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  • Kate Davies was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales in June 2015. Prior to becoming Principal Private Secretary, Kate was Deputy Principal Private Secretary at the Department for Work an…

  • Kate Davies was appointed Interim Director General, Labour Market Policy and Implementation at the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) in June 2022. Before this, Kate was Strategy and Governance Director in DWP bringing…

  • Kate Dearden was appointed Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 18 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Halifax in July 2024.

  • Kate was appointed as a non-executive director and Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee for the Coal Authority in April 2024. Kate is an experienced non-executive and government advisor. She is currently a N…

  • Kate is Chief of Regulatory Engagement at the Regulator of Social Housing. She joined the Regulator of Housing as Director of Consumer Regulation in July 2021.

  • Kate Ellis became Chair of the Oil and Pipelines Agency in June 2021. Until her retirement at the end of 2021, Kate was the Group Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (ND…

  • Kate English took up her position as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tripoli in April 2021. Prior to this, she was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tunis, a job she shared with her husband To…

  • Ms Kate Foster OBE was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somali, and took up her appointment in February 2021. Ms Foster has extensive experience working on Africa, including on humanitarian and s…

  • Kate is a senior executive with over 30 years experience in a range of sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals, FMCG and retail. She has held a number of senior HR roles including Chief People Officer for Virgi…

  • Kate trained as an accountant in the NHS. She has worked in a number of NHS organisations and also spent time working for firms KPMG and Grant Thornton. Prior to joining the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) in 2018,…

  • Kate Harrisson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2000 after working in the private sector in China. Her previous roles in the FCO include Deputy Head of Mission to Vietnam, Political Counselor in Beijing and Econ…

  • Kate joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in 2013. She spent five years overseeing Conflict, Security and Stability Fund programmes in the Middle East and North Africa, including a posting to Ista…

  • Kate Joseph became the Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) at the Department for Business and Trade on 4 March 2024. Prior to this, Kate held the position of Director for International Economic Sec…

  • Kate Josephs’ career as a senior leader in the UK civil service includes Deputy Director positions in HM Treasury and the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, she began her career as a policy advisor in the Department for Work an…

  • Kate Lampard CBE was the lead non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care from November 2017 to September 2023. Kate is the chair of GambleAware and works as an independent consultant undertaking inves…

  • Kate Orrick began her role as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Stockholm in September 2022. She has worked for the UK civil service since 2007, most recently as Development Director for Jordan (2018 to 2021)…

  • Kate Reynolds has been Deputy High Commissioner in Belmopan since November 2021. Kate grew up in Yorkshire, studied at Oxford University (Somerville College) and University College London, and worked in documentaries before …

  • Ms Kate Rudd was the Department for International Trade’s West Africa Trade Director based in Lagos, Nigeria covering the coastal countries from Senegal to Gabon. Previously Ms Rudd was Her Majesty’s Deputy Head of Mission t…

  • Having headed up Sellafield Ltd’s Regulatory and Planning Law team within the Office of General Counsel since 2009, Kate was appointed Company Secretary in May 2022.

  • Kate Smith CMG was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, Greece, from January 2017 until July 2021. Previously she was FCO Director, Americas and has also held overseas posts in Tehran and New York. Curriculum v…

  • Kate joined UK Government in Wales in June 2019 with her job-share partner, Louise Parry. Kate came to the department from the Constitution Group in Cabinet Office where she worked on parliamentary, election and lobbying pol…

  • Kate Thomson is the Deputy British Ambassador and Development Counsellor to Liberia. Kate’s previous roles include: Department of International Development’s (DFID) Education Adviser to North Africa Deputy Head of DFID’s Chi…

  • Kate Tilley joined Legal Aid Agency (LAA) as HR Director in March 2014. Before this she was UK HR Director, WSP Global Inc.

  • Kate White is the Strategy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). She was formerly the Director for Trade and Economic Security from February 2021 to April 2024 and was the interim Director Ge…

  • Kath joined Ofsted as Director, Social Care Inspection and Improvement in May 2014, but has now taken on the role of National Director from 1 June 2015. Her initial role was to lead on the design, delivery and review of Ofst…

  • Kath Tunstall has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service since March 2015.

  • Kath Webster was appointed Director of Scientific Services, APHA in April 2014. She first joined the agency in June 1990. Her previous roles include: Deputy Chief Scientist, APHA Head of Biotechnology and Manager of Test Dev…

  • Katharine Birbalsingh is the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission and Headmistress and co-founder of Michaela Community School in Wembley, London. Michaela is known for its tough-love behaviour systems, knowledge curricul…

  • Katharine Felton was Deputy Head of Mission and Consul at the British Embassy in Montevideo from 2013 to 2017. She joined the FCO in 2002 after graduating in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Leeds. Katharine wor…

  • Katy Ransome is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Mali. Previously she was the Head of Gender and Conflict, in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation Directo…

  • Katherine’s early career was spent developing new products and services in the global telecoms industry as a senior executive with both major multinationals and a series of start-up companies. She moved to the public sector …

  • Katherine Cowell started in her role as Regional Director for North East in September 2022. She was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for North. Katherine is also the Senior Responsible Officer for the Opportunity…

  • Katherine Fletcher was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and Minister for Women at the Cabinet Office between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022. She was elected Conservative MP for So…

  • Katherine Green was appointed joint Director General, Labour Market and Poverty in November 2024 in a jobshare with Sophie Dean. Prior to that Sophie and Katherine were Directors General, Labour Market and Implementation. Be…

  • Katherine Holmes (appointed in 2009) was, until her appointment, a partner and head of the competition department at the London office of Reed Smith which merged in 2007 with Richards Butler, her former firm. Before joining …

  • Katherine Kerswell joined the civil service in September 2012 as Director General, Civil Service Reform. Prior to that she was a chief executive of 4 local authorities, and has worked in local government for over 25 years. C…

  • Ms Katherine Smitton has been appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan in succession to Mr Timothy Marschall Jones. She took up her appointment in October 2024. Before this Ms Smitton was Deputy Head of Mis…

  • Katherine (Cathy) Ward LVO OBE was appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta in October 2020. Previously she was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador from 2017 to 2020. Cathy studied English…

  • Kathleen Reid is the Deputy Head of Mission for the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in Sierra Leone. Kathleen has been based at the British High Commission in Freetown since March 2022. Kathleen joined th…

  • Kathryn Al-Shemmeri was appointed as the Chief People Officer in the Cabinet Office in September 2022. Kathryn leads the Cabinet Office People and Places directorate and has responsibility for Cabinet Office 2025, the depart…

  • Kathryn Cearns holds a number of government positions: Department for Transport , Group Audit and Risk Committee – member DfT OLR Holdings Limited – non-executive director National Highways – non-executive director National …

  • Kathryn retired from her role within Service Children’s Education in 2015. She was appointed Acting Chief Executive by the Adjutant General in 2012. She was appointed Director of Education Services in September 2007, having …

  • Kathryn joined the team in the British Embassy, Tallinn as Deputy Head of Mission in September 2014. She is a career diplomat having joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. During her career, Kathryn has served i…

  • Kathryn Parsons was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2017 to 2020. Kathryn is the co-founder and co- CEO of Decoded, a London-based tech start-up which a…

  • Kathy Gillatt was the Transitional Director of Corporate Services for both the Driving Standards Agency ( DSA ) and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency ( VOSA ) from July 2013 to June 2014. The agencies merged to form the D…

  • Kathy Hall is Director-General of Delivery in the COVID-19 Task Force. She was formerly a Director in the Department of Health & Social Care.

  • Ms Kathy Leach started her role as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan in August 2021. Previously she was Deputy Director, Constitution and Devolution, Europe Directorate in the FCDO. From 2012 to 2015 Kat…

  • Kathy Mansfield was a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. She is also Project Director of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) Assistance Programme (ZIMRAP).

  • Katie was appointed Director General, Social Security, Disability and Pensions in November 2024. Prior to that she was Director General for Disability, Health and Pensions. Her previous roles include: Director for Universal …

  • Katie Kapernaros has been in Information Technology for about 30 years, mainly with IBM, in a variety of positions in Europe and Asia Pacific. She has managed many large digital teams and programmes, including the Sydney Oly…