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Leo Geddes is an Executive Director in the Shareholder Executive, a group within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) responsible for overseeing the Government’s shareholdings in publicly owned businesses. Leo has particular responsibility for Land Registry and the...
Anne-Marie Choho started her career with AREVA in France 29 years ago. After 3 years as a research and development engineer, she held several engineering positions in France in nuclear fuel reprocessing, nuclear waste treatment, and mixed oxide (MOX) fuel...
Mike Brooks became a Non Executive Director at DVLA in October 2009. Education Mike has an MSc in Accounting and Finance (1987) from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the...
Jeremy started his career as a management trainee with the ATV Group before becoming a public relations consultant specialising in government and international media relations. While working in the middle east he started a radio production and syndication company then...
Tim Bestwick was appointed UKAEA’s Chief Technology Officer and Director of Strategy, Communications & Business Development in 2018. Career highlights include: Executive Director, Business & Innovation at the Science & Technology Facilities Council. Non-Executive Director of the Harwell Science &...
Les Philpott was appointed Chair of the Board of GAD in 2021. He is also Lead Non-Executive Board Member at the Northern Ireland Office and a Non-Executive Director (NED) of Benenden Healthcare Society Ltd, where he is also Chair of...
Geraldine Terry was a Non-Executive Director at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency between June 2014 and May 2017.
Lists the portfolio of business that the Shareholder Executive is responsible for.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Beverley Tew is the Lead Non-Executive Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. She was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in September 2020 and served as Interim Lead Non-Executive Director before being appointed to the permanent role. Beverley is...
David Wakefield was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Crown Commercial Service in September 2014 to chair its Audit Committee. He is also Chair of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. David is a qualified accountant and has held several senior executive...
Liz Cohen was appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Departmental Board and Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee Chair at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ) (the department) in April 2024. Liz is an experienced Non-Executive Director...
Michael Davis is the Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). UKCES is a government funded, industry-led organisation providing strategic leadership on skills and employment issues across the UK. He previously held the position of Director...
James Bilefield was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in April 2024. James Bilefield is an experienced chair and non-executive director. He serves on a range of public, private and not-for-profit boards across the...
In April 2015, Sir Ian Cheshire was appointed to the role of Government Lead Non-Executive. He was appointed for a further three years in April 2018. In August 2018, Sir Ian was also appointed the lead Non-Executive Member of the...
The main steering board, audit committee and other governance groups of the IPO.
Tracy has experience in Chair, Independent Member and Non-Executive Director roles following a successful executive career in Chief Executive and Human Resources Director roles, and many years prior to that as a Human Resources Professional. She has 37 years’ experience...
Emma was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of DVLA in November 2014. Education Emma has a BA Hons degree (2:1) in English Literature from Durham University (1989). She successfully completed her Certificate of Coaching from Henley Business School in 2011....
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