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Giles Lever was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan in October 2021. Mr Lever joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990 and has worked in a wide range of roles, including in Africa, on the...
Simon Smith has been British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since March 2018. He first visited North and South Korea in 2002-4 when he was Head of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s NE Asia & Pacific Department. He...
Sir George Hollingbery has been the British Ambassador to Cuba since February 2022. He was the Member of Parliament for Meon Valley from 2010 to 2019. UK government As Minister of State for Trade Policy 2018 to 2019, Sir George...
Mr David Hunt was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania from June 2011 to June 2015. Mr Hunt joined the FCO in 2001 from the Private Sector and was most recently Deputy Head of Conflict Department at the...
Fleur Thomas was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on 21 April 2021, after presenting her credentials to HRH Grand Duke Henri. She previously held the post of Head of Exports in the Ministry of Defence....
Jon Lambe was UK Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from November 2019 to March 2023. He is the first dedicated UK Ambassador to ASEAN and opened the UK Mission to ASEAN at the time of his...
Fiona was the UK Government’s Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, COP26 from March 2020 to May 2022. Fiona retired from the Diplomatic Service in May 2022 to move to the private sector. Fiona joined the Foreign &...
Thomas Reilly was the British Ambassador to Morocco from June 2017 to August 2020. He was also Her Majesty’s non-resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from June 2017 until May 2018, when the first ever resident Ambassador to...
His Excellency Charles Hay MVO started as the British High Commissioner to Malaysia in March 2019 in succession to Vicki Treadell CMG MVO. Prior to Malaysia, Mr Hay was the British Ambassador to South Korea from 2015 to 2018. During...
Kim’s diplomatic career spanned 3 decades and was primarily focussed on national security issues and European Union policy. Before serving as the British Ambassador to the USA from 2016 until 2019, Kim was the Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor, from...
Judith Farnworth was the UK’s Ambassador to Armenia from September 2015 to September 2019. Diplomatic career 2015 - 2019 Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Armenia 2012 - 2015 Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic 2008 - 2012 Deputy Head of...
Nicholas Hopton was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2017 to 2018. Prior to this he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Qatar from 2013 to 2015. Mr Hopton joined the FCO in 1989 and has also...
Antony Stokes was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba from October 2016 to January 2022. Previously he served as Ambassador-at-Large for Climate, and from 2010-2014 as Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a period which saw a...
The British Embassy in Luxembourg hosted the King’s Birthday Party on Thursday 13 June 2024.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The British Ambassador visited communities in Guatemala and Honduras that will benefit from the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund.
Bill Murray became Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman in September 2021. Murray joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 2003, following a career as an officer in the Royal Marines. Bill has spent much of his career...
Alison Rose was the British Ambassador to Belgium from August 2014 until June 2019. Alison is a European Union (EU) specialist. Previous jobs have included leading the EU, economic, climate, home affairs and science teams at the British Embassy in...
Mr. Robin Ord-Smith, MVO was most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic (2015 to 2019). Robin joined the FCO in 1989 and has served in a number of diplomatic roles at home and overseas, including in Algeria, Romania,...
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