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Professor John Perkins was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in 2012. John is currently an Honorary Professor at Manchester University, a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a member of the EPSRC...
The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow on 31 October – 13 November 2021.
Richard Paniguian was appointed Head, UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation in August 2008. He left the post in February 2015. In 2015 he was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to...
Annetje Ottow was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board on 15 July 2013. She is a member of the Remuneration Committee. She is also: Vice President of the Executive Board, Utrecht University Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA)...
Statement by UK Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was installed as 11th Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth on 1 September, 2013 at St John’s Wood Synagogue in London. The Chief Rabbi holds many positions of leadership, including Associate President of the Conference of European Rabbis and...
Lord Ahmad was Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations between June 2017 and July 2024. Lord Ahmad was Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United...
Lucy Powell was appointed Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Manchester Central in July 2024.
Rt Hon Jack Straw was appointed in July 2015 as a Member of the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information. He was Foreign Secretary 2001 to 2006, Home Secretary 1997 to 2001, and Leader of the Commons 2006 to 2007...
Nigel Brooksby is the Non Executive Chairman of Prism Pharma Limited and past Chair of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society. Prior to this, Nigel was Chairman & Managing Director of sanofi aventis UK and had overall responsibility for the group’s...
Professor Sue Hartley OBE took up the role of Vice-President for Research at the University of Sheffield on 1 January 2020, where she leads all aspects of the University’s research activity. She is also Professor of Ecology in the Department...
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