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  • Louise was previously the UK Chargé d’Affaires in Khartoum. Louise has served as Development Director in Sudan leading the UK’s support on the economy and debt relief, peace, climate change and the humanitarian response. Pri…

  • Louise joined DVLA in 1984. She worked in a number of operational and HR roles, before taking on the HR and Estates Director role in June 2016. Education Louise holds a Masters (LLM) in Employment Law from the University of …

  • Louise Wilkinson was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Active Travel England in June 2022. In September 2024, Louise took on the additional role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Louise spent the first part of her car…

  • Louise Wilson was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in October 2020. She is a former entrepreneur who founded and led her own global strategic marketing and sponsorship consultancy business. Louise has served as an activ…

  • Loveday Ryder became the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in January 2021. Before joining DVSA, she was Chief Executive of BPDTS Ltd from January 2018 to December 2020. She was previously in …

  • Lieutenant Colonel Paul Marshall MBE Royal Logistic Corps was educated at Fleetwood Nautical College and Lincoln University. After leaving school in 1979 he was trained as a ships Navigator with Shell Tankers UK Limited befo…

  • Lucas Brown is the Consul to Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Born in Oxford, Lucas graduated in Politics and Sociology of Latin America with Spanish at the University of Liverpool and completed an MBA at…

  • Lucia Wilde was appointed as Ofsted’s Director, People in June 2023. She was previously His Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan in 2021. Prior to this, she was the HR Deputy Director in the Department for Health and Social …

  • Lucinda Stallard is the Legal Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva, where she provides advice on public international law and negotia…

  • Lucy Chadwick was Director General, International, Security and Environment Group in the Department for Transport ( DfT ) from 2012 to 2019. Career Lucy worked at Accenture before moving to the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit…

  • Lucy was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in The Hague between 2020 and 2023. Prior to her posting in the Netherlands she was the Head of the Foreign and Security Policy Unit at the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi…

  • Lucy Hughes joined as Deputy Head of Mission to Czech Republic in August 2018. Curriculum Vitae 2014 - 2018 British Embassy Washington, Head of Asia Team 2011 - 2013 FCO, Head of European External Action Service Team 2009 - …

  • Lucy was Chief Operating Officer at the Environment Agency from 2020 to November 2023. She joined the Environment Agency (EA) in 2006. Lucy has worked in a variety of strategic and operational roles. Her previous roles in th…

  • Lucy Jones was appointed Head of Corporate Services at the Legal Aid Agency in June 2019. Lucy began her civil service career in prisons and over the last two decades has worked in a range of roles across the justice sector.…

  • Ms Lucy Joyce OBE was appointed British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga in January 2021. Previously Lucy was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova from 2016 to 2019. Lucy was Acting High Commissioner …

  • Lucy Livings started her role as Regional Director for South-West in January 2024. Prior to this Lucy was Deputy Director within the south-west region from 2019. Lucy is an experienced civil servant with a broad range of exp…

  • Previous career highlights include: HR Director at the CMA Managing Director of Creating Outcomes Ltd providing senior interim HR services Head of HR at the Care Quality Commission

  • Lucy Shirodkar joined the UK Space Agency in the newly created post of Transformation Director in October 2022. This challenging role supports the organisation’s ambition to transform and adapt to a rapidly changing sector. …

  • Lucy Smith was Director General of the Strategy and Change Group at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from December 2020 to June 2024. Prior to that Lucy was at the Department for Education (DfE) in Sept…

  • Lucy Wylde joined UK Export Finance in January 2014. She is a member of the Executive Committee and Management Board. Prior to joining UK Export Finance, Lucy was General Counsel for Commercial Law in the Cabinet Office and …

  • Luisa Fulci was appointed as a non-executive member of the HMCTS Board in April 2024. Luisa brings commercial and digital transformation experience within customer-facing organisations and has 10 years’ experience operating …

  • Luke is an experienced HR Director with a commercial and operational leadership background. He leads transformational change and employee relations in areas such as reward architecture, organisational restructuring, working …

  • Luke Crosby was appointed Interim Head of LAA Digital on 1 February 2017. Previously Head of Business Analysis and User Relations in the Digital team, Luke transferred to the Legal Aid Agency in 2013 from its predecessor org…

  • Luke Hall was Minister of State (Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education) at the Department for Education from 26 March 2024 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Minister of State (Minister for Regional Growth…

  • Luke March has worked in non-executive director roles in the NHS since 1988 and is currently lead governor for the South Western Ambulance Service. He chaired the NHS integrated care system/partnership for Berkshire West to …

  • Luke Pollard was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence on 9 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport in July 2024.

  • Luke Tryl was Director, Corporate Strategy at Ofsted February 2017 to February 2019. In that role he oversaw the development and implementation of Ofsted’s strategic priorities, as well as the organisation’s research functio…

  • Lyanne Maclean became Chief Operating Officer on 1st October 2019. Lyanne was a British Army Officer until 2013; leaving as a Colonel having commanded her Regiment and led soldiers in conflicts worldwide. She was awarded a Q…

  • Lyn joined the civil service in 1987 as a Direct Entrant Tax Inspector. She spent 16 years in HMRC and specialised in International Taxation on financial transfer pricing and Investment Banks as well as helping to set up the…

  • Lyn Romeo took up her post as Chief Social Worker for Adults in September 2013. Read Lyn Romeo’s blogs Previously, Lyn worked as the Assistant Director for Adult Social Care in the London Borough of Camden. She has also work…

  • Lyn Simpson was previously Director of Delivery and Development (North) at the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), the organisation which was responsible for providing leadership and support to NHS trusts and whose respon…

  • Lynda Fisher was appointed to the Service Children’s Education’s executive board on 6 April 2009 as chief executive. She started her career as a teacher and has worked in education and children’s services for over 25 years. …

  • Lynda Rawsthorne was appointed Government Head of Property Profession and Director, Property Capability, Sponsorship & Standards, in August 2023. Lynda is head of the Government Property Profession, the community of prop…

  • Lynda Warren is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law at Aberystwyth University and Honorary Professor at Bangor University. She is a member of the Board of Natural Resources Wales and sits on Defra’s Science Advisory Coun…

  • Lynette joined DVLA in 1989. She worked in a number of roles across the agency before taking on the Strategy, Policy & Communications Director role in March 2018. Education Lynette holds a BA Hons in English and American…

  • Lynn Evans is the Deputy Director for Service Development and Central Commissioning. Lynn joined the Legal Aid Agency in June 2013 and took up her current post in April 2016. This is a shared role with Jo Fiddian. Her previo…

  • Lynne took up her appointment as Deputy British Ambassador to Bulgaria in September 2018. She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2013, where she has led policy teams in both Prosperity and Euro…

  • Lynne Hamilton was appointed as Finance Director at HM Courts & Tribunals Service on 20 April 2015. Lynne was previously Director of Finance and Commercial at the Welsh Government. She has worked in senior policy, delive…

  • Lynne was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in January 2024.

  • Lynne Patmore joined Innovate UK as Interim Chief Financial Officer in September 2015. She is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor. She recently returned to the UK from Monaco and Switzerland where for the past f…

  • Deputy Head of Mission since January 2015. Lynne was previously in London for 3 years. Her previous postings overseas include 3 years in Bucharest as 2nd secretary Political and Projects, 4 years in Istanbul as Commercial Of…

  • Lynnette Falk, joined the Management Board as Regulation Director in May 2014. Lynnette is providing temporary cover for Richard Sanders who is Acting Chief Executive. Her previous roles include: Assistant Director, Regulati…

  • Maddy is Chief of Defence Nuclear at the Ministry of Defence (MoD). In between December 2020 and September 2022, she was Director General of the Vaccine Taskforce ( VTF ), a joint unit of  BEIS  and  DHSC , responsible for s…

  • Madeleine Alessandri has been Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee since 1 July 2023. Madeleine was Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office from 2020 to 2023. Previously she was the UK Deputy National Securi…

  • Madhu Bhabuta has held the role of Chief Information Officer since September 2013 and is in charge of the technology division. She has worked for companies including Orange and Rolls-Royce, dealing in both the commercial and…

  • Maggie Pavey has been British Consul to Kosovo since July 2010. She has worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) since 2000 in United Nations Department and Consular Directorate. Overseas she has served as Vice C…

  • Maggie has more than 30 years’ experience in public and non-profit organisations with a focus on health services and international development. A graduate in German and French, she also holds a Master of Public Health from t…

  • Maggie Throup was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Vaccines and Public Health) between 16 September 2021 and 8 September 2022. She was previously an unpaid government whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasur…