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Michael Parker became the first Non-Executive Chairman of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency in January 2017. Prior to this appointment, Michael was the Chairman of the UK holding company of CMA CGM and its UK subsidiary MacAndrews & Co Ltd....
Advice to Dr Michael Grenfell, former Executive Director, Enforcement, the Competition and Markets Authority, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Lord (Michael) German led the Liberal Democrat group on Cardiff City Council for 12 years between 1983 and 1995. In 1997 he was awarded the OBE for political and community service in Wales. In 1999 he was elected to represent...
Sir Michael is chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (since December 2014). He is a clinical phamacologist and specialist in internal medicine. He was professor of clinical pharmacology in Newcastle, and physician at the Newcastle Hospitals, from...
Called to the Bar in 1994 Michael was a Crown Advocate with the CPS appearing regularly in both magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. In 2011 he left the CPS to become a senior legal adviser and speechwriter to the...
Michael joined the Coal Authority as programme director in October 2023. Prior to this, he worked for National Highways as project director for the A417 Missing Link, a major road enhancement scheme in Gloucestershire. Under his leadership the project was...
Michael Chalmers was Director of OAG and Solicitor to the Advocate General from 17 December 2012 to 16 June 2017. Education Michael graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in law (hons) in 1996 and a Masters degree...
Mr. Michael Shearer OBE was Her Majesty`s Consul-General for Western Japan 2013 to 2015. He joined the FCO in 2007 as a senior civil servant, following 10 years commercial banking experience with the HSBC Group with postings in the US,...
A UK scientist who established the Gravitational Wave Research Group at the University of Birmingham has been recognised in the New Year Honours for services to space, alongside leading figures from UK astronomy.
Dr Mike Short was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for International Trade from November 2017 to February 2023. He has over 40 years of experience in the electronics and telecommunications industry, latterly as Vice President of Telefonica for 17...
Mr Michael Davenport was most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. Before this he was EU Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, and British Ambassador to Serbia. His first foreign posting as a British...
Michael Scott is a former NHS chief executive with over 20 years’ experience across acute, community, mental health and learning disability settings. He played a key role in the successful reconfiguration of health services in Derby and in north west...
Michael Vance joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in 2004, having previously served in the Royal Irish Regiment in the armed forces. He has been a police officer since 1997, initially serving with the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Police Service of...
Michael Walker has been a judicial member of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Board since April 2011. Michael was appointed as a district judge in April 1994. He has been seconded to the Senior Presiding Judge’s office at the...
Sir Michael was the Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate between March 2011 and June 2014. Before that, Mike’s career included planning, design and construction of major projects and other infrastructure in this country and abroad, working for the private...
Michael became National Director for Inspection Reform in June 2013. Before this he was Director, Schools, leading Ofsted’s work in improving schools by developing inspection policy and frameworks. His previous experience includes: specialist in school improvement and local authority inspection...
Field Marshal The Lord Walker of Aldringham was appointed to ACOBA in August 2009. He started his career as a teacher, and joined the army in 1966. He served in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland and Germany before taking command of...
Michael Carey has been head of HMRC Division in the Office of the Advocate General since 20 March 2024.
Michael Grenfell took up his role as Executive Director, Enforcement, at the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) in 2015. Working closely with the Chief Executive, and as a member of the CMA Board, Michael’s role includes ensuring strategic...
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