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  • Amy Holmes was appointed as Public Guardian and Chief Executive for the Office of the Public Guardian in September 2022. Amy came from the Cabinet Office where she was the Domestic Affairs Director in the Economic and Domest…

  • Amy Rees was appointed Director General Chief Executive HMPPS in August 2022 . She was previously the Director General of Probation, Wales and Youth in HMPPS, responsible for the leadership of the Probation Service, managing…

  • Amy Smith has been Deputy High Commissioner in Malta since August 2015. Prior to this Amy was based in London where she was Private Secretary to the Minister for Europe, from 2013-2015. Her first posting was to Pyongyang, DP…

  • Anand Aithal is the Lead Non Executive for the Cabinet Office. He has 30 years of experience across financial, business and professional services. He was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs prior to starting his own busines…

  • Andre is the Humanitarian and Development Director for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in South Sudan, overseeing the delivery of the UK’s multilateral and bilateral aid programme. Previously, he w…

  • Andrea was appointed as the CMA’s Executive Director, Markets and Mergers on 15 March 2018, and stood down from the role in May 2021.

  • Andrea Jenkyns was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Skills) at the Department for Education between 8 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministe…

  • Andrea is currently a non-executive director for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust following a long career in the NHS as the former chief executive of North Bristol NHS Trust until she retired in 2020. Andrea started her ca…

  • Andrea Young was appointed as a Director in both DCMS and BIS, heading up the joint Digital Economy Unit, in July 2014. Previous government roles include Director for Enterprise in BIS, and Director for Strategy in Defra.

  • Andrew Allen arrived in Somalia in December 2015 as Deputy Ambassador. He was previously in Mongolia as Charge d’Affaires. Mr Allen first joined the FCO in 1998 and has held a variety of positions in London and overseas, inc…

  • Andrew Ayre became the British Deputy High Commissioner Chandigarh in March 2017. Andrew is a career diplomat with thirty years experience. He has previously worked in Europe, the Middle East and South America as well as fou…

  • Andrew Baigent was appointed as Chief Finance Officer at HM Courts & Tribunals Service in August 2017, following five years as the Finance Director at the Department of Health. Andrew is a fellow of the Institute of Char…

  • Andrew Beattie - Currently on sabbatical. Andrew Beattie joined as the Director of Planning and Regulation and Head of Regulation and Licensing for the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). He was appointed Director of Opera…

  • Andrew Bizley is His Majesty’s Consul General in Erbil, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Before arriving in Erbil, Andrew was Deputy Head of His Majesty’s Government’s Iran Unit (2022 to 2024). He has previously been posted to …

  • Andrew Bonar Law served as Prime Minister between 1922 to 1923. Read more about the life and achievements of Andrew Bonar Law in our past Prime Ministers section.

  • Andrew Bowes has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Angola since February 2012. Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. He has previously served in Portugal, Timor-Leste and Mozambique. …

  • Andrew Bowie was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero from 7 February 2023 to 5 July 2024. Andrew was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Expor…

  • Andrew Caldwell is taking on the role of Interim Head of the Defence and Security Accelerator from July 2020 while current Head Anita Friend, goes on maternity leave. Andrew has previously worked for the Government Chief Sci…

  • Andrew took up his role as Acting Director General, Finance and Corporate Services Group in September 2013. Career Andrew’s previous roles have given him knowledge of a wide range of policy issues, from aviation to neighbour…

  • Andrew is an experienced General Counsel and specialist nuclear industry lawyer with significant knowledge of the business and of managing complex legal issues at a national and international level.

  • Andrew joined HM Treasury (HMT) in September 2022 as Director Public Spending, where he leads the teams responsible for delivering high quality government financial reporting and data, with a focus on using this information …

  • Andrew Champ has 30 years of international major project development and delivery experience including successful delivery of Barakah Nuclear Power plant in the UAE. Having worked in the supply chain and as a Client Andrew i…

  • Andrew became Regional Director for the North West and West Midlands in November 2021. Before this he was appointed Regional Director for the North West in November 2016, taking on responsibility for the South West as well i…

  • Andrew Cumpsty was previously Leader of Reading Borough Council (2010 to 2012), and a Councillor from 2004 to 2014. He was previously the co-founder and former Deputy Chairman of the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise …

  • Andrew Dalgleish LLB took up the position of Deputy High Commissioner in the British High Commission in Pakistan in July 2022. Prior to that he spent a year in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London wor…

  • Andrew became the Deputy Head of Mission at British Embassy Budapest in July 2022. His previous roles include running the cross-government Africa Security and Stability Policy Unit (covering migration, serious and organised …

  • Andrew has been on loan to DCMS from the Home Office since February 2022, first as Head of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Team and then as Director of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Government Coordination Centre. Unti…

  • Andrew Emmett was appointed Director, Finance and Analysis at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in November 2012. Previously he has held senior roles in the Audit Commission, Department of Health and the Minist…

  • Andrew joined DVLA in 2010 as Head of Commercial Services, moving to become Assistant Director (Commercial) in 2012. He became Commercial Director in May 2015. Education Andrew holds a Master of Science degree in Procurement…

  • Andrew has been the Programme Director for Project Gigabit since February 2021, and has responsibility for overall programme delivery and for the BDUK team of local delivery managers. He was previously in BDUK from 2011 to 2…

  • Andrew Fleming is the British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata. Prior to arriving in Kolkata, Andrew Fleming served as British Deputy High Commissioner to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 5 years and then as Officer on Sp…

  • Andrew Ford was the Interim Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Mexico City from November 2021 to April 2022. He was previously Deputy Head of Mission in Bogotá and has spent most of his career working in the Am…

  • Andrew Forrest joins Magnox with more than 20 years’ experience from a range of leadership roles in both Customer and Supply Chain organisations in the Nuclear and Petrochemical industry. He has held roles at BNFL/Sellafield…

  • Andrew has worked in the commercial, procurement and supply chain profession for the whole of his career, working in health, infrastructure international aid, construction and local government before joining the Civil Servic…

  • Andrew Garth took up his appointment as British Ambassador to Slovakia in October 2014. His previous roles are listed below: 2010 - 2014 UKTI, Head, Commercial Development Unit 2008 - 2010 FCO, Head, EU Enlargement & Pre…

  • BIRA (British Independent Retailers Association) CEO Andrew Goodacre has devoted his career to strengthening Britain’s high streets and the communities they support. Since taking over BIRA’s leadership in 2018, Andrew has ex…

  • BIRA (British Independent Retailers Association) CEO Andrew Goodacre has devoted his career to strengthening Britain’s high streets and the communities they support.  Since taking over BIRA’s leadership in 2018, Andrew has e…

  • Andrew Griffith was Minister of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology between 13 November 2023 and 5 July 2024. He was previously Economic Secretary to the Treasury between 27 October 2022 and 13 No…

  • Andrew Griffiths was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from January 2018 to July 2018. He was a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 17 J…

  • Andrew Gwynne was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 9 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Gorton and Denton in July 2024.

  • Andrew has been with the Branch since its inception in 2004, was Deputy Chief Inspector from 2015 and was appointed Chief Inspector in 2022. His railway career before RAIB included a number of design and project engineering …

  • Andrew’s professional experience is in governance, communications, leadership and change management, across a range of sectors including government, regulatory bodies, not-for-profit, professional services and passenger tran…

  • Andrew Heyn OBE, British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao, took office in October 2016. Andrew joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 1989 and served in Caracas, Lisbon and Dublin before his most r…

  • Andrew Hood stood down from the lead non-executive board member role at Department for International Trade on 15 March 2021. He was appointed in November 2020. Andrew is a: founding partner at Oxford Research & Analysis …

  • Andrew Jackson was appointed Ambassador to the UN Economic Agencies and Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (Geneva) in September 2024. Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1…

  • British Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal from 26 April 2013 to 2015 Secondment to the European Union as Deputy Head of the EULEX Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo from October 2010 Her Majesty’s Ambassador,…

  • Andrew Pearce OBE was appointed Governor of Montserrat in January 2018. Andy joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office after a period engaged in scientific research. He has had overseas postings in Bangkok, Bucharest, Preto…

  • Andrew Jones was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport from November 2018 to July 2019. He was Exchequer Secretary to HM Treasury from 15 June 2017 to 8 January 2018. He was Parliamentary Und…