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Nigel Phillips CBE was appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in April 2022 and took up the role in August 2022. 2017 to 2022 Governor of the Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia...

• Updated: 22 August 2022

Mark Bryson-Richardson was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt in May 2025, assuming his role in August 2025. Prior to his appointment, Mark was the Foreign Secretary’s Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories...

• Updated: 8 September 2025

Mark Harper was Secretary of State for Transport between 25 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. Previously, he served as Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) from May 2015 until 14 July 2016. Previously Mark served as Minister for...

• Updated: 18 July 2024

Mark Matthews was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Chad from April 2021 until August 2022. Previously Mark was Deputy Head of Joint Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development (FCO-DFID) North Africa Unit between 2017 to...

• Updated: 15 February 2023

Mark was appointed as a Non-Executive Director (NED) at the Government Property Agency (GPA) in April 2018. Mark is a non-executive member for the GPA Board. He is also assisting its Investment Committee as an independent member. Mark is a...

• Updated: 16 May 2018

Recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service 2025 have been announced.

• Updated: 3 September 2025

In March 2024, Mark was appointed as a Kings Batchelor by His Majesty the King, creating Sir Mark Spencer, the Rt Hon Member for Sherwood. Mark Spencer was Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...

• Updated: 16 July 2024

Mark Rakestraw was the Acting Consul General in St Petersburg from May to September 2017. Since October 2014, he has been Director of Corporate Services and Her Majesty’s Consul General at the British Embassy in Moscow. He occupied both roles...

• Updated: 31 July 2018

Mark Rawlinson joined the Ministry of Justice as a Lead Non-Executive Board Member on 4 June 2018. His term of office following reappointment concludes on 3 March 2026. Mark has over 30 years of commercial experience as an adviser -...

• Updated: 4 April 2025

Mark started his Civil Service career in the Public Trust Office in 1987 before moving to working in courts and tribunals in 1990, where he has undertaken a wide variety of leadership, project/programme management and estate-related roles at Cluster, regional...

• Updated: 19 January 2023