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  • Linda was appointed as Chief Executive of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in October 2018, having held the role of Deputy Chief Executive since April 2016.

  • Linda joined the Government Internal Audit Agency in 2016, and has taken on the roles of operational director and group chief internal auditor for the Ministry of Justice as well as championing diversity & inclusion. Pri…

  • Linda Cross was British Ambassador in Ecuador 2008 to 2012. Linda joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1978. Previously, she has served as FCO Assistant Director, Protocol Directorate (July 07 - March 08); FCO Opera…

  • Linda Knutsen was appointed Head of Exploration Division in April 2021. Linda started her MOD career as a Forensic Analytical Chemist for the Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory in 1994, following a MSc in Analytical Science…

  • Linda Wallace joined Innovate UK in July 2014. She has used her experience in developing global communication strategies for high profile brands to oversee the rebranding of our organisation from the former Technology Strate…

  • Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby is the Ambassador and Head of the UK Mission to the European Union, appointed in January 2021. Before his current role, Lindsay was Deputy Sherpa and Deputy Chief Negotiator in Taskforce Europe (10 …

  • Lindsay Skoll was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna in January 2021. Lindsay joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1996, on return from working fo…

  • Lindsey was appointed Director of Schools Financial Support and Oversight at the Education and Skills Funding Agency in December 2023. Lindsey has been a civil servant since 1996. She was previously the deputy director for N…

  • Lindsey was appointed Director General, International Finance in November 2021. Prior to her appointment, Lindsey was Director for Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions and was responsible for significant parts of the UK’s dome…

  • Lindsy was appointed Resident British Commissioner to Antigua and Barbuda from October 2019 to February 2024. Her previous posting was as Consular Regional Manager for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, based in Dar es Salaam…

  • Lindy Cameron CB OBE has been British High Commissioner to the Republic of India since April 2024. Previously, Lindy was CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (2020-2024), following more than two decades of internat…

  • Lis Birrane was appointed to PHE in 2012. Career highlights: director of communications of the Health Protection Agency chief press officer at the Department of Health chief press secretary to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry was a…

  • Lisa Bandari was appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal and Cape Verde in January 2024. Previously, she was the Deputy Director for India and HMG India Coordinator from August 2021 to August 2022. Lisa has served …

  • Lisa Barrett took up the role of Deputy Head of Mission for the British Embassy Pyongyang in December 2023, having previously served in this role from 2017 to 2020. From 2020 to 2023 she served as Deputy Head of Mission in A…

  • Lisa Chesney MBE took up her position as the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone in August 2021. She has most recently served in London in the Home Office as Gold Command for the Crime, Policing and Fire Group’s respon…

  • H.E Lisa Chesney MBE is the new British High Commissioner to Uganda effective 15 October 2024. H.E Chesney was most recently High Commissioner to Sierra Leone from August 2021 – 2024.She has experience with a range of countr…

  • As Acting Chief Customer Officer at the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and member of the Executive Board, Lisa leads the organisation’s global commercial activity.  Overseeing a 280 strong team across Customer Division, Lisa’…

  • Lisa joined The Oil and Pipelines Agency ( OPA ) as a Process Safety Engineer in December 2011 as part of the existing HSSEQ Team. Lisa advanced her career through the company to become Assurance Manager in May 2015. She is …

  • Lisa has a long and distinguished service with FCO, DFID and the ODA . Before 1984 she worked for the ODA , in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, as Programme Manager, and in the Personnel Sections. Further…

  • Prior to becoming Regional Schools Commissioner for the South-West ( RSC SW ), Lisa Mannall was Chief Executive Officer of the Learning Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust of 10 schools in Cornwall. Before that, she was a h…

  • Lisa Phillips has been Head of DFID Kenya since July 2013. Before this, she was Head of Director’s Cabinet in the Policy division. Lisa is a long term member of DFID and has also had a brief stint in FCO under the FCO’s Migr…

  • Lisa has been Chief Executive at the Coal Authority since June 2018. Before then Lisa spent 20 years at the Environment Agency, latterly as Director of the West Midlands Area. Lisa is a Chartered Waste Manager and Chartered …

  • Lisa Stanger joined the Coal Authority in April 2010 as Head of HR and Organisational Development. Lisa has had a number of roles before being appointed as a Board Member in April 2017 as Director of People and Transformatio…

  • Lisa Thumwood arrived in Minsk in August 2018 to take up her appointment as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy. Prior to this she had been working in the political section of the British Embassy in Kyiv since late…

  • Lisa Weedon arrived in Brazil in October 2019 to take up her role as Deputy Consul General in Sao Paulo and Minister Counsellor Trade & Prosperity across Brazil. Prior to this she was based in Johannesburg and has also u…

  • Lisa Whanstall is the British Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Lisa joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1995. Prior to her arrival in Sri Lanka, she was Head of the Afghanistan Unit and latterly Deputy Head o…

  • Lise-Anne was appointed Director of Strategy, Communications and Private Office on 18 December 2017.

  • Liz Barclay is the Small Business Commissioner for the UK. She has a background in broadcasting and journalism specialising in small business, personal finance and consumer affairs and is author of several business books. Sh…

  • Liz Bisset is a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty . Appointed: 1 December 2016 Term ends: 30 November 2020

  • Liz Booth was appointed Chief People Officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in October 2023. Prior to this she had a number of roles across the voluntary sector including HR Director and Di…

  • CV Full name: Liz Boyles : Married to Patrick Dens, 2 children - Alexander and Katherine Dens. July 2012: Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Helsinki February 2010 - 2012: Head of Communications, Information Technology…

  • Liz Cohen was appointed as non-executive director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ) in April 2024. Liz is an experienced non-executive director with more than 20 years of work across diverse e…

  • Liz’s Corporate Services Directorate provides a wide range of services to the Agency, including Finance & Commercial, HR, Governance & Communications, IT & Estates, Central Services and Agency Development. Liz jo…

  • Liz Davidson took up the post of Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Brasilia in August 2017. She has worked in a number of UK Government Departments, most recently, as Deputy Director leading on post-Brexit tra…

  • Liz Doherty was appointed non-executive board member at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in August 2015. Liz was appointed by MoJ to join the HMCTS Board and is also a non-executive member of the MoJ Departmental Board. She rec…

  • Liz Peace CBE is the independent Chair of Nuclear Waste Services (NWS). Liz spent her early career in Government in the Ministry of Defence working in a range of roles including nuclear weapon accident planning and the polit…

  • Liz Philip is a retired Principal of 2 agricultural colleges, including Newton Rigg in Cumbria, which was established as the National School of Forestry in 1969. Liz was a founding member of the National Land-Based College a…

  • Liz Sayce OBE was the interim chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee ( SSAC ) from August 2019 until August 2020. She was the Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK until 31 May 2017, leading work to achieve equal …

  • Liz Sayce OBE was the interim chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) from August 2019 until August 2020. She was the Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK until 31 May 2017, leading work to achieve equal pa…

  • Liz is a long-term campaigner on the importance of everyone benefitting from digital technology. She is CEO of FutureDotNow, a business to business coalition focused on accelerating the UK’s digital skills at scale. Prior to…

  • Lizzie Noel CBE was non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between May 2018 and May 2023. Lizzie has over 20 years’ experience of senior roles in both the private and public sect…

  • Lopa Patel is a digital entrepreneur with significant experience of creating start-ups and transforming businesses through technology. The founder of two ventures in online media and a data-driven marketing consultancy, she …

  • Lord (David) Wolfson of Tredegar KC was appointed as a minister in the Ministry of Justice on 22 December 2020. Education David was born in Liverpool in 1968. He went to King David High School, Liverpool and then spent a yea…

  • Lord Ahmad was Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations between June 2017 and July 2024. Lord Ahmad was Minister of State for the Comm…

  • Lord Theodore Agnew was Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and Her Majesty’s Treasury from 14 February 2020 to 24 January 2022. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System from 28 Sept…

  • The Rt. Hon. Professor the Lord Ajay Kakkar PC is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at University College London, Chairman of King Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre and Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute …

  • Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew CBE KC was born in Wales in 1948. After education at Epsom College he graduated LLB AKC at King’s College London. In 1970 Lord Carlile was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn (where he is now a Bench…

  • Lord Andrew Adonis was appointed as chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission on 5 October 2015. He was a member of the independent Armitt Commission, which recommended an independent National Infrastructure Commiss…

  • Lord Astor was appointed Under Secretary of State and the Lords Spokesman on Defence in 2003. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education Lord Astor was educated at Eton. Political career In 1994 Lord Astor …

  • Lord (Christopher) Bellamy KC was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice between 7 June 2022 and 5 July 2024. Prior to this, his legal career focussed on European, competition and regulatory law. H…