The Permanent Under-Secretary (PUS) has overall responsibility for managing the FCO’s resources and for policy advice given to Ministers.  This work is shared between the eight members of the FCO Board. 

Each has an area of responsibility with the exception of the Chief Executive, UK Trade & Industry (UKTI), and the Chief Information Officer.  UKTI is an agency and the Information Directorate is part of Central Group, which is the responsibility of the PUS. 

The work is sub-divided into Directorates each headed by an Director.

Central Group

Permanent Under-Secretary: Peter Ricketts

Communications
Information and technology
Policy planners, Research, Legal, Special respresentative on climate change

Europe and Globalisation

Director-General: Simon Fraser

Africa
Asia Pacific
Europe
Global and economic issues

Defence and Intelligence

Director-General: Mariot Leslie

Americas
Defence and strategic threats
Overseas territories

Political

Director-General: Mark Lyall Grant

International security and institutions
Middle East and North Africa
Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia
South Asia
South Asia and Afghanistan

Information

Chief Information Officer: Tony Mather

Information strategy, management, and assurance
IT resources and operations
Programmes

Change and Delivery

Director-General: James Bevan

Change Unit
Protocol
Human resources
Consular services
UK Border Agency
Diversity and equality

Finance

Director General: Keith Luck

Shared services
FCO services
Security and Estates Directorate

UK Trade and Investment

Chief Executive: Andrew Cahn

UKTI is a joint department run by FCO and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. It has a lead role within government for dwveloping trade overseas and invward investment in the UK

Sectors
Marketing
IT and Finqnce
Business
UKTI Defence and Security Organisation