Our organisation

This page describes the UK Border Agency's organisational structure and the composition of the UK Border Agency board.

We are an agency of the Home Office, and our organisation is divided into 4 unified operations:

  • international
  • immigration
  • intelligence
  • enforcement and crime

Each operational area is led by a director. Our operational areas are supported by 2 corporate service directorates.

The UK Border Agency executive board comprises the following members:

  • Rob Whiteman, chief executive
  • David Wood, chief operating officer
  • Emma Churchill, head of strategy and intelligence
  • Hugh Ind, temporary nationality co-ordinator, regions and enforcement
  • Jeremy Oppenheim, temporary head of immigration
  • Jonathan Sedgwick, head of international group
  • Jonathan Nancekivell-Smith, temporary head of enforcement and crime
  • Joe Dugdale, head of human resources and organisational development
  • Justin Holliday, head of resource management

In addition to the executive board, a strategic board with non-executive directors sets the strategic direction for the agency. A senior police officer serves on the board as a non-executive director, as do senior officials from HM Revenue & Customs and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The non-executive directors are:

  • Philip Augar, non-executive chair
  • Chief Constable Martin Baker, Dorset Police, non-executive director
  • Mike Hawker, non-executive director
  • Graham Sims, non-executive director
  • Mark Thomson, non-executive director
Immigration operations in your region of the UK

Our UK operations are split into 6 UK regions. The regional directors are:

  • Gail Adams, regional director, Midlands and East
  • Jane Farleigh, regional director, Wales and South West
  • Simon Walker, temporary regional director, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
  • Jo Liddy, regional director, North West
  • Steve Lamb, temporary regional director, London and South East
  • Phil Taylor, regional director, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Our overseas network

The overseas network consists of 6 regions:

  • Africa
  • Americas
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Euro-Med
  • South Asia
  • Pakistan and the Gulf

For more information, see the Our overseas network page.