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BA Hons (Geography) from Durham University. Held senior General Management and Human Resources positions in the Post Office before joining Corporate Renewal Associates (a strategic change management consultancy). Moved to be Global Head of HR for Standard Chartered Bank in...
Tom Brake became Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in October 2012 and was also appointed as an Assistant Government Whip in November 2014. He was elected the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington in 1997. Education Tom...
John Abbott became Director of Digital, Data and Technology for HM Land Registry in January 2016. Before joining HM Land Registry, John was: Head of Digital Products at Ordnance Survey Product Director at Mimecast Head of Innovation, Open Data and...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on defence.
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How civil servants can improve their capability and skills, including learning and development, the Fast Stream and professional networks.
Sir Hugh Stevenson was appointed as a Member of ACOBA in April 2010 and was interim Chair from 1 April 2014 until 31 December 2014. He began his business career at Linklaters and Paines, solicitors, joining the investment bank, SG...
Craig is Investment Director at the UK Space Agency, responsible for leading the Agency’s work to catalyse investment in the UK space sector. Craig was Innovation Lead for Space at Innovate UK from 2014 – 2019, and then spent three...
Dean Creamer has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Building Digital UK (BDUK) since September 2023. Dean has worked with ministers to deliver government priorities for more than 20 years. His CV includes responsibility for delivering large projects and...
Leigh Stubblefield is Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Kenya. Other senior roles include Acting Director of the FCDO’s Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation and Deputy Director in the cross-Government Stabilisation Unit. She had an earlier posting with...
Foreign Secretary David Cameron gave a speech at the Aspen Security Forum in Washington DC.
Vicky Seymour was appointed as Head of the East Africa Department of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in April 2023. She shares this role with Lisa Mackie as part of a jobshare. Prior to taking up her...
Mark joined the Diplomatic Service in 2009 having previously worked as a journalist for ITN, primarily as a Producer on Channel 4 News. In London he worked in the FCO’s National Security Directorate, Americas Directorate and was also seconded to...
Commodore Richard Powell joined the Royal Navy in 1980. After initial officer training, which included service in the South Atlantic during the 1982 Falklands campaign, he was appointed to the Hong Kong Squadron as a patrol boat navigator. In 1985,...
Michael moved into the nuclear industry when joining the NDA in April 2021 as Interim Finance Director – Waste Division. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999/2000 after three and a half years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pwc) and then moved...
Bill Longhurst is Deputy Head of Mission to Switzerland. Bill took up the role as Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General for Switzerland and Liechtenstein in July 2019. Prior to this, he served as British Ambassador to Cambodia (2014...
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
The UK Missile Defence Centre (MDC) is the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Missile Defence.
Derek trained as a biochemist, obtaining a PhD before completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Cambridge. After six years as a lecturer in Biochemistry at Edinburgh University, Derek changed direction in order to pursue his strong interest in the nature conservation...
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