Sir John Holmes is a British former diplomat who is the current Chairman of the Electoral Commission.
The Minister of State for Europe is a ministerial position within the Government of the United Kingdom,in charge of affairs with Europe,the European Union and NATO. The Minister can also be responsible for government policy towards European security;defence and international security;the Falkland Islands;polar regions;migration;protocol;human resources;OSCE and Council of Europe;relations with Parliament;British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus;and FCO finance,knowledge and technology.
Sir Sumantra "Suma" Chakrabarti is a former British civil servant who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from July 2012 to July 2020. He was previously the highest ranking Indian in Britain's civil service,serving as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from late 2007 until 2012.
Sir Thomas Whinfield Scholar is a British civil servant currently serving as Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury. Scholar was previously the Prime Minister's Adviser on European and Global Issues in the Cabinet Office from 2013 to 2016.
Sir Andrew Thomas Cahn,KCMG is a non-executive director of Nomura,chair of the board of governors of Birkbeck,University of London,and a former senior civil servant.
Sir Joseph Brian Donnelly is a retired British diplomat.
Sir Simon James Fraser is a British former diplomat who served as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2010 to July 2015,having served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills from May 2009 to August 2010. Sir Simon is a Trustee of the Patchwork Foundation,founded by Harris Bokhari. Sir Simon is currently Deputy Chairman of Chatham House and serves as Adviser to the Europe Programme. He is also Managing Partner of Flint Global.
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant,is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Mark Philip Sedwill,Baron Sedwill,is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the United Kingdom National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2020. He was previously the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan in 2010. He was the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from February 2013 to April 2017.
Jeremy John Heywood,Baron Heywood of Whitehall,was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer,he took a leave of absence from June 2018,and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018,receiving a life peerage;he died two weeks later on 4 November 2018.
Sir Simon Lawrance Gass is a British civil servant. Since 2019,he has chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee and he also currently serves as the British Prime Minister's representative on Afghanistan. Between 2018 and 2019,he was the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. During his diplomatic career,he served as British ambassador to Greece and to Iran.
Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce,is a British diplomat who is currently British Ambassador to the United States at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,and was previously the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Sir Paul Lever KCMG is a British retired senior ambassador.
Simon Gerard McDonald,Baron McDonald of Salford,is a British former diplomat who was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service until September 2020. He was the last professional head of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. On 23 November 2021,McDonald was elected Master-Elect of Christ's College,Cambridge,with a term of office beginning 1 September 2022.
Sir Philip Robert Barton is a British diplomat,currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India;he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
Sir Philip McDougall Rutnam,is a British former civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary at the Home Office from 2017 until his resignation on 29 February 2020. Prior to this,he was the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport for five years and also Acting Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills in 2010.
Sir Richard Nicholas Heaton,KCB is a barrister and former senior British civil servant who was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from September 2015 until resigning in August 2020. He had previously served as Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary,and First Parliamentary Counsel.
Sir Christopher Stephen Wormald KCB is a British civil servant,serving since 2016 as the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care,having previously served since 2012 in the same role at the Department for Education.
Peter Michael Alexander Wilson is a senior British diplomat serving as British Ambassador to Brazil,and previously as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Alison Mary Blake is a British diplomat who has served as high commissioner to Bangladesh and ambassador to Afghanistan.
