Gareth Beaumont
Biography
Gareth Beaumont has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Asunción since March 2024.
Prior to this, Gareth worked in a range of policy roles at the FCDO and the Home Office, including in national security and counter-terrorism, and served in the Foreign Secretary’s Private Office in 2016-2018. He has also previously completed short-term deployments to the British Embassy in Paris and the British Embassy in Quito.
Gareth holds an LLM in Human Rights Law and Criminology from the University of Hull, and a BSc (Hons) in International Relations from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining the FCDO in 2015, he lived in Spain for two years.
Deputy Head of Mission, Paraguay
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.