Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: who runs it
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, a ministerial department, lists 26 people in its leadership on GOV.UK, led by Edward Llewellyn (Director General Political and Political Director) and Neil Wigan (Director General Defence and Security). Every name below comes from the body's own GOV.UK page: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - GOV.UK, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below are in it).
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Permanent Under-Secretary | Lindy Cameron |
| Second Permanent Under-Secretary | Nick Dyer |
| Chief Operating Officer | Helena Vega-Lozano |
| Director General Political and Political Director | Edward Llewellyn · profile on this site |
| Director General Defence and Security | Neil Wigan · profile on this site |
| Director General Global Issues | Melinda Bohannon |
| Director General Network | Christina Scott |
| Director General, Legal | Sally Langrish |
| Lead Non-Executive Director | Beverley Tew |
| Non-Executive Director | James Bilefield |
| Non-Executive Director | Jon Watts |
| Director General Transformation, Strategy and Delivery | Jonathan Allen |
| UK Special Envoy on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict | Chris Elmore |
| UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief | David Smith |
| UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls | Baroness Harriet Harman |
| UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans | Karen Pierce |
| UK Special Envoy for LGBT+ Rights | Lord Collins of Highbury |
| UK Special Representative for Climate | Rachel Kyte |
| UK Special Representative for Nature | Ruth Davis |
| UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues | Jon Pearce |
| Commonwealth Envoy | Simon Thomas |
| UK Special Envoy to Afghanistan | Richard Lindsay |
| Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa | Alison Blackburne |
| Special Envoy for Small Island Developing States | Tim Hemmings |
| UK Special Envoy for the Sahel | Jonathan Croft |
| UK Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions | Alistair Burt |
Source
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - GOV.UK, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below are in it). Each name links to that person's official page. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: official page. Every UK public body we list. Name or role out of date? Tell us.