Wendy Wyver
Biography
Wendy Wyver took up her role as Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission to the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, in January 2024.
She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 1993. Her previous overseas posting, from 2017 – 2022, was as First Political Counsellor in the British Embassy to Italy and San Marino in Rome. She has also served in Milan, Copenhagen and Tokyo and at the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York. In London, she has worked on dossiers including Climate Change and Energy, European Policy and the Asia-Pacific, and is a former Head of the Sanctions Unit.
She has a BA degree in English Literature from Magdalen College, Oxford and a degree in Medicine from Bristol University.
Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Turkey
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.