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Sir John Brigstocke KCB was appointed Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman in April 2006. He is a former Second Sea Lord and held the position of Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command. During Sir John’s 4 years on the Admiralty Board, he...
Sir John Major served as Prime Minister between 1990 to 1997. Read more about the life and achievements of Sir John Major in our past Prime Ministers section.
General Sir David Richards was Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the armed forces and principal military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and government. He was appointed in 2009. Since his appointment to the...
General Sir ‘Roly’ Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later. He has commanded at...
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave was called to the Bar in 1978 (G) and called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1980. He specialised in shipping and aviation law and acted in a number of notable UK aviation and marine disaster cases...
We can look at complaints about how investigating bodies have handled complaints alleging misconduct by judicial office holders. We also look at the handling of complaints about the judicial appointments process. JACO works with the Ministry of Justice .
Sir Jim began his career in the Inland Revenue as an Inspector of Taxes in 1984. In January 2009, he was appointed Director of Corporation Tax and VAT, responsible for optimising the design and delivery of these business taxes. He...
Sir John joined the FCO in 1980 and after studying Arabic at SOAS and elsewhere has served mainly in the Middle East and South East Asia. His first posting was to Abu Dhabi. He has been Her Majesty’s Ambassador to...
Soane’s is the idiosyncratic house-museum of the great Neo-Classical architect Sir John Soane (1753 – 1837). The house still displays his collection of antiquities, furniture, models and paintings in the same state in which they were left at the time...
Sir John O’Reilly was appointed Director General of Knowledge and Innovation in February 2013. John came from Cranfield University where he was Vice Chancellor from December 2006. Prior to that John was Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
Sir Julian King KCVO CMG was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic in 2016. Career Julian King was appointed Director-General Economic & Consular at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in June 2014. Previous to this post, Julian was appointed...
The JAC is an independent commission that selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals whose jurisdiction extends to Scotland or Northern Ireland. They select candidates for judicial office on merit...
Sir Martin Narey was appointed non-executive board member at the Ministry of Justice in August 2015. After a brief career in the NHS, Sir Martin began training to be a prison governor in 1982 and worked at a number of...
John Scadding, OBE, MD FRCP, is Honorary Consultant Neurologist Emeritus to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, and was formerly also neurologist to Whittington Hospital, honorary consultant civilian adviser in neurology to the Royal Navy and the Royal...
Lord Younger was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 January 2023 to 5 July 2024. He was elected as a Conservative hereditary peer in 2010 and has covered over 12 departments in...
The Rt. Hon. Professor the Lord Ajay Kakkar PC is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at University College London, Chairman of King Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre and Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute London. Lord Kakkar completed his medical...
General Sir Gordon Messenger joined the Royal Marines in 1983. After a range of junior officer appointments, predominantly in regimental service and including a 1 year Mountain Leader course, he attended the Canadian Staff College in 1994. Two staff jobs...
Jim O’Neill worked for Goldman Sachs from 1995 until April 2013, spending most of his time there as Chief Economist. He chaired the Cities Growth Commission in the UK until October 2014 when it provided its final recommendations. Jim is...
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