Fiona Walker Doyle
Biography
Fiona Walker Doyle is His Majesty’s Deputy Head of Mission to the Kingdom of Bahrain, promoting relations between the UK and Bahrain, and supporting British interests in the Kingdom.
Fiona joined the former Foreign and Commonwealth Office (now Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) in 2007, working in the Middle East and North Africa department. Fiona has since held multiple roles in the UK and overseas for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as well as the former Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with a particular focus on the Middle East.
Previously, Fiona served as Head of the UK’s Syria Office from 2019 to 2021 and as the Deputy Head of Mission to Yemen from 2018 to 2019.
Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Manama
The Deputy Head of Mission is a senior diplomat and typically a key advisor to the Ambassador or High Commissioner. The Deputy is responsible for the daily management of an overseas Embassy or High Commission. They will represent the UK’s interests in the absence of the Ambassador as Chargé d’Affaires. A senior ranking Deputy may also take the title Minister. Smaller missions may not have a Deputy Head.