Ministry of Justice
United Kingdom · public body
About this body
Current board (22)
| Gurpreet Dehal Chair | Non-executive Director to the Departmental Board of Ministry of Justice and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 2026 - present |
| Alex Davies-Jones MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Victims, Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and International Justice) | 2026 - present |
| The Rt Hon Alex Norris MP | Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice | 2026 - present |
| Andrew Robb | Non-executive board member | 2023 - present |
| Catherine McKinnell MP | Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending) | 2026 - present |
| Clara Swinson | Second Permanent Secretary | 2026 - present |
| Emma Churchill | Director General for Strategy, Analysis and Criminal Justice Policy | 2025 - present |
| Jake Richards MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology) | 2026 - present |
| James McEwen | Director General Chief Executive Officer HMPPS | 2025 - present |
| Jennifer Rademaker | Non-executive board member | 2023 - present |
| Dr Jo Farrar CB OBE | Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice | 2025 - present |
| Justin Russell | Non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Kelby Harmes | Director Ministry of Justice Legal Advisers | 2025 - present |
| Lord Lemos CMG CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Lords Minister | 2026 - present |
| Mark Adam | Director General People & Capability | 2025 - present |
| Mark Thompson | Chief Digital and Information Officer | 2025 - present |
| Megan Lee-Devlin | Chief Executive and Board Member, HM Courts & Tribunals Service | 2026 - present |
| Nick Donlevy | Director General, Chief Operating Officer | 2026 - present |
| Nick Goodwin | Director General for Legal Aid, Civil, Family, Administrative and International Justice Policy | 2026 - present |
| Rob Whiteman | Lead non-executive board member | 2026 - present |
| Sarah Sackman KC MP | Minister of State (Minister for Courts and Legal Services) | 2026 - present |
| Simon Barrett | Executive Director, Communication, Private Office, Parliament and Legislation | 2025 - present |
Past board (32)
| Alex Davies-Jones MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls | 2024 - 2026 |
| The Rt Hon Alex Norris MP | Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) | 2025 - 2026 |
| The Rt Hon Alex Norris MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Building Safety, Fire and Local Growth) | 2024 - 2025 |
| Catherine McKinnell MP | Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) | 2024 - 2025 |
| Clara Swinson | Second Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office | 2024 - 2026 |
| Clara Swinson | Director General, Global and Public Health | 2024 - 2024 |
| Clara Swinson | Director General, Global Health | 2019 - 2024 |
| Clara Swinson | Director General, Global and Public Health | 2016 - 2019 |
| Emma Churchill | Director General, Migration and Borders Group | 2022 - 2023 |
| Gurpreet Dehal | Dormant Assets Commissioner | 2016 - 2017 |
| Gurpreet Dehal | Non-Executive Director for the Defence Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 2023 - 2024 |
| Jake Richards MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International | 2025 - 2026 |
| Jake Richards MP | Assistant Whip, House of Commons | 2025 - 2026 |
| James McEwen | Joint-Head of the Government Finance Function | 2024 - 2025 |
| James McEwen | Director General, Chief Operating Officer | 2020 - 2025 |
| Dr Jo Farrar CB OBE | Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Chief Executive Officer, HM Prison & Probation Service | 2019 - 2022 |
| Dr Jo Farrar CB OBE | Director General, Local Government and Public Services | 2016 - 2019 |
| Justin Russell | Director General, Families | 2023 - 2025 |
| Justin Russell | Director General, Offender Reform and Commissioning Group | 2016 - 2019 |
| Kelby Harmes | Acting Director General of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) | 2021 - 2025 |
| Lord Lemos CMG CBE | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Faith) | 2026 - 2026 |
| Lord Lemos CMG CBE | Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) | 2025 - 2026 |
| Lord Lemos CMG CBE | Non-Executive Director, HMPPS | 2018 - 2025 |
| Mark Adam | Chief People Officer | 2021 - 2025 |
| Mark Thompson | Director of Platforms, Data and Interoperability | 2018 - 2025 |
| Megan Lee-Devlin | Director General, Service Transformation | 2024 - 2026 |
| Megan Lee-Devlin | Chief Executive, Central Digital and Data Office | 2022 - 2023 |
| Megan Lee-Devlin | Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer | 2021 - 2022 |
| Nick Goodwin | Chief Executive and Board Member, HM Courts & Tribunals Service | 2022 - 2026 |
| Nick Goodwin | Public Guardian | 2019 - 2022 |
| Sarah Sackman KC MP | Minister of State (Minister for Courts and Legal Services) | 2024 - 2026 |
| Sarah Sackman KC MP | Solicitor General | 2024 - 2024 |
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