where she held the position of Director of Strategy and Performance, …

  • Helen started her career with Sellafield Ltd, joining the graduate trainee scheme in 2004. She worked in a range of low level waste projects and technical management roles before joining LLW Repository Ltd in May 2012. Helen…

  • Helen Clift was appointed Deputy Official Solicitor in September 2024 and has been a senior lawyer since 2007. She is the senior lawyer for family litigation. Her previous roles include: government Legal Service lawyer for t…

  • Helen Crews, Director of Plant and Bee Health, joined the Agency in December 2014. Her previous roles include: Head of Food Quality & Safety Programme, The Food and Environment Research Agency Head of Better Regulation P…

  • Helen joined the Charity Commission as Director of Operations in August 2019. After beginning her career in public policy and strategy, she joined the UK Border Agency as Head of the Strategy Team, before becoming the Head o…

  • Helen Edwards took up her role as Director General, Localism for DCLG on 7 May 2013. Career She began her civil service career at the Home Office, which she joined in 2002, serving as the director of the Active Communities D…

  • Helen Fazey is the British Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in Armenia, with the personal rank of Ambassador. She took up her post on 5 August 2020. Ms Fazey joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002. She was Deputy Hea…

  • Helen has more than 25 years experience in the IT/Telecoms and Utilities sectors, with in-depth expertise in client and customer service.  Helen is a Non Executive Member of the Board of the Government Property Agency, as we…

  • Helen has more than 25 years experience in the IT/Telecoms and Utilities sectors, with in-depth expertise in client and customer service.  Alongside her role for the GPA, she is also a Non-executive Director for Orbit Group,…

  • Helen Grant was appointed in January 2021 as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education. Helen is also the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria. Helen was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and C…

  • Helen is a Human Resources professional with over 25 year’s experience in senior management in large organisations. She has broad experience within the HR function, with Reward as a speciality, in both cash compensation and …

  • Helen was appointed to the BPDTS Ltd Board as a Non-Executive Director on 21 November 2016. Helen qualified as a chartered accountant in the private sector and has spent 25 years at HM Treasury and the Department for Work an…

  • Helen was appointed Director General for Performance and Strategy in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (formerly known as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) on 1 April 2017. She is responsible fo…

  • Helen Kilpatrick was Governor of the Cayman Islands from September 2013 until March 2018. Previously, Helen worked in the Home Office in 2005 as Director General of the Financial and Commercial Group. In addition to her duti…

  • Ms Helen Lewis has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique in succession to Ms Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme. She took up her appointment in October 2022. Helen worked as Head of DFID South Sudan from May …

  • Helen MacNamara was the Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Cabinet Secretariat. She was responsible for the operation of Cabinet government; including the management and minuting of Cabinet and planning and managing th…

  • Helen Measures began her career in the Civil Service in 2001 at a local jobcentre and since then has undertaken a range of policy and operational roles across the Civil Service, latterly specialising in the justice system. H…

  • Helen is the Director for Corporate Centre at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Her directorate is responsible for the operational running of the department. Helen joined DExEU in July 2017 as HR Director before…

  • Helen Milne was the Chief Financial Officer for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) from August 2020 to August 2022. She had been Director of Finance and Corporate Services at DVSA since October 2016. Before joi…

  • Helen Milner OBE was appointed as a non-executive direct at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in November 2024. She is the Group Chief Executive of Good Things Foundation, an international digital inclusi…

  • Helen Peters is a Legal Director at Pinsent Masons LLP. She is a solicitor specialising in all aspects of UK, EU and international environmental law and policy with significant experience in nuclear regulation and waste mana…

  • Helen was appointed interim Director General for People and Capability in August 2023, having joined DWP in 2014.    Her previous roles include: Director for HR Business Partnering for Service Delivery, DWP Director for Peop…

  • Helen Smith was appointed as Minister Counsellor Political in June 2023. Between July 2021 and June 2023 she was Deputy Head of Mission and Minister Counsellor Political. Helen joined the Foreign Office in 2004 and has a wid…

  • Helen Stevens was appointed to the board in 2013 and represents the trade unions, which helps to ensure transparency in governance.

  • Helen Teasdale has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ljubljana since August 2021. Prior to Slovenia, Helen was posted to the UK Delegation to the OSCE, where she covered human rights. She has also served …

  • Helen became Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Croatia in July 2020. She joined the Foreign Office in 2009. Since then her roles have included Desk Officer Zimbabwe, Speechwriter to the Foreign Secretary, Head…

  • Helen Whately was Minister of State in the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) between 26 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. She was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury between 16 September 2021 to 8 July 2022. She was p…

  • Helena became Deputy Consul-General Rio de Janeiro and Deputy Director Trade & Investment for Brazil in April 2023. With a focus on Energy, Infrastructure and Defence, Helena works to increase bilateral trade and investm…

  • Helena was appointed Deputy Director (Strategy and External Engagement) of the Scotland Office in March 2015 after returning from maternity leave. Helena joined the Scotland Office in 2012 and, before taking up her current p…

  • Helena has responsibility for centralised support services including finance, procurement, human resources, corporate communications, information governance and knowledge management. She has experience as chair of RWM Progra…

  • Helene Reardon-Bond was appointed Interim Director of the Government Equalities Office in April 2016. She is responsible for the equality strategy and legislation across government. Previously, Helene led on gender equality …

  • Helga became the Executive Director Youth Custody Service as part of HM Prison and Probation Service in April 2019.

  • Hema Kotecha took up her appointment as Deputy Head of the UK Mission to the UN, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva in May 2022. Hema previously served in Ukraine as Counsellor at the British Embassy in Kyiv…

  • Hemant is currently Chief Financial Officer of Whitbread plc. He was born and educated in London before graduating from the University of Manchester having studied Physics with Astrophysics. He then moved into industry to tr…