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Change of British High Commissioner to Malta: September 2020
Ms Cathy Ward LVO OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta.
Ms Cathy Ward LVO OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta in succession to Mr Stuart Gill OBE who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Ms Ward will take up her appointment during September 2020.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name: Katherine Georgina Louise Marcelle Ward
| 2017 to present | Quito, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2013 to 2016 | FCO, Deputy-Head, Near East Department, Middle East & North Africa Directorate |
| 2013 | Dar es Salaam, Deputy High Commissioner |
| 2012 to 2013 | FCO, Head, Balance of Competences Foreign Policy Report, European Union Directorate |
| 2009 to 2012 | UK Representation to the EU in Brussels, Head of Middle East & Mediterranean Section |
| 2008 to 2009 | European Commission, Senior Speechwriter, Commissioner for External Relations |
| 2007 to 2008 | FCO, Strategy Adviser, Conflict, Policy Planning Staff |
| 2002 to 2007 | Paris, First Secretary Political |
| 2002 | Secondment to Africa Directorate, Quai D’Orsay |
| 1998 to 2001 | Havana, Second Secretary Political/Press |
| 1996 to 1998 | FCO, Senior Research Officer for Latin America, Research Analysts Department |
| 1994 to 1995 | FCO, Research Officer for Latin America, Research Analysts Department |
| 1994 | Joined FCO |