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Alison Chick moved to Armenia in June 2017 with her husband, Chris. She has served in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at home and overseas. Most recently she worked in London in the Eastern European and Central Asia Dire…
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Alison is a career diplomat, she was Deputy Governor to Bermuda from 2018 to 2022. Previously, she was in London as head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO’s) Anti-Corruption Team. Before that, she spent 8 years…
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Alison Cross was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Panama City from 2016 to 2022. A career diplomat, Alison joined the Foreign Office in 2009, initially serving as a policy officer covering a range of roles in…
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Alison Currie joined the Department for International Trade as Director of Finance and Corporate Services in September 2016, after being recruited to UKTI as Managing Director of Corporate Services and Finance in August 2016…
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Alison joined the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland in October 2018 as Deputy Director for Constitutional Policy, moving to her current role as Deputy Director for Corporate Services in May 2021. Prior to this sh…
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Alison Hamer was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) In April 2022. Her career spans over 20 years in finance, HR and L&D roles within the public and private sector, inc…
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Alison Henwood is Executive Vice President for Shell’s global trading and supply business, an area she has worked in since 2014. Prior to this, she spent four years as the Global Controller for Shell’s finance operations, fo…
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2021 to present Deputy Director, Mediterranean Department 2020 to 2021 Director for Europe’s Office 2017 to 2020 Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Montenegro 2015 to 2017 FCO, Temporary duties in the Middle East & North Africa…
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Alison McGovern was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Birkenhead in July 2024.
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Alison Munro was appointed Managing Director of Development at High Speed Two Limited in September 2014, following 5 years as Chief Executive. Previously, Alison was a director in the Department for Transport, responsible fo…
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Alison became Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in October 2020. Alison is leading the transformation in data usage which will see ever more int…
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In October 2024, Alison was appointed as a non-executive director at Sellafield Ltd, chairing the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Alison holds a portfolio of non-executive roles, most recently as a non-executive committe…
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Alison Rose was the British Ambassador to Belgium from August 2014 until June 2019. Alison is a European Union (EU) specialist. Previous jobs have included leading the EU, economic, climate, home affairs and science teams at…
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Alison Saunders is a barrister and Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ) at the Crown Prosecution Service ( CPS ) . Early career Alison joined the CPS as a barrister in 1986 - the year it was formed. She spent her early CP…
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Dr Alison Steele is a consultant general paediatrician and qualified forensic medical examiner specialising in safeguarding children. She has spent most of her professional career in the north east, firstly in Gateshead and …
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Alison Stevenson was appointed Director General Delivery and Strategy in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in September 2023. As Director Overseas Bases in UK Strategic Command since the role’s creation in 2018, Alison was respo…
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Alison joined the Foreign Office in 1996, after completing a degree in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Hull and a Masters in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Westminster. Previous roles April to August 2…
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Alison Webster joined RPA as Rural Development Director in June 2014 when the Rural Development Team (RDT) transferred from Defra. Her previous roles include: RPA’s Rural Development Director Head of Defra’s Rural Developmen…
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Alison is an experienced Non-Executive Director and consultant who works with a range of organisations undergoing transition and change. Her executive background is in business. She led operations and commercial negotiation …
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Alison White was appointed Non-Executive Director to the VMD in August 2023 and also Chairs its Management Board. She is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Consultant, who works with a range of organisations undergoin…
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Alison Wilson is Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber. She was previously at His Majesty’s Treasury where she was leading work to establish the Darlington Economic Campus. Prior to that, Alison was the head of DfE …
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Alistair Adan is Head of Case Management at the Legal Aid Agency. Alistair joined the Legal Aid Board in 1995 and has held a variety of roles across the business during that time. He was an Area Contract Manager in both Birm…
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Alistair Carns grew up in Scotland, went to state school and joined the military at 19, working his way up to the rank of Colonel. He served and led during four tours in Afghanistan and was awarded the Military Cross in 2011…
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Dr Alistair Clark was a member of the Export Guarantee Advisory Council ( EGAC ) of UK Export Finance for over 10 years and was its chair until October 2022. He is also the Managing Director of the Environment and Sustainabi…
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Alistair Fernie is Director for International Finance at the Department for International Development ( DFID ). He covers DFID ’s work on economic development, multilateral effectiveness and particularly International Financ…
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Alistair Finlay joined the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority ( CICA ) as Deputy Chief Executive in March 2015. Alistair has spent his career at the front-end of the criminal justice system in policing. Alistair’s prev…
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Alistair Harrison was born in 1954 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and University College, Oxford, where he read Classics (Greek and Latin Literature,…
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Alistair Kirk joined High Speed Two Limited ( HS2 Ltd ) in September 2014 as Programme and Strategy Director. Before joining HS2 Ltd , Alistair was at EC Harris, part of ARCADIS, where he led its infrastructure business in t…
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Allan Cook has been the BIS lead non-executive director since February 2014. Allan is a chartered engineer with more than 40 years’ international experience in the automotive, aerospace and defence industries. He took up the…
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Dr Allan Little spent 18 years in the Government Economic Service, specialising in policy appraisal and evaluation. In 2024, he left the Civil Service to set up Mission Economics, a consultancy focused on social value, econo…
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Allison is currently the Human Resources Director at His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS). Allison is an experienced senior civil servant and prior to joining HMCTS, held a variety of senior HR roles at the M…
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Alun led the teams responsible for the maintenance and development of specifications, designs, safety cases and supporting research activities for a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste. Alun is a Fellow of the…
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Alun Evans was appointed Director of the Scotland Office in 2012. Career Alun worked as Secretary of the Detainee Inquiry before moving to the Scotland Office. Prior to that he was Head of Strategy at the Department for Busi…
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Alun Evans was, for over thirty years, a civil servant including twenty years in the senior civil service, and he worked in a wide a range of government departments including at No.10. He was Head of the UK Government’s Sco…
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Alun Francis is the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission and Principal and Chief Executive of Blackpool and The Fylde College. Blackpool and the Fylde College is an award winning organisation and is one of the largest and…
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Alyson has more than 20 years’ experience of working in both public and private sectors, managing high risk, complex programmes in highly regulated environments. She is a physicist and chartered electrical engineer, and prio…
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Alyson has brought more than 20 years’ experience of working in both public and private sectors, managing high risk, complex programmes in highly regulated environments. She is a physicist and chartered electrical engineer, …
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Alyson King is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She took up her appointment in April 2023. Alyson most recently served as Deputy Head of Mission in Beirut, Lebanon, and before that, as the UK…
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Amal Clooney was the UK’s Special Envoy for Media Freedom from April 2019 to September 2020. In this role she helped to convene a panel of legal experts to issue recommendations on legal and policy initiatives that states ca…
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Amanda Arrowsmith has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Board since February 2025. Amanda has a wealth of experience in senior leadership roles within the public and private sectors, w…
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Amanda Brooks became Director General for Trade Negotiations at the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT ) in February 2023. From 1 June 2021 she was Director General for Trade Negotiations at the Department for Internati…
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Amanda Bryan has had a career in forestry and natural resource management, rural and community development across the Highlands and Islands. She is currently Programme Leader and a Lecturer on the Forest Management degree at…
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Amanda spent 28 years in the Life Sciences sector working for ICI, Zeneca and AstraZeneca where she held senior operational roles across a wide range of business functions. She led major change programmes including; setting …
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Amanda Reynolds was appointed Director General, Strategy and Transformation in November 2024. Prior to that she was Director General, Service Excellence. Her previous roles include: Global Partnership Director, Centrica Exec…
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Amanda Rowlatt has been Chief Analyst at the Department for Transport since 2014. She has previously been: Chief Analyst at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Chief Economist and Director for Families and Chil…
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Amanda Solloway was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 20 September 2022 to 5 July 2024. She was also Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability) at the Depar…
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Amanda Spielman served as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills from 2017 to 2023. Before joining Ofsted she was chair of the exam regulator Ofqual from 2011 to 2016, and a founding membe…
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Amanda is the Executive Director for General Qualifications and joined Ofqual in 2023. Prior to joining Ofqual, Amanda worked in local government, for the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.
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Ameer Kotecha started in the role of His Majesty’s Consul General in Ekaterinburg in June 2023. Ameer began his career in the private sector before he joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 2015. As a diplo…