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  • Director of Enterprise Transformation Natasha’s career has focused on innovation, large scale change and transformation across a number of organisations and sectors. She was Director of Enterprise Transformation at Lloyds Ba…

  • Nathan Langton is an accomplished risk and assurance leader who has worked in various industries across the globe, including Oil and Gas, Defence, Civil Nuclear and Major Infrastructure. He joined Magnox from High Speed Two …

  • Nathan is an experienced project, programme and portfolio manager with 25 years’ experience and he has a history of leading multi organisational change and improvements across corporate services, in challenging organisationa…

  • Nathan Phillips CBE is Director of Strategy at the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT ). He is a member of the Department’s Executive Committee with a focus on coordinating Ministers’ strategic priorities, including on …

  • Nauman has dedicated his career to leveraging digital technologies and advancements to foster innovation, enhance operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. With a strong digital and business transformation f…

  • Naureen is a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. Naureen Khalid is an education professional with more than ten years’ experience working in school governance. She started her governance career wh…

  • Navees Rahman joined the Planning Inspectorate in 2016 as Director of Corporate Services and has a remit spanning Data, Digital, Finance, HR and Procurement. He is a member of the Planning Inspectorate Board. Having joined t…

  • Navroza Ladha was appointed as Chief Officer for Legal, Governance and External Affairs at Natural England in May 2019. Navroza was admitted as a solicitor in 1996. She has held legal and policy positions across government s…

  • Naz Parkar has worked for the Homes and Communities Agency since it was created in 2008. He became the agency’s director for the North East, Yorkshire and The Humber in June 2014. He has worked in the housing sector since 19…

  • Neale Coleman is the advisor on Olympic and Paralympic legacy for London Mayor Boris Johnson. Neale has led work on the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Greater London Authority ( GLA ) since 2000. He was a board member o…

  • Ned Holborn is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1999. Ned has had postings in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Santiago, Chile. His most recent posting was as Deputy Head of Mission in…

  • Neelam Sarkaria joined the CNPA Board in October 2016. Neelam was called to the Bar in 1988 and now works as an independent criminal justice consultant with specific expertise in harmful traditional practices. She also sits …

  • Mr Neerav Patel is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar since January 2024. He has extensive senior diplomatic experience in the Middle East and South Asia, including tours in Egypt, Israel and Afghanistan includin…

  • Neil has almost 40 years’ experience in the nuclear industry. He started his career at Sellafield as a graduate chemical engineer and went on to become Director of Thorp and the High Level Waste Plants. In 2004 he left Sella…

  • Neil Bradley was appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia in July 2020. Prior to his appointment he was Head of the Human Rights Policy Unit from 2017 to 2020, based in the Foreign, Commonwealth &…

  • Curriculum Vitae Full name: Neil Richard Bush Married to: Veeral Dattani Bush 2019 - 2023 Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 2015 - 2019 FCO, Head, Arab…

  • Neil Carberry is chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. Before moving to the REC, Neil was Managing Director for People and Infrastructure at the CBI, where he led the work of the UK’s leading busin…

  • Neil has 30 years’ experience working as a finance director. He has worked largely in the private sector for private equity owned businesses, both in the UK and abroad. He has a broad range of management experience gained in…

  • Neil was appointed Director General, Fraud, Disability and Health in November 2024, in addition to retaining accountability to Parliament as Senior Responsible Owner ( SRO ) for Universal Credit. Neil’s career started in a l…

  • Neil has over 20 years’ experience managing complex and challenging projects, programmes and contracting partnerships with the nuclear industry. He has held a variety of roles across Sellafield Ltd’s major operational and de…

  • Neil Crompton was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in February 2020. Prior to this appointment he was the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Directorate from 2015 to 2019. Crompton …

  • After starting out in international banking, Neil joined the Department of Trade and Industry in 1988. In his early career there, he focused on competition, economic regulation and trade in services. Neil joined the IPO as I…

  • Neil Goulden became a Low Pay Commissioner on 16 April 2007 and was reappointed for 4 years on 1 January 2011. He is a Director, Neil Goulden Consulting Limited, Chairman (emeritus), The Gala Coral Group and Chairman of Affi…

  • Neil Harnby is a senior executive lawyer, general counsel and company secretary with more than 25 years of international experience. Neil brings a wealth of experience, advising and working with organisations including Royal…

  • Neil Harris was appointed interim Head of Platform Systems Division in April 2023. Neil started his  MOD  career in 1999 as a Mathematical Modeller in DERA , following a BSc in mathematics. He has carried out a variety of te…

  • Neil joined the IPO in April 2015, in an innovative arrangement where the Finance Director role was shared with Companies House, where Neil had worked since 2012. This arrangement continued to January 2018, when Neil moved t…

  • Neil has a proven track record as a Board Level Executive and human resources ( HR ) professional across multiple sectors, both public and private, as well as internationally. Before joining High Speed Two ( HS2 ) Ltd, Neil …

  • Neil is a qualified solicitor and experienced corporate and commercial in-house lawyer having worked in either global or pan-European legal roles for a number of American, Danish and English multi-nationals based in the UK, …

  • Neil Holland was appointed Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in May 2023. Neil Holland is a career diplomat. Previously he was Permanent Representative…

  • Neil Holt joined the Export Guarantee Advisory Council in July 2011. Neil was a director and head of ethical compliance for Halcrow, an international firm of consulting engineers. A chartered banker with more than 20 years o…

  • Neil has been Chief Executive of Cefas since February 2021. Prior to taking up this post Neil had a range of senior roles in central government, including most recently as Marine and Fisheries Director in Defra. Previous rol…

  • The Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Sarajevo is Neil Kavanagh. Neil has been in Sarajevo since August 2021, having come to us from Colombo, Sri Lanka where he headed the Political Team. Neil has previously w…

  • Neil McLean is a Consultant to DLA Piper UK LLP and has more than 30 years’ experience in property and development work. He was head of the DLA Piper Real Estate group in Leeds for over 10 years and was national head of the …

  • Neil O’Brien was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care between 7 September 2022 and 13 November 2023. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department fo…

  • Neil Rhodes joined the Disclosure and Barring Service in May 2020 as a board member and was appointed as board deputy chairman in April 2023. Neil has a longstanding interest in safeguarding and promoting opportunities for y…

  • Neil was ppointed the Executive Director Custodial Contracts for HM Prison Service in April 2019.

  • Nilesh (Neil) Sachdev joined HM Land Registry in 2022 as the Chair of the HM Land Registry Board. He is also currently Chair of the East West Railway Company (EWR Co) , overseeing the delivery of a new direct rail link betwe…

  • Biography 2013-2014: Her Majesty’s Consul General for Ekaterinburg 2012-2013: UK Trade & Investment Head of Automotive & Marine 2008-2012: UK Trade & Investment, Head of Aerospace 2008: UK Trade & Investment,…

  • Neil joined the SSRO in 2015 and was appointed as Chief Executive in May 2018 having previously been the Chief Operating Officer. Neil started his career as an engineer with British Aerospace before changing direction to tra…

  • Director to the Office of the Advocate General and Solicitor to the Advocate General Education Neil has an MA(Hons) in English and Philosophy from the University of Glasgow and an LLB(Dist) from the University of Edinburgh. …

  • Neil Taylor was appointed Director of the Office of the Advocate General & Solicitor to the Advocate General in August 2017.  Under Neil’s leadership the office has led on a number of high profile constitutional cases in…

  • Neil Wigan OBE is His Majesty’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya. Previously, Neil was Ambassador to the State of Israel from June 2019 to June 2023. He also served as Director for Africa at the Foreign & Commo…

  • Neil Wolstenholme joined the Coal Authority in September 2024 as an interim programme director. Neil is a Chartered Project Professional with over 30 years’ experience working in and leading, major government projects, progr…

  • Nerys was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Vienna from December 2017 until March 2022, following a six month secondment to the UN Department of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreig…

  • Neville Brownlee joined the Charity Commission in July 1986 as a case officer. He has undertaken a variety of roles and worked in a number of different areas of the commission’s work, mostly in connection with frontline oper…

  • Neville Chamberlain served as Prime Minister between 1937 to 1940. Read more about the life and achievements of Neville Chamberlain in our past Prime Ministers section.

  • Neville worked as an HR Director in public, private and not for profit sectors. This included Norfolk Constabulary, Hyde Housing (a large London housing association) May Gurney plc and McCain Foods GB ltd. As such he success…

  • Niall Mackenzie is the UK’s HM Trade Commissioner for North America, based at the British Consulate General in New York City. In this role he leads a cross-USA and Canada team to deliver new trade and investment opportunitie…

  • Niamh McBreen became UK Government Investments Ltd’s non-executive board member of Companies House in February 2017. Prior to joining UKGI in 2015 Niamh spent 15 years at Angel Trains and subsequently its European affiliate,…