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David became Director of Crime and Intelligence in February 2014. David joined the Home Office in 2006 as Director of Policy for the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. David led on the policy for the criminal justice system of England...
Jonathan was most recently the UK’s Special Representative for Syria, leading the UK’s efforts to promote stability and political processes in Syria. He served in Jerusalem as Head of the UK’s development team in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, before taking...
As Acting Chief Customer Officer at the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and member of the Executive Board, Lisa leads the organisation’s global commercial activity. Overseeing a 280 strong team across Customer Division, Lisa’s teams play a key role in strategy...
Mike Palin is the Executive Director of Markets, Partners and Places (MPP). He joined Homes England in February 2021 as Interim Director of the Cities and Major Conurbations Team. He is a successful deliverer of economic growth strategies as well...
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.
Kieran Drake started as Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Berlin in August 2021. From April 2017 until August 2020 Kieran was Minister Counsellor, Political and Press at the British High Commission in New Delhi. Kieran joined the UK Civil...
Chris Born was appointed Interim Managing Director of Healthcare UK in February 2016. Chris is a former NHS CEO who has worked as a senior consultant specialist with Healthcare UK at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) for the last four...
Jenny Bates is Director General, Economics, Climate and Global Issues at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ( FCDO ). In this role she is responsible for FCDO ’s work on climate change and energy, science, technology, trade, investment and...
Alastair has over 25 years of international board and executive level leadership experience growing teams across education, not for profit and professional services sectors. He is chair of Capital City College Group which through mergers in 2016 and 2017 became...
Jennifer MacNaughtan has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Warsaw since July 2022. Previously she was Head of Diplomatic Strategy in the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) and then FCDO, leading HMG’s engagement on EU Exit...
Alicia Herbert OBE is the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office ( FCDO ) Director of Education, Gender and Equalities and the UK’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality. Previously Alicia worked in academia, the World Bank and represented the UK government...
Dr David Ellis was appointed as the British Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in December 2021. Previous roles 2016 to 2020: Minister and Deputy Head of Mission to Japan. Responsibilities included advancing UK-Japan relations on political and...
Simon Penney was His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HTMC) for the Middle East and Pakistan. He was appointed in May 2018. Simon was also His Majesty’s Consul General (HMCG) to Dubai, appointed in January 2021. Simon spent the majority of his...
Government launches new opportunity to launch an exciting career in space engineering
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Richard was appointed Director General, Chief Digital and Information Officer in April 2023. He has extensive experience in leading major digital transformation projects in retail and the public sector. He was previously Chief Information Officer at Boots & No.7 Beauty...
Dr Gail Marzetti is Director of Science, Research and Evidence at the Department of Health and Social Care ( DHSC ) and Deputy CEO of the National Institute for Health and Care Research. Gail joined DHSC in March 2020 as part...
The National Data Strategy (NDS) is an ambitious, pro-growth strategy that drives the UK in building a world-leading data economy while ensuring public trust in data use.
As the CEO of High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Mark has the privilege and ultimate responsibility for leading the company that has been charged with delivering a new high-speed railway that will connect the major cities of the UK. Mark...
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