Press release
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan: Lucia Wilde
Ms Lucia Wilde has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Ms Lucia Wilde has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan in succession to Mr Hugh Philpott OBE who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Ms Wilde will take up her appointment during November 2021.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Lucia Wilde
| Dates | Role |
|---|---|
| 2021 to present | Department for Health and Social Care, Human Resources Director for Workforce Transition |
| 2019 to 2021 | Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Deputy to the Director of Human Resources and Head of HR Business Partnering Service, Chief Digital Information Group |
| 2018 to 2019 | HMRC, Senior HR Business Partner for Talent, Capability, Diversity, Inclusion and Pay, Customer Compliance Group |
| 2015 to 2018 | HMRC, Senior HR Business Partner for Strategic Resourcing and Capability, Customer Compliance Group |
| 2013 to 2015 | HMRC, Programme Manager, HR Workforce Management Programme |
| 2013 | Cabinet Office, Private Secretary to the Director General for Civil Service Reform |
| 2012 to 2013 | Department for International Development (DFID), Head, East and Central Africa Director Team |
| 2012 | FCO, Head, Development Team, Prime Minister’s Conference on Somalia |
| 2011 | DFID, Head, Secretary of State’s Team for Busan Development Conference |
| 2010 to 2011 | DFID, Head of DFID Iraq, British Embassy, Baghdad |
| 2009 to 2010 | DFID, Deputy Head of DFID Iraq, British Embassy, Baghdad |
| 2008 to 2009 | DFID, British Embassy Kabul, Resources Manager |
| 2007 to 2008 | DFID, British Embassy Kabul, Livelihoods Adviser, Counter-Narcotics Team |
| 2005 to 2007 | DFID, Policy Lead, Occupied Palestinian Territories Programme |
| 2004 | DFID Ghana, Deputy Head (maternity cover July - December) |
| 2004 | European Commission, Brussels, Government Stagiaire, Development Commissioner’s Cabinet (January – June) |
| 2002 to 2003 | DFID, British Embassy Moscow, Programme Lead, Public Administration and Judicial Reform (Fast Stream) |
| 2001 to 2002 | DFID, Private Sector Advisor (Fast Stream) |
| 1999 to 2001 | Deloitte Consulting, Graduate Trainee |
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