Press release

Change of Her Majesty’s British High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana

Mr Iain Walker has been appointed Her Majesty's British High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 17 February 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Mr Iain Walker has been appointed Her Majesty’s British High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana in succession to Mr Jon Benjamin, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Walker will take up his appointment in August 2017.

Curriculum Vitae

Full name

Iain Walker

2012 – present	FCO, Director Finance and Board member
2010 – 2012	FCO, Deputy Director Finance
2010	Joined FCO
2008 – 2010	Price Water House Coopers, Assistant Director, Consulting
2006 – 2008	Cabinet Office, Policy Advisor
2004 – 2006	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Head of Commercial and Change
2002 – 2004	GOAL (Global NGO) Programme Management and Change (Malawi, Ethiopia, & Zimbabwe)
1998 – 2002	Ernst & Young, Banking and Capital Markets

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Published 17 February 2017