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The FCO Management Board

The role of the FCO Management Board is to provide corporate leadership to the organisation in delivering the policies and services decided by Ministers.

The Board is chaired by the Permanent Under-Secretary and is made up of eleven members:

• Simon Fraser, Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service
• Barbara Woodward, Director General Economic and Consular
  
• Robert Hannigan, Director General, Defence and Intelligence
• Sir Geoffrey Adams, Director General, Political  
• Matthew Rycroft, Chief Operating Officer  
• Alison Currie, Director Finance
• Menna Rawlings, Director Human Resources
• Nick Baird, Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment
  
• Shan Morgan, HM Ambassador, Buenos Aires
  
• Rudy Markham (Non-Executive)
• Julia Bond (Non-Executive)

The Board's responsibilities are set out in its Terms of Reference [Word, 156KB].

The FCO Management Board is supported by three Sub-Committees:

• Audit and Risk
• Human Resources
• Operations Committee
  

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