Lisa Chesney
Biography
H.E Lisa Chesney MBE is the new British High Commissioner to Uganda effective 15 October 2024.
H.E Chesney was most recently High Commissioner to Sierra Leone from August 2021 – 2024.She has experience with a range of countries, multilateral partners and government departments, encompassing diplomatic, security and defence and development issues. Prior to Sierra Leone, she served in the Home Office, leading the UK’s Counter Extremism Unit from 2018 and acting as Gold Command for the Crime, Policing and Fire Group on COVID-19.
In the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), she served as Deputy Head Security Policy, leading on strategic security issues and delivery of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. H.E Chesney has also headed the Prevent Team within the Counter-Terrorism Department, FCDO. She has previously been posted to Mogadishu, as Deputy Head of Mission, re-establishing a UK embassy in Somalia and to Afghanistan, as UK Head of Politics and Strategic Communications in the Provincial Reconstruction Team, in Helmand Province. She has also held corporate and change management leadership roles and worked internationally in the private sector before joining the diplomatic service.
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British High Commissioner to Uganda
The High Commissioner is the UK government’s representative in a Commonwealth nation. They are responsible for the direction and work of the High Commission and its Deputy High Commissions and/or Consulates, including political work, trade and investment, press and cultural relations, and visa and consular services.