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  • Jitesh Gadhia has over 20 years’ investment banking experience, having held senior positions at Blackstone, Barclays Capital, ABN AMRO and Baring Brothers. He has advised on a wide range of high profile M&A and capital r…

  • Jo Boaden CBE is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. Jo has held a number of senior positions in the housing sector, most recently as the Chief Executive of the Northern Housing Consortium. She held sen…

  • Jo Broomfield returned to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in June 2015 as the Common Agricultural Programme (CAP) Delivery Programme Director. His previous roles include: CAP Delivery Programme Lead for the Department of Env…

  • Jo Churchill was Minister of State for the Department for Work and Pensions from 13 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) from 7 September 2022 to 13 November 202…

  • Jo Clift was appointed to the Agency Board in January 2018. She has over 20 years’ experience at the heart of Whitehall, including senior roles in communications, policy, corporate services and appointments. Head of Communic…

  • Jo Farrar became the Chief Executive of HM Prison & Probation Service in April 2019 and Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice in March 2021. Jo came from Local Government and Public Services, where she he…

  • Jo Fiddian has a shared role with Hannah Payne as the Head of Transformation. Her previous roles include: Head of Service Development and Central Commissioning, LAA Deputy Director responsible for criminal courts operational…

  • Jo took up her position as British Consul-General Guangzhou in July 2019. She leads the British Government’s engagement in the provinces of South China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan and Jiangxi. Jo has worked fo…

  • Jo Lomas has been the UK government’s Envoy to the Commonwealth since October 2021. Jo was previously High Commissioner to the Republic of Rwanda, and non-resident Ambassador to Burundi from January 2018 to June 2021. Jo hol…

  • Ms Jo McPhail was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti and UK Representative to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and opened the first British Embassy in Djibouti, in March 2021…

  • Jo Moir is a British diplomat and development professional with more than 20 years of experience working for the UK Government at home and overseas.  Jo is currently Development Director for the British High Commission in Is…

  • Jo Morgan became National Director, Initial Teacher Education in October 2014. She is also Regional Director, North West. Before working at Ofsted, Jo was a: qualified teacher who has held 3 secondary headships National Lead…

  • Jo joined Forestry Commission Scotland as Deputy Director in October 2013, before this she spent 5 years working for the Scottish Government, on Natural Resources policy. She has also been a member of the Forest Enterprise E…

  • Jo became the Professional Practice Director for GIAA in May 2016, where she is responsible for the development of the profession both within the Agency and across wider central government. Her role includes oversight of int…

  • Jo Shanmugalingam became Second Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport ( DfT ) on 30 May 2023. Jo was previously Director General for Science, Innovation and Growth at the Department for Science, Innovation and …

  • In September 2012, Jo Swinson became Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Women and Equalities Minister. She was elected as the Liberal Democrat MP …

  • Jo Symons, Director Change and Development joined the Management Board in February 2010. Her previous roles within NMO include: Director Technical Services Communications business team manager Project lead for Weights and Me…

  • Joan Aitken was the Scottish Prison Complaints Commissioner (Ombudsman) from 1999 until her appointment as a Traffic Commissioner. Career Joan has served as a part time chairman of employment tribunals, disability appeal tri…

  • Joan Ingram graduated from Dundee University in 1981, with an MA in Politics and Jurisprudence. Joan then embarked on a career as a journalist, becoming one of Scotland’s leading television politics presenters; hosting a var…

  • Jo Crellin became Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports at the Department for Business and Trade in March 2024. Previously she was Director General, Trading Systems at the Department for Business a…

  • Joanna has many years’ experience in shaping, delivery and assuring complex technology based programmes. Until recently she was the UK Government’s Chief Digital Officer – the most senior digital role in Government – respons…

  • Joanna Key is Director General, Regeneration, Housing and Planning at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Joanna was previously Director of Growth and Infrastructure at HM Treasury and Director for Dom…

  • Joanna Kuenssberg was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Lisbon since August 2010. She was Chargé d’Affaires between January to May 2011, before the arrival of Ambassador Jill Gallard. She was appointed High Co…

  • Joanna Markbreiter is the Deputy British Ambassador and Development Counsellor to Liberia. Joanna’s previous roles include: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Protracted Crisis Advisor, Nigeria. Department for Int…

  • Joanna is People Director at the UK Space Agency. She provides Human Resources (HR) advice to the Agency executive committee and senior leadership team and leads on the Agency’s People Strategy to provide senior oversight fo…

  • Joanna was Head of DFID Pakistan from December 2015 to September 2019 and managed DFID ’s largest bilateral programme there. She was formerly Head of DFID Sudan where she managed DFID ’s humanitarian and development programm…

  • Joanna Roper CMG was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2020. Previously, Joanna was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality from April 2017 unti…

  • Joanna took up her role as Director General for the Customer Services Group at the Home Office on 8 January 2024. Joanna had previously served as Director General for Transformation at HMRC, heading the Transformation Busine…

  • Joanna Wallace was appointed to the role of Independent Case Examiner in April 2013. Her previous roles include: Chief Executive of the Christie NHS Trust Manchester Director of Spire Manchester Hospital lay member of the Se…

  • Joanna Whittington became Director General, Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 8 October 2018. Joanna was the Chief Executive Officer at the Office of Rail and Road (…

  • Joanne Adamson OBE (Known as Jo) HM Ambassador, Bamako, Mali since August 2014 Ms Adamson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. She has served in Cairo, Jerusalem, at the UK Mission to the UN in New York, Washi…

  • Joanne joined the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) in September 2022 as Director of Audit for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Prior to joining the GIAA, Joanne was Director of Audit within AuditOne, an NHS…

  • Joanne is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) with fifteen years’ experience of finance in local government in county and unitary authorities and three years’ experience as a Civil S…

  • Joanne Cappa-Gunduz joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2003. She worked in London on UK-Japan relations before moving to Europe Directorate for the 2005 UK Presidency of the EU. Her first posting was to Vilnius, L…

  • Joanne (Jo) Freeman is the Consul General for Queensland & Northern Territory and Director of Trade for Australia & New Zealand at the UK’s Department for International Trade. Most recently, Jo worked as the Deputy C…

  • Before joining Dstl , Joanne worked in the Judicial Office where she was the HR Director for the Judiciary of England and Wales. During this time she led on the development of a modern workforce strategy for the judiciary an…

  • Joanne Prowse joined the Charity Commission as a board member in November 2019. Jo is the Chief Executive and a Board member of the Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA), the UK regulator for content, goods and services charge…

  • Joanne was appointed Chief Regulatory Officer in June 2022. Joanne is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified accountants who qualified with the MoD working across the Commercial Function. She has subsequently wor…

  • In his current role as Group Retail, Ecommerce, Customer Service and Loss Prevention Director for TJX Europe, his passion and advocacy has driven the implementation of apprenticeship schemes and training programmes. His supp…

  • Joe was appointed as HMRC Interim Chief People Officer with direct responsibility for HR, in August 2016 and was previously Director of HR Policy and Operations. He came to HMRC in 2013 from the Home Office, which he joined …

  • Joe Preston has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kosovo since October 2010. He started his career in the early 80’s and served with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in Migration & Visa Depar…

  • Joe White MBE was the UK Technology Envoy to the US between 2020 and 2024. He also worked previously as a Silicon Valley based entrepreneur and investor. He has served as: General Partner of Entrepreneur First, a Greylock ba…

  • Joel Bamford was appointed Executive Director for Mergers at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 12 February 2024. On 1 July 2024 he became Executive Director for Mergers, Office for the Internal Market and Subsid…

  • John Abbott became Director of Digital, Data and Technology for HM Land Registry in January 2016. Before joining HM Land Registry, John was: Head of Digital Products at Ordnance Survey Product Director at Mimecast Head of In…

  • John was Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade ( DIT ) from 18 January 2021 to 15 August 2021. Previously he was Director General of Trade Policy at DIT from July 2016 to January 2021. From 20…

  • John Baxter CBE is a Non-Executive Director at Sellafield Ltd. He is also a Non-Executive Director at Drax plc. He has worked in the energy industry for over 40 years covering nuclear, electricity and latterly oil and gas. H…

  • John Black has worked for LGC since 2008 and joined the Government Chemist programme in 2020. John also manages the Chemical & Biological Metrology programme, delivered as part of the UK National Measurement System (NMS)…

  • John was the resident Infrastructure Adviser for the Department for International Development (DFID) on Montserrat. He took up this role in January 2015. Prior to that he was based in Glasgow working for the DFID Overseas Te…

  • John Hughes was appointed non-executive director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) of the Trade Remedies Authority in June 2021. He is also a non-executive director and specialist adviser to companie…

  • John Cameron-Webb started working at the Consulate as Visa/Passport assistant in July 1988. He was promoted to Assistant Management Officer in 1992 running Consulate budget, HR and Estate Maintenance. In 2002 he was appointe…