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  • Mike is Director of Waste Operations and Sites at Nuclear Waste Services (formerly Low Level Waste Repository or LLWR), responsible for operating the LLW Repository nuclear licensed site safely and securely. He brings over 2…

  • Mike Potter joined the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) in September 2022 and served as Government Digital Officer until to September 2024. Mike has a wealth of experience and an impressive record of delivering transfo…

  • Mike Rowe is Director for Marine and Fisheries in Defra, a role which sits at the heart of the Government’s vision of achieving clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse ocean and seas. Mike has been in the d…

  • Mike Sheridan took up his post as Regional Director, London on 1 September 2015. Previously, Mike was a senior HMI and operational lead for the South East of England. Mike first joined Ofsted as a seconded head teacher in 20…

  • Mike Smith was appointed Head of Counter-Terrorism and Security ( CTS ) Division in September 2018. He is responsible for leading and setting the direction of the Division to help protect UK national security now and in the …

  • Mike Taylor was appointed as a non executive board member on 1 March 2013. He was re-appointed for a second term 1 March 2014 and a third term on the 1 March 2017. He founded Innovise Ltd in 2003 and as chief executive offic…

  • Mike Waldock became chief executive of Cefas in July 2012, after spending 2 years as the organisation’s chief scientist. He first joined the agency in 1980 and has since held scientific and management roles including science…

  • Mike Weir was a Solicitor from 1981 until his election to the Westminster Parliament in 2001. He served as MP for Angus from 2001 to 2017and on several select committees - Scottish Affairs (2001 - 2005), Trade and Industry (…

  • Mike Wood was Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 14 November 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was previously Assistant Government Whip from 28 October 2022 to 14 November 2023.

  • Mike has had four technology leadership roles in the last 25 years. Most recently, he was Global CIO for McKinsey and Company where he led several digital transformations over a 10 year period.  He also had responsibility fo…

  • Miles Dorrington is a dual qualified Barrister and Solicitor who has been a Deputy Traffic Commissioner since 2008. He was until recently an appeal Judge in the First Tier Tribunal. He was appointed as Acting Traffic Commiss…

  • Mims Davies was Minister of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) in the Department for Work and Pensions from 12 April 2024 to 5 July 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the De…

  • Miranda Curtis was the Lead Non Executive Director at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from April 2017 until June 2020. Miranda’s expertise is in building multinational leadership teams, the negotiation and oversight of…

  • Miranda Kavanagh joined the Environment Agency as Executive Director of Evidence in 2009. She is a barrister by training. Her previous roles include: Director of Communications and Patient Engagement, Healthcare Commission E…

  • Miriam is a career diplomat. Before coming to Geneva she was Director of Corporate Services for Her Majesty’s Government in New York. Her career has focussed mainly on the European Union, the Commonwealth, Japan and the Midd…

  • 2016 - 2019: Ashgabat, Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2015 – Russian language training 2012 – 2015 - FCO, Deputy/Acting Head, Projects Task Force 2012 - FCO, Operations Unit 2010 – 2012, Ulaanbaatar, Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2010 …

  • Mo Baines joined the Board of the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government in October 2024.  Mo has extensive experience of working in public policy and local government, with a particular background in service d…

  • Moazzam Malik was most recently Director General, Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He was previously Director General, Country Programmes for the Department for International Development, …

  • Mr Mockbul Ali OBE was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti in succession to Mr Chris Campbell in August 2020. Curriculum vitae 2020 UK Ambassador …

  • Mohammed Sammur joined Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) from Assystem Energy & Infrastructure. He was with the global specialist infrastructure engineering group since 2016, leading its business operations in Saudi Ara…

  • The Independent Examiner of Complaints is Moi Ali. Moi has a background in independent complaints review. Previously she served as: chair of the Independent Complaints Review Panel at Postwatch Scotland’s first Judicial Comp…

  • Moira Wallace was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) between 13 November 2008 and 31 October 2012. Career Moira began her career with 10 years at HM Treasury, including three years as…

  • Monisha is a media professional with a specific interest in the creative industries and higher education. Among her contributions to public life, she is Chair of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Trustee of th…

  • Monojit is an established academic with an international profile. He is currently an Honorary Professor of Economics at Heriot Watt University and Emeritus Professor of Applied Economics, University of Dundee. He is also a B…

  • Morven was appointed Executive Director of People at the Student Loans Company in November 2019 following a 12-month interim period in the post. She joined SLC from Aberdeen City Council, where she was Interim Chief Officer …

  • Alister brings industry perspectives founded upon a professional career of both technical and managerial successes. Early accomplishments as a Senior Engineer led Alister into successive refinery and project management posit…

  • Andrew Goodacre biography 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 leader…

  • Chief Executive, Blesma The Limbless Veterans (Blesma has existed since the end of World War One as the Association for the Service disabled of limb). Director, The Confederation of Service Charities (Cobseo). Director, Vete…

  • Bernard Taylor became Chair of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in April 2024. Bernard earned an M.A. from Oxford University (St. John’s College) and is a Deputy Steward of the University of Oxford, Chair of the Ad…

  • Bryan Sanderson was appointed Chair of the Low Pay Commission on 1 January 2019. Prior to Bryan’s current role: He was a Managing Director and CEO of BP Chemicals. He was the Chairman at Standard Chartered Bank, Northern Roc…

  • A graduate from the University of Liverpool where he read Mechanical Engineering, Charles is also a MBA postgraduate from the University of Bath. His career began in 1990 with ICI working in operations on major accident haza…

  • Colin was appointed Consul General in November 2022. Prior to that he was First Secretary, Trade Policy, at the British High Commission, Wellington (2017-2022).  Colin has also previously been posted to Iraq, Ethiopia, Somal…

  • Damon Bristow was the Head of DFID-Somalia in June 2019. His career in DFID spans over 11 years having worked in DFID Afghanistan, Tanzania, Pakistan and North and South Sudan as well as Global Health Security and Regional T…

  • Darren Welch, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union.

  • Mr David Beer was appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malawi in September 2020 and took up his appointment in October 2020. He is married to Severine Flores Curriculum vitae 2018 to present Department for …

  • David Lightfoot OBE MSM AFNI took up the appointment of QHM Clyde in June 2013. His previous roles include: serving for 35 years in the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer Submariner in command of 5 submarines and a number of op…

  • Before joining the Civil Service in 2006, David worked in the Northern Ireland Audit Office where he qualified as an accountant 2003. David joined the Northern Ireland Civil Service in 2006 and worked in various roles in fin…

  • Dawid is a British Ghanaian entrepreneur, the son of a Ghanaian doctor and English nurse. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1987, switching to a career in investment banking in 1990 where he pioneered risk man…

  • Dean has worked in the insolvency field for over 20 years in a variety of roles. He has been an Official Receiver, acting as a trustee in bankruptcy and liquidator, and has undertaken many insolvency-related investigations. …

  • Dean Medcraft was appointed as Head of Operations for the Sustainable Futures Group within the Welsh government in 2011. The group covers three ministerial portfolios, one in the Department for Natural Resources and Food. Th…

  • Chairman of the Oil and Pipelines Agency ( OPA ) since May 2012 (reappointed 2015). Graham has been Chairman of the Oil and Pipelines Agency ( OPA ), an arms length body of the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) since 2012. During …

  • Mr Greg McCourt was initially selected to the role of the “Appointed Person” under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ( POCA ) in July 2019 for a 3-year term. Mr McCourt has provided a positive contribution to improving the use …

  • Hedley is the Director and President of Radio Lollipop International which provides psychosocial support for children in 36 hospitals across five countries. He is also the chair of Care Radio, a broadcast service for paid an…

  • Ian Davidson is Head of Agriculture Policy Division within the Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate in Scottish Government. Ian has responsibility for the Scottish Rural Development Programme, current CAP Pillar 1 polic…

  • James Dowler was appointed as Deputy Director for Constitutional Policy and the Scotland Bill in September 2015. James joined the Civil Service in 2009 and has worked in the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office in vari…

  • Jeremy Hyde no longer works for the Oil and Pipelines Agency. He joined The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) as Finance Director in September 2011 and was responsible for finance and information technology. Jeremy had a blend …

  • John Roberts is Deputy Director in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra ) and is responsible for policy on common agricultural policy direct payments. He has extensive experience of a range of roles…

  • Michael Prescott is a former journalist who went on to become a corporate advisor. His roles have included 10 years as chief political correspondent and then political editor of the Sunday Times and eight years as corporate …