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Mr Michael Nithavrianakis was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, and took up his appointment in May 2023. Mr Nithavrianakis has extensive experience as a career diplomat and outside the UK Government. He has had postings...
Mike Taylor was appointed as a non executive board member on 1 March 2013. He was re-appointed for a second term 1 March 2014 and a third term on the 1 March 2017. He founded Innovise Ltd in 2003 and...
Mike moved into the public sector in September 2015 when he was appointed Chief Technology Officer for the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Since then, he has led a transformation of IT at the IPO and has been instrumental in the...
Mike has had four technology leadership roles in the last 25 years. Most recently, he was Global CIO for McKinsey and Company where he led several digital transformations over a 10 year period. He also had responsibility for data and cyber...
Mike McCarthy took up his role as Director General of Digital and Innovation at the Home Office on 12 January 2026. Mike was previously a partner with McKinsey Digital. He brings substantial experience of leading digital transformations and IT modernisation...
Professor Sir Mike Richards was a hospital physician for more than 20 years. After a variety of training posts, he was a consultant medical oncologist between 1986 and 1995, and Professor of Palliative Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals...
Dr Mike Short was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for International Trade from November 2017 to February 2023. He has over 40 years of experience in the electronics and telecommunications industry, latterly as Vice President of Telefonica for 17...
Mike Walker was Chief Economic Adviser at the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) between 11 September 2013 and 19 December 2025.
The Star Chamber helps the Department for Education to assess data collections for schools and children’s services.
Mike was the Director of Trade & Investment at the British Embassy Manila from 2015 to 2018. Mike had been a British diplomat for over 30 years. He specialised in trade, investment and economic work. His previous overseas posting was...
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