Press release

Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Greece

Ms Kate Smith CMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 1 June 2016

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Ms Kate Smith CMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic in succession to Mr John Kittmer. Ms Smith will take up her appointment during January 2017.

Curriculum Vitae

Full name

Katherine Lucy Smith CMG

2012 – 2016	FCO, Director Americas
2009 – 2012	Shell International, Head of UK Government Relations
2008 – 2009	Secondment to Shell International, International Government Relations Advisor
2007	FCO, Policy Planning Staff
2005 – 2007	Tehran, Deputy Head of Mission
2004 – 2005	Full time language training (Persian)
2003 – 2004	FCO, Head of the Security Sector Unit, Iraq Policy Unit
2001 – 2003	FCO, Deputy Head, Security Policy Department
1997 – 2001	UK Mission to the UN in New York, First Secretary
1994 – 1997	FCO, Head of Chemical and Biological Weapons Section, Counter Proliferation Department
1991 – 1994	Athens, Second Secretary Press and Internal Political
1990 – 1991	Full time language training (Greek)
1988 – 1990	FCO, Desk Officer for Malawi and Zambia, Central African Department
1988	Lusaka, Economic Reporting
1987	Joined FCO

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Published 1 June 2016