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Carolyn McCall was a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 2017 to 2020. Carolyn is the first female Chief Executive of ITV, joining in early 2018. She was previously Chief Executive of...
David arrived in Ottawa as British Deputy High Commissioner to Canada in August 2022. David has served in a number of roles at home and overseas, both across government and in the private sector. He joined the foreign service in...
Lord Ashton of Hyde was Lords Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) between 26 July 2019 and 7 September 2022. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and...
Fleur Thomas was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on 21 April 2021, after presenting her credentials to HRH Grand Duke Henri. She previously held the post of Head of Exports in the Ministry of Defence....
Cashel Gleeson started as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Vientiane in October 2021 and previously was Deputy in Phnom Penh. He joined HM Diplomatic Service in 2012, and has served in London and Baghdad. In London, he...
Bryony Mathew was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iceland in August 2021. She joined HM Diplomatic Service in 2005, and has served in London, Bangalore, Beijing and Phnom Penh. Prior to joining the service, Bryony studied Experimental Psychology at University...
Rachel joined the Cabinet Office as Human Resources (HR) Director in October 2017 and is responsible for all people related activities within the Cabinet Office. Prior to joining the Civil Service, Rachel spent 13 years at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a...
Eleanor Sanders joined our Italy team in September 2019. During her Foreign Office career she has worked on a wide range of issues including Europe, the Middle East and former Soviet Union, security cooperation, counter-terrorism and crisis management. She has...
Gabriel joined Ocado Technology in 2020 as Chief Data Officer, bringing over 10 years’ experience leading data science teams and helping organisations realise the value of their data. At Ocado Technology, his role is to help the organisation take advantage of...
Peter is a career diplomat. He has been the Deputy British High Commissioner to South Africa since November 2014. Before South Africa, he spent two and a half years out on secondment to other UK Government Departments. In May 2012...
Sir Sebastian Wood served as Britain’s Ambassador to Germany from September 2015 to September 2020. Before his posting to Berlin, he served as British Ambassador to China from 2010 to 2015. Sebastian joined the Diplomatic Service in 1983. After a...
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Four north-west companies have become the first smaller suppliers to join a long-term framework to help deliver major projects at Sellafield.
Jon Fundrey joined the Government Legal Department (GLD) as Finance, Operations and Digital Director in May 2022 having previously worked for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as Chief Operating Officer from 2016. Jon joined the Civil Service...
David is Executive Director, Finance and Operations, and joined Ofqual in 2022. His previous roles in the civil service include: Director of Accommodation, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Head of Customer Finance, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Prior to joining the civil service, David’s...
Emily Hamblin was appointed as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and Trade Director for Vietnam in September 2020. Ahead of taking up her appointment, she was Regional Director for the UK’s Science and Innovation Network in West Europe...
Chris was the Head of Civil Service Human Resources, based in the Cabinet Office. He transformed HR into a smaller, more professional service. He introduced a graduate entry programme for HR and now the Civil Service is the largest recruiter...
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