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  • Jon Stern (appointed in 2013) is an Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at City University, London and a Visiting Fellow at the Judge Business School, Cambridge. From 2005 to 2013, he was a Senior Visi…

  • Jon Whitfield was appointed Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) of the Government Internal Audit Agency ( GIAA ) on 1 April 2015. His previous roles include: Head of Government Internal Audit, January 2014 to present Director, C…

  • Jon Zeff became a director at DCMS in 2008. Jon started his career in the Department of Employment. Since then, his career highlights have included: working on European Union social policy at the Department of Trade and Indu…

  • Jonathan Allen is Director General, Defence and Intelligence at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Jonathan was Director General for Strategy on secondment to the UK national security community from J…

  • Jonathan re-joined HM Revenue and Customs at the beginning of October 2021 having previously worked as the Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Economic Statistics at the Office for National Statistics ( ONS…

  • Jonathan Baume is currently a member of the Board of the Health & Safety Executive; a Non-Executive Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulation and of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Until 2017 he was a Civil Serv…

  • Jonathan has a breadth of experience in defining and delivering strategies across customer service and Transformation in both the public and private sectors. His roles have previously included working at the Civil Aviation A…

  • Jonathan Brenton holds the post of Minister Counsellor (Prosperity) at the British Embassy in Moscow. Biography May 2015 – Minister Counsellor, Prosperity, British Embassy in Moscow 2014 – 2015 – FCO Communications Directora…

  • Jonathan Cave has been Senior Teaching Fellow in Economics at the University of Warwick since 1994 and Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. For more than 30 years, he also worked for the RAND Corporation most recently…

  • Jonathan Chapman is a senior internal audit strategy and change advisor. Over the last two decades he has held a number of senior management roles in internal audit in the financial services sector, as well as spending time …

  • Jonathan joined Building Digital UK in June 2023. He is a career civil servant and has spent the last 11 years of his career in senior roles in the Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Justice, and Department for Ed…

  • Jonathan Croft is the UK’s Special Envoy for the Sahel. Jonathan was the Deputy Ambassador to Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Cabo Verde from 2021 to 2024. Before that he worked as Political Counsellor in Myanmar, China foreign p…

  • Jonathan Darby arrived at the British High Commission, Singapore in February 2017 as the Acting Deputy High Commissioner and Political Counsellor. He joined the Foreign Office in 1999 and has spent his career focusing on Nor…

  • Jonathan Dart joined the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1988. He has been posted to Germany, South Africa, and South Korea, and has worked on science and technology, defence, information technology, political and trade…

  • Jonathan Djanogly served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Huntingdon on 7June 2001. Jonathan was educated at University College School,…

  • Jonathan Drew was British High Commissioner to Mauritius between 2014 and 2017. He returned to London on completion of his assignment. Jonathan joined the FCO in 1993, after completing a BSc (Economics) at the London School …

  • Jonathan Duff started his role as Regional Director for the East of England in September 2022. He was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for East of England and North-East London. Prior to this, Jonathan was Direct…

  • Jonathan Dunn took up his position as British Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro in August 2014. Jonathan was born in Oxford and was educated at Abingdon School and the United World College of South East Asia (Singapore). He has…

  • Jonathan was appointed as Director – Project Delivery in June 2020 with Executive Team responsibility for the delivery of programmes and projects across the LLWR portfolio. He is also the Senior Responsible Owner for the Rep…

  • Jonathan Flory is a Senior Adviser at Social Finance Limited and formerly head of its UK advisory practice. Social Finance is a non-profit enterprise seeking to design, fund and scale better solutions to challenging social p…

  • Jonathan Gullis was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for School Standards) at the Department for Education between 7 September 2022 and 28 October 2022. Jonathan was elected as Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Tr…

  • Jonathan was most recently the UK’s Special Representative for Syria, leading the UK’s efforts to promote stability and political processes in Syria. He served in Jerusalem as Head of the UK’s development team in the Occupie…

  • Jonathan is an Executive Director at UK Government Investments (UKGI) and is the shareholder Non-executive Board Member for HM Land Registry. Jonathan joined UKGI in early 2018 and as well as being part of UKGI’s Special Sit…

  • Jonathan Knight was appointed as Deputy Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates in August 2023. Originally from Berkshire in the south of England, he read Politics and International Relations at Aberdeen University before joi…

  • Jonathan Knott is His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean. He was appointed in February 2021. He is also His Majesty’s Consul General in São Paulo. He became Consul General in August 2021 when he…

  • Jonathan has just arrived as Deputy Head of Mission in Nur-Sultan. Before coming to Kazakhstan he was Deputy Head of the UK Mission in Tajikistan and prior to that he worked in the Foreign Office in London as the liaison off…

  • Jonathan Lyle became Chief Executive of Dstl on 5 March 2012. His civil service career includes: Director, Helicopters in Defence Equipment & Support, MOD Director, College of Management and Technology Operations Directo…

  • Jonathan Marron is the Director General for Primary Care and Prevention at the Department of Health and Social Care ( DHSC ). Prior to this role Jonathan was Director General of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparit…

  • Jonathan Mills CB is Director General for Energy Markets and Supply at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ). He is responsible for the overall approach to energy markets, regulation and outcomes includin…

  • Jonathan Moor was Director General Resources and Strategy Group at the Department for Transport ( DfT ) from 2013 to December 2017. Jonathan joined DfT as Group Finance Director of the Driver, Vehicle and Operator Group in 2…

  • Jonathan Robinson joined the Environment Agency (EA) as Director of Legal Services in 2009. He became Executive Director of Resources and Legal Services in 2011. Jonathan is also a qualified solicitor in the UK and a solicit…

  • Jonathan began his civil service career 33 years ago in the Health and Safety Executive. He joined the VOA as Chief People Officer in 2018. Previous roles include working in policy, leading on both primary and secondary legi…

  • Jonathan was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board on 1 October 2016 and as Chair on 9 October 2020. He is also a Non-Executive member of the Press and Assessment Board of the …

  • Jonathan is a chartered mechanical engineer and spent much of his career working for Shell. In 2007, he took over what is now the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in the UK Cabinet Office, to lead the centre of governme…

  • Jonathan Sinclair was the Director of Human Resources at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, later the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, from October 2018 to February 2021. He was previously the Principal Pr…

  • Jonathan was the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Education from May 2016 to August 2020. His previous roles in government include: Director General and Head of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat, Cabinet Office…

  • Jonathan joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non Executive Board Member on 21 August 2023. Jonathan has over 30 years of procurement experience, working in banking, healthcare, IT, automotive and manufacturing. Prior to his …

  • Jonathan is an independent Non-Executive Director at the Government Property Agency (GPA) and Chair of its audit and risk committee. Jonathan was appointed to the GPA Board in August 2021. Jonathan is the Non-Executive Chair…

  • Jonathan Turner is a Chartered Geologist who has spent most of his career in oil and gas exploration, both in industry (Shell, BG Group) and academia (University of Birmingham). He has published widely on applications of str…

  • Jonathan took up his appointment as British Consul General in Calgary in June 2021. He is the UK Government’s representative in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Prior to arriving in Calgary, Jonathan served for four years…

  • Jonathan is Deputy Chief Executive at the Regulator of Social Housing.

  • Jonathan Whiticar was appointed as a member of the Competition Commission on 1 April 2005. Following the completion of the private healthcare remittal market investigation, his appointment term ended on 12 September 2016. Re…

  • Jon Wilks CMG was British Ambassador in Doha from March 2020 to December 2023. He was previously Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq (2017 to 2019), Oman (2014 to 2017) and Yemen (2010 to 2011). He was also the UK Syria Envoy…

  • Jonathan has worked for HMCTS since its creation in 2011. He has undertaken roles both in the corporate centre and in the field, and is now responsible for the delivery of HMCTS’ national services. He has also led the work t…

  • Year Role 2023 - Present British Deputy High Commissioner, Lagos, Nigeria 2021 to 2023 British Ambassador to South Sudan 2018 to 2020 FCDO, Deputy Director, Finance and Performance Department 2017 to 2018 DFID, Deputy Direct…

  • Jonny Hall is Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate. Before this he was Director of the Stabilisation Unit. Previously, Jonny spent 4 years in No.10 Downing Street, where he was Foreign Affairs Privat…

  • Jorge was appointed Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer for international and trade affairs at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in March 2024. Jorge was appointed on an interim basis in July 2023. Jorge is …

  • Josephine joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in 2002. She has previously served in the democratic Republic of Congo, twice in Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria. She was the British Ambassador to Cote d…

  • Josh joined DSRL following a successful career in the oil and gas industry. Josh served as Vice President HR for Europe, Russia and Africa prior to this appointment and has held various leadership roles internationally. He b…

  • Joshua Colebourne was appointed Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission Banjul in December 2019. Joshua started his career in the Joint International Policing Hub in 2016 and has since worked in various roles…