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Dame Hazel Genn is Dean of Laws and Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute in the Faculty of Laws at University College London, where she is also an Honorary Fellow. She previously held a Chair and was Head of the...
Bernadette Kelly became Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport on 18 April 2017. From September 2015 to April 2017, Bernadette Kelly was Director General, Rail Group in DfT. Prior to that she was a Director General at the Department...
Joanna Roper CMG was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2020. Previously, Joanna was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality from April 2017 until July 2020. She was acting Director...
Sir Charles Montgomery joined Border Force as director general in March 2013. Education Sir Charles joined the Royal Navy through BRNC Dartmouth in 1973, spending his first three years in service at Sheffield University, gaining an honours degree in Electronic...
Tammy Sandhu is His Majesty’s Consul General in San Francisco. Prior to this appointment she served as Deputy Consul General, co-leading UK-US relations across the Pacific North West: Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska. The Consulate-General covers...
Patsy is a senior civil servant with over 30 years experience, primarily in defence and national security. Her career has been broad and has included strategy, change leadership, operational delivery and cross-departmental partnerships. As Director of the Centre for the...
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office British High Commissioner to Jamaica, August 2017 to August 2021 British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, July 2013 to July 2017 British Ambassador to Thailand and Laos, 2010 to 2012 Head of South East...
Louise Ellis has been the British Deputy High Commissioner to Uganda since September 2020. She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2003, and has previously served overseas in the British Embassy in Tunisia. In London, Louise has served...
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Vice Admiral Hally joined the Royal Navy in 1991. In 2012, he became Commander Logistics of the helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious, deploying to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. After tasking to provide humanitarian and disaster relief to the Philippines...
Liz is a long-term campaigner on the importance of everyone benefitting from digital technology. She is CEO of FutureDotNow, a business to business coalition focused on accelerating the UK’s digital skills at scale. Prior to that, she led BT Group’s...
Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser having taken up the role in April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession. Prior to this Angela was the Chief Scientific Adviser...
Professor Tom Crick MBE is the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and began his new role in November 2023. Professor Crick is Professor of Digital Policy and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Swansea University...
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