Lindy Cameron
Biography
Lindy Cameron CB OBE has been British High Commissioner to the Republic of India since April 2024.
Previously, Lindy was CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (2020-2024), following more than two decades of international development and national security policy and crisis management. Before that she served as Director-General in the Northern Ireland Office (2019-2020) and as Director General Country Programmes at the Department for International Development (2016-2019).
Lindy is from Northern Ireland. After starting her career in the private sector, she joined the Department for International Development (DFID) in 1998, working as an adviser in Nigeria, Vietnam and the Balkans, before moving on to run DFID’s offices in Baghdad and Kabul. She led DFID humanitarian, conflict and Middle East policy after the Arab Spring. She has worked across government: for the Cabinet Office during the financial crisis; for the Foreign Office as the Head of the Provincial Reconstruction team in Helmand, Afghanistan; with the Ministry of Defence on their senior staff courses, and as head of the joint cross-government Stabilisation Unit.
Lindy’s curriculum vitae is available here.
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British High Commissioner to the Republic of India
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, including political and economic work, trade and investment, press and cultural relations, and visa and consular services.
Previous roles in government
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Director General, Country Programmes