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Dr Andrew Murrison was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence on 30 October 2022. He was previously Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development from 9 May...
Jennifer was the government’s Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy from October 2019 until August 2021. Jennifer joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1989. From July 2013 until January 2017 Jennifer was the Deputy Head of Mission,...
Ross Denny has been Ambassador to Costa Rica since 9 October 2015. He was born in Southampton, England, in 1955. In 1972 he joined the Royal Navy, where he served until 1979 before entering the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office....
John Glen sets out steps to improve performance management and attract talent into the Civil Service - ensuring we have the best people in place to deliver for the public.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Mental health support and advice facilities for service personnel, reservists, veterans and service families.
Peter Sparkes joined UKHO as National Hydrographer in October 2019 and became Acting Chief Executive the following July. Peter was permanent Chief Executive from April 2021 to May 2024. As Chief Executive, Peter led the organisation’s important work in supporting...
Jennifer Anderson is the Director, Consular and Crisis at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Commonwealth Office (FCDO), starting in this role in January 2020. Jennifer served as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ankara until January 2020. Before...
Educated at Bromsgrove School, Ben Key joined the Royal Navy in 1984 as a University Cadet, subsequently graduating in Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London. He qualified as both helicopter aircrew and as a Principal Warfare Officer and as...
Dame Menna Rawlings was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic in August 2021. Previously Menna was the Director-General Economic and Global Issues at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) from March 2019 until August 2020. In...
Employment Tribunal decision.
Mark Garnier was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade from 17 July 2016 to 9 January 2018. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Wyre Forest in May 2010. Career outside politics Mark was...
Jo Johnson was Minister of State attending Cabinet at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for Education from 24 July to 5 September 2019. Jo was Minister of State at the Department for Transport and Minister...
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Nick Elliott is an Executive and Board level Director with significant experience of leading major businesses in infrastructure, railways and defence. With specialist skills in programme & project management, commercial and logistics, he was most recently Director General of the...
Lord Astor was appointed Under Secretary of State and the Lords Spokesman on Defence in 2003. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education Lord Astor was educated at Eton. Political career In 1994 Lord Astor was...
David Cameron became the latest former British Prime Minister to serve in a government led by another PM this week.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today signed the Berne Financial Services Agreement.
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