"Paul Kenny Sir Paul Stephen Kenny (born 31 October 1949, Hammersmith) is the former General Secretary of the GMB, Britain's third biggest union. He left school at 15 and went to work for Fuller, Smith & Turner's Brewery. His first job in local government was for London Borough of Hammersmith as the park keeper of Brook Green, along with its tennis courts. He became a full-time GMB official in December 1979. In 1991 he became the Regional Secretary of the GMB London Region. Kenny had been defeated by Kevin Curran in the 2003 GMB General Secretary Election to replace John"
"Bossano got a seat in the Gibraltar Parliament and was appointed Minister for Enterprise, Training and Employment by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo. The GSLP-Liberal government under Fabian Picardo won a second term at the 2015 general election and as of 2017, Bossano held the position of Minister for Economic Development, Telecommunications & the Gibraltar Savings Bank. Bossano was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2018 New Year Honours. Joe Bossano Sir Joseph John Bossano KCMG (born 10 June 1939) is a"
"Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations) to Lieutenant General Mark Carleton-Smith on 18 April 2016. Messenger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2015 Birthday Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours. He is patron of the Defence Medical Welfare Service and honorary Colonel of 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers. He is married to Sarah and they have three children. He enjoys running, rugby, rock climbing, golf, gardening and real ale. Gordon Messenger General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger, (born 15 April 1962) is a senior Royal"
"Group of the Conservative Party. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Gardiner of Kimble, of Kimble in the County of Buckinghamshire on 23 June 2010. In 2012 he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting, and served in the Lords as a government whip and spokesman on the Cabinet Office, Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change. In May 2015 Gardiner was promoted to be Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. In July 2016 he was moved by the new Prime Minister Theresa May"
"in the 1990s. He was the Chair of the Liberal Democrats' 2015 general election team. A polyglot, Ashdown has an interpretership qualification in Mandarin and is fluent in several other languages. Ashdown has received national recognition for his services by appointment as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 2006 New Year Honours and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2015 New Year Honours. Ashdown is the eldest of seven children: he has four brothers and two sisters. He was born in New Delhi, India, on"
"Garnier refusing this, December 2007 saw compensation of £2.9 billion awarded nationally to failed Company Pension Scheme workers. In all Garnier referenced BUSM twelve times, and ""was a really valuable advocate in the campaign to recover the pensions"". In June 2015 Garnier called on Jeremy Hunt to “get a grip on those allegedly in charge of the project” at St Luke’s hospital which he said had become a local joke. He claimed the project had been the subject of delays since 1992. Garnier was Solicitor General from May 2010 to September 2012. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor after the"
"Iain McNicol Iain Mackenzie McNicol, Baron McNicol of West Kilbride (born 17 August 1969) is a British Labour politician and trade unionist. From 2011 to 2018 he was General Secretary of the Labour Party, the most senior employee of the Labour Party. Previously he was National Political Officer of the GMB Union, and has a long history of organising in both the Labour Party and the trade union movement. McNicol began his involvement in political organising as president of the Student Union at Dundee Institute of Technology in 1991. He then moved to the Labour Party, first in an elected"
"Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green Anthony Ian Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green (born 14 April 1942) is a British politician and Labour Party life peer in the House of Lords. He had previously been General Secretary of the National Communications Union (1989–95), then joint General Secretary (1995–98), then Senior Deputy General Secretary (1998-2002) of the Communication Workers Union. He also served as a Governor of the BBC. In the 2002 Birthday Honours Young was awarded a knighthood, having the honour conferred by The Prince of Wales on 13 December 2002. He was created a life peer on"
"promoted to lieutenant general on 14 January 2013. On 1 December 2015, Messenger appeared in front of the Defence Select Committee of the House of Commons in relation to the military situation in Syria. On 15 March 2016, Messenger was in South Korea to observe British troops participating in Operation Key Resolve. Messenger was appointed as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in spring 2016, in succession to Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peach. Messenger was formally promoted to full general on 16 May 2016. He is the first four-star Royal Marine general since 1977. Messenger handed over his role of"
"2015. Rubin was knighted for services to medicine in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours. In 2004 he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Lincoln. In 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from University of Exeter. In 2012 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Health from Plymouth University. Peter Rubin Professor Sir Peter Charles Rubin (born 21 November 1948) is a doctor and was the Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom from 2009-2014. A consultant physician and professor of therapeutics at the University of Nottingham since 1987, he has"
"a black belt in karate. Iain McNicol Iain Mackenzie McNicol, Baron McNicol of West Kilbride (born 17 August 1969) is a British Labour politician and trade unionist. From 2011 to 2018 he was General Secretary of the Labour Party, the most senior employee of the Labour Party. Previously he was National Political Officer of the GMB Union, and has a long history of organising in both the Labour Party and the trade union movement. McNicol began his involvement in political organising as president of the Student Union at Dundee Institute of Technology in 1991. He then moved to the Labour"
"(CB), and later the Knight Commander (KCB) in the 2003 Birthday Honours. Bender held the following posts: Brian Bender Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender, KCB (born 1949) is a retired British civil servant, who served as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (later the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the Department of Trade and Industry. (later the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform). He became Chairman of the London Metal Exchange in April 2010, and is a Governor of Dulwich College, a trustee of Lloyds Register Foundation and a non-executive Director of"
"in November 2016 and took up the post in January 2017. She became Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University in 2006. Her appointment as Chair of Court and Council at LSE was announced in November 2016 and she arrived in January 2017. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours for services to the National Health Service and elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to higher education. In 2012 she married Sir John Gains, the Chief Executive from 1995-2004"
"Officer, but in 1988 moved to Sandwell College as Vice-Principal. From 1993 to 2009, he was Principal and Chief Executive of South Cheshire College and then Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, before becoming, in 2011, Principal of Guildford College. In 2013, he left Guildford College and became the government's Further Education Commissioner, serving until 2016, when Richard Atkins and took over from him. He received a knighthood for his service in 2016, having been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005. It was revealed before he left the office that"
"Secretary-General Ann Kenrick CBE. Following fifteen years in the private sector selling Hydro Electric Plants to West Africa and managing top Information Technology Accounts at IBM, Ann has been running the British Section of the FBC for 20 years. In 2015 she received the Honour of the Chevalier de L'ordre national du Merite for her outstanding work in bringing France and Britain together over the past two decades. In addition to her interest in Franco-British relations she has also developed a strong portfolio in the Environmental Transport arena as Chair of the London Cycling Campaign and founder/chair of a South"
"stood down as leader in 2003, one year ahead of schedule. John Edmonds (trade unionist) John Edmonds (born 28 January 1944) is a former trade union official in the United Kingdom. Edmonds grew up in South London, and was educated at Christ's Hospital School and Oriel College, Oxford. On graduation, he found work as a research assistant with the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, moving on to become a field officer, then a National Industrial Officer. In 1986, Edmonds became General Secretary of the union, by then known as the GMB. In this role, he became known as"
"was also Minister for the Olympics (2005–10) and Shadow Minister for the Olympics and Shadow Minister for London until September 2012, resigning after the London Olympic Games. A Privy Counsellor since 1998, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2012. She stood down from the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. She was nominated for life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and was raised to the peerage as Baroness Jowell, of Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth, on 27 October 2015. In September 2015, she was unsuccessful in seeking"
"with the Conservative Party group in the House of Lords. He was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System, in the Department for Education on 28 September 2017. Agnew donated a total of £134,000 to the Conservative Party between 2007 and 2009. Agnew was appointed a deputy lieutenant (DL) of Norfolk in 2013. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2015 New Year Honours 'for services to education'. Theodore Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton Theodore Thomas More Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton Kt DL (born 17 January 1961) is a Norfolk businessman, Conservative life peer and"
"was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for political and parliamentary service. <br> Desmond Swayne Sir Desmond Angus Swayne (born 20 August 1956) is a Conservative Party politician and former banker. He is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of New Forest West in Hampshire. He was formerly also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, having been his PPS during his time as Leader of the Opposition, 2005–10, prior to his appointment in September 2012 to the office of Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. In June 2016, it was announced Swayne would receive a knighthood in"
"appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to local government and the community. In June 2015, Matheson announced he would stand in the 2015 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election, following a rule change allowing councillors to stand for the position, although he was unsuccessful. After losing the deputy leadership election in August 2015, he announced that he would stand down as leader of Glasgow City Council. Matheson has subsequently taken up a position as a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde's Institute for Future Cities - part"
"role on a permanent basis. In the same month Garwood was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Garwood became Director-General of the Military Aviation Authority on 1 May 2013. As of 2015, Garwood was paid a salary of between £155,000 and £159,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time. He became Director-General of the Defence Safety Authority in April 2015. Already Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), Garwood was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)"
"Stephen Bubb Sir Stephen John Limrick Bubb JP FRSA (born 5 November 1952) is Director of Charity Futures. He was Chief Executive of the UK charity leaders representative body Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) from 2000 to 2016. He received a knighthood in 2011 for his services to the voluntary sector. From March 2011 to June 2011, Bubb was seconded to the Department of Health, as part of the team leading Andrew Lansley's National Health Service (NHS) ""listening exercise"". Bubb is regarded as influential within the Labour and Conservative Parties, with his longstanding advocacy of charities replacing"
"Edmonds. However, he was appointed Acting General Secretary on 24 March 2005 following Curran's resignation after alleged election rigging. In May 2006 he was elected unopposed as GMB General Secretary. Elected again in 2010 for a further 5 years unopposed. Between 2010 and 2016 he was the chair of the influential Trade Union & Labour Party Liaison Organisation. Campaigns Mr Kenny has been heavily involved include ASDA, private equity companies (such as their ownership of the AA), public sector pay increases, and privatised utility companies. Led target campaigning against Blacklisting of Trade unionists by Construction industry. In August 2014, Kenny"
"the Commander of the Legion of Merit by General Robert Neller. Robert Magowan Major General Robert Andrew Magowan, (born 12 September 1967) is a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2016 to 2017. He is currently the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability). Educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham and the University of Southampton (BSc Chemistry, 1989), Magowan was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1989. He became Plans Officer at Headquarters 3rd Mechanised Division in 2001 in which role he was deployed to Afghanistan and then became second-in-command of 42 Commando in"
"Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton (born 16 October 1952), known as Glenys Thornton, is a Labour and Co-operative member of the House of Lords. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health. Thornton was raised in Bradford, and graduated from the London School of Economics. She was Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society from 1981, joining the public affairs team of the Co-operative Wholesale Society upon their merger in 1985 and working there until 1992. She was General Secretary of the Fabian Society from 1993 to 1996. Since June 2015 she has been Chief Executive"
"November 2010, Mayfield was appointed to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, a non-departmental public body, as Chairman. On 7 November 2018, Mayfield announced that he would be stepping down as Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership in 2020. A successor is yet to be announced. Mayfield received the General Service Medal with ""Northern Ireland"" clasp for his service during The Troubles on Operation Banner. In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, it was announced that Mayfield had been appointed a Knight Bachelor (Kt) 'for services to business'. On 7 February 2014, he was knighted by Charles, Prince of Wales"
"of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to primary care. Chaand Nagpaul Chaand Nagpaul is a doctor who works as a general practitioner and is Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association. Nagpaul took over as Chair from Dr Mark Porter in June 2017. Nagpaul commenced medical undergraduate studies in October 1979 at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, qualifying with MBBS degree in 1985 with full registration with GMC in 1986. Nagpaul has been a general practitioner in Stanmore since 1990. He was inspired to become a GP when he"
"the senior tri-service reservist in the UK Armed Forces. Munro was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours. He was succeeded by Brigadier Simon Brooks-Ward in October 2015. <br> Ranald Munro Major-General Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, CBE, TD, VR (born 1960) is the General Counsel for Lombard International Assurance, a life insurance company, as well as the most senior serving reservist in the Ministry of Defence and is currently serving as the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets). Educated at Merchiston Castle School, Middlesex Polytechnic and the Polytechnic of Central"
"of his appointment as a judge of the High Court of Justice allocated to the Queen's Bench Division was made in 2013. Illness prevented him taking up his appointment until October 2014. A planning law specialist at the Bar, he was heavily involved in the long-running Manchester Runway litigation. During his tenure as Recorder of Manchester he presided over many criminal cases, including sentencing in cases arising from Manchester riots, in respect of which he purported to set local sentencing guidelines which were later overturned by the Court of Appeal. He was made a Knight Bachelor on 3 November 2015."
"able to speak more freely, and became Labour's spokesperson on disabilities again before announcing her decision to stand down at the next election. She also served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and as co-chair of the All-party group on Disability. McGuire is a member of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), becoming its chair in May 2013 and was described by LFI director Jennifer Gerber as ""a true friend of Israel"". McGuire was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours. McGuire was described by the ""Daily Telegraph"" as"
"Robin Young (civil servant) Sir Robin Urquhart Young, KCB (born 7 September 1948) is a former British civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 1998 to 2001 and Permanent Secretary for the Department of Trade & Industry from 2001 to 2005. Young was born in 1948, and educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and at University College, Oxford. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours. Young joined the Department of Environment where he worked on housing, environment and local government policy, later"
"the 2010 election to become the union's General Secretary, taking fourth place and 39,000 votes behind Len McCluskey who was elected. In 2016, when McCluskey stood down to contest a new election, Cartmail was chosen as acting general secretary. Cartmail is a Commissioner at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. In her spare time, she enjoys cold-water swimming. Gail Cartmail Gail Cartmail (born 1955) is an Assistant General Secretary (AGS) at the trade union Unite and also a member of the Trades Union Congress' (TUC) Executive Committee and General Council. Cartmail attended Heronswood Secondary Modern School in Welwyn Garden"
"sector became the Graphical, Paper & Media Sector of Unite the union. Tony Burke became the Assistant General Secretary of Unite responsible for the union's manufacturing section. In 2014 faced with major changes to the print, communications and the media industries the Unite GPM sector merged with Unite's Information Technology and Communications sector to form the GPMITC Sector of the union. A permanent display of memorabilia and the history of the print and papermaking unions of the UK and Ireland is housed at the Marx Memorial Library in Clerkenwell, London. The union sponsored several Parliamentary candidates, many of whom won"