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  • Andrew started his career in the Civil Service on the day the then Prime Minister called the 1997 General Election, originally as a policy officer in the then Department of the Environment dealing with planning rules for tel…

  • Andrew Key was appointed Director of Government Skills in February 2024. Before this he was Chief Executive of the Judicial Office, supporting the Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals in their leadership of t…

  • Andrew Lawrence has held several positions in professional services, corporate and not for profit sectors including as Chair of the Board, Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, Non-Executive Director and Finance Director. His c…

  • Andy Lison is a Chartered Engineer with extensive programme leadership experience gained during a 30 year career in the Royal Navy. While serving in the military, Andy held a range of roles and responsibilities, anchored in …

  • Andrew McAllister took up his appointment as Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy to Kazakhstan in October 2017. Andrew joined the FCO in 1988, and has previously served overseas in Karachi, Seoul, Dhaka, Shanghai and Hyd…

  • Andrew McCully was the Director General for Schools in the Department for Education, previously Director General for Early Years and Schools until March 2023. In a 35-year career in the civil service, Andrew held a wide rang…

  • Andrew McNaughton was appointed Technical Director at High Speed Two Limited in February 2012, following 2 years as Chief Engineer. Andrew is also: Special Professor of Rail Engineering at Nottingham University a Visiting Pr…

  • Andrew Millar has British Consul General in Houston, Texas since August 2011. He joined the Civil Service in 1994 working as a regulatory economist within the Office of Gas Supply and joined the FCO in 1996, as regional econ…

  • Andrew Millard has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at the UKHO since October 2024. Andrew is a chartered accountant and was previously group financial director at McMillan-Scott PLC and finance director of …

  • Andrew Mitchell CMG was appointed British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany on 4 September 2024. Before joining the Embassy he was a Director General in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) from February 2…

  • Andrew started his career as a graduate in Magnox in the late 1990’s and after a period of working in the private sector re-joined Magnox in 2019 as the Site Director at Harwell and Winfrith. Prior to this Andrew worked for …

  • Andrew Murdoch is Legal Director at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He was Acting Legal Adviser at the FCDO during March and April 2022. Andrew Murdoch joined the Royal Navy in 1990. In 2000 he was …

  • Andrew held a variety of procurement roles before joining Babcock International Group in 2012. Andrew was seconded into Magnox in 2015 as Head of Procurement, becoming Business Services Director in 2017.

  • Andrew Noble LVO joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1982. He was most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Algeria and has also served in Germany, South Africa and Greece. 2014 to 2017 Her Majesty’s Ambassador t…

  • Andrew led the UK’s development efforts in Uganda since June 2019. He joined FCDO in 2014 from the private sector, with over 15 years’ experience of managing progressively larger teams and portfolios in the private and publi…

  • Andrew Page has been in Ljubljana since March 2009. He joined the Foreign Office in 1990, just after the Berlin wall had been torn down in Germany. His first diplomatic posting was in Ukraine, the second to Paris, where he “…

  • Andrew Parker was the Director General of the Security Service (known as MI5). Career Andrew was appointed Deputy Director General of the Security Service in April 2007. From 2005 to 2007, Andrew was appointed Director, Inte…

  • Andrew Patrick is the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. Prior to his diplomatic posting in Sri Lanka, he was the UK’s Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy from F…

  • Andrew Percy was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse) at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 17 July 2016 until 14 June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for B…

  • Andrew Popham (appointed in 2013) is a Chartered Accountant. From 1987 to 2012 he was a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), most recently as global head of compliance. From 2006 to 2010 he worked in Tokyo and Hong K…

  • Andrew took up his duties at UKDel OECD Paris in August 2015. Andrew joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. He spent his first four years in the EU Directorate in London, principally on the negotiations for the …

  • Mr Andrew Rennison was Forensic Science Regulator from February 2008, he stepped down on 29 August 2014. He has also served as the Surveillance Camera Commissioner.

  • Andrew Rhodes was appointed Director General, Operations at the Department for Work and Pensions in March 2016. Andrew joined the civil service in 2005 and has worked as Director of Products and Services at the Driver and Ve…

  • Andrew joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non-Executive Board Member on 21 August 2023. He has 25 years’ experience as an executive in technology companies, notably Farfetch where he served as Chief Operating Officer for 10…

  • Andrew Robertson is the Director of Legal Services at DBS, where he leads the in-house DBS legal team and is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team. Andrew spent the first twelve years of his career practising at a leadin…

  • Andrew Sanderson joined UKHSA on 18 October as Director General of Finance, after spending the previous five years as a Finance Director and board member in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). His previo…

  • Andrew Sells was appointed chairman of Natural England in January 2014. He also sits on the Defra Board. Andrew was previously chairman of Wyevale Garden Centres group (2009 to 2012) and chairman of Linden Homes, a specialis…

  • Andrew served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Justice from July 2014 until July 2016. He was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary to the …

  • Andrew Shilston was the chief financial officer of Rolls-Royce plc from 2003-11.Prior to that, he was the CFO of Enterprise Oil for eight years. He has also acted as a non-executive at Cairn Energy and AEA Technology. At Rol…

  • Andrew Soldan was appointed Veterinary Director, APHA in June 2018. He first joined the agency in February 1999. His previous roles in the agency include: Head of APHA Scientific; the agency’s commercial services and product…

  • full Name: Andrew Keith Soper 2017- March 2021 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), British Ambassador to Venezuela 2013 - May 2017 Minister Counsellor (Political and Press), British High Commission, New Delh…

  • Andrew Staines is the United Kingdom’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative (Economic) to the United Nations agencies in Geneva. He is also Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization. Andrew ha…

  • Andrew Staunton took up his appointment in Atlanta as Her Majesty’s Consul General in June 2018. Andrew is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast United States responsible for relations with the states of G…

  • Andrew Stunell was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove on 1 May 1997. Education An…

  • Andrew Tate has been in Guatemala since January 2014 as Deputy Head of Mission in the British Embassy. He has previously been posted to Kyiv and Caracas. Andrew also has a Masters degree in Maritime Policy and has worked in …

  • Andrew S. Terrell was the British Consul for Business & Government Affairs and Head of the UK Government Office (UKGO) in Raleigh from 2017 until January 2020. The UK Government Office in Raleigh maintains and develops b…

  • Andrew is Chief Operating Officer at the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Andrew has been a civil servant for more than 20 years. Before joining ESFA he worked in the: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Depart…

  • Andrew joined Building Digital UK (BDUK) as Chief Financial Officer in January 2022, leading the finance and corporate services functions within BDUK. Andrew has a strong background of analysis, policy development, operation…

  • Andrew Thomson has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy N’Djamena since July 2023. Andrew has previously served in a number of diplomatic and corporate roles in the FCDO, as well as in the private sector. These…

  • Andrew joined HM Land Registry in 2005 and has been the interim Director of Digital, Data and Technology since May 2020. His previous role was as Chief Geospatial & Data Officer. His career has focused on the strategic a…

  • Andrew Tyley was appointed Deputy Further Education Commissioner in September 2016. He is a CIPFA qualified accountant with lots of experience in the FE sector and a particular specialism in college finance. He has also work…

  • Andrew Walters is an Environmental Lawyer and Chartered Town Planner. He has worked on an extensive range of project and policy work in the public and private sectors with a career stretching across 20 years in the UK and ov…

  • Andrew Warren started his role as Regional Director for West Midlands in September 2022. Before his appointment he was the Regional Schools Commissioner for West Midlands. Andrew was also chair of the Teaching Schools Counci…

  • Andrew is an environmental scientist and population biologist who has recently worked at the University of East Anglia to help establish the global research platform Future Earth. Before that he was Director of Living with E…

  • Andrew works as a non-executive and consultant. He is board member of Moat Homes Limited, a housing association providing affordable rented housing and low cost home ownership in the South East of England and London. He was …

  • Andrew Wells became Deputy Head of Mission to the British Embassy Bratislava in January 2020. Curriculum Vitae 2018 - 2019 Deputy Head of Strategic Communications, HMG Russia Unit, FCO, London 2013 - 2017 Head of Political &…

  • Andrew Western was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions on 9 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Stretford and Urmston in July 2024.

  • Andrew Whittaker has been HM Consul General to San Francisco since August 2016. Prior to his role as Consul General, Andrew spent three years as Deputy Director at CERT-UK – the UK’s national cyber security team - focusing o…

  • Andrew is a regulatory and competition economist and has worked from the C-Suite in major corporates. Over the last 14 years, he has led regulatory representation for five companies in financial services, aviation and utilit…