Stuart Summers
Biography
Stuart Summers has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Kuwait since August 2024.
Before that, he was Head of the North Africa Unit in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), with responsibility for teams working on relations with Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Previous roles include Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Bahrain, Head of Chancery at the British Embassy Tehran, and Head of the UK’s Iran Office based in Dubai. Stuart also spent three years as a senior adviser on secondment at the European External Action Service in Brussels, working on Middle Eastern and European strategic issues. Other overseas positions were at the British Embassy Prague and British High Commission Nicosia, and brief stints at UK Missions to the UN in New York and Geneva. In the FCDO in London, Stuart has worked on the Cyprus UN settlement process and more recently on bilateral relations with France, Italy and Benelux, when he helped deliver the UK-France Summit and the State Visit by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (both in 2018).
Prior to joining the Diplomatic Service, Stuart was a project and programme manager with international charities and the UN World Food Programme working in Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, and also worked for Cable and Wireless Telecoms.
He received an MBE in 2012.
Deputy Head of Mission to Kuwait
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.