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Richard Porter joined the Foreign Office in 2012 following a career as a Management Consultant and Paramedic. From 1998 to 2008, Richard worked on the streets of London responding to medical emergencies as part of the London Ambulance Service team....
Ms Sarah MacIntosh CMG was appointed Permanent Representative to the United Kingdom’s Delegation to NATO in February 2017. Previously she served as Director General, Defence and Intelligence at the Foreign Office from May 2014 to November 2016. Sarah joined the...
Anna Walters is UK’s Deputy Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, responsible for promoting relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia and supporting British interests in the Kingdom. Anna has worked internationally for over 20 years, including for the...
UK ambassador to Liberia external meetings May 2015 to February 2016.
Evelyn Ashton-Griffiths took up the position of Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome in February 2024. Most recently, Evelyn was Deputy Political Counsellor at the British High Commission in New Delhi and she led the UK’s...
Robin Barnett arrived in Dublin August 2016 to take up his appointment as British Ambassador to Ireland. Between 2011 - 2016 he held the post of British Ambassador to Poland and his career has previously concentrated on Central and Eastern...
Ambassador Holland underlines continued UK support for the work of OSCE Mission to Serbia, including on media reforms and integration of national minorities.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
At a ceremony at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Tokyo on 5 February 2024, Julia Longbottom, the British Ambassador to Japan, presented the award of Honorary Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to Mr Norihiko Fukuda,...
The British Embassy in Montevideo celebrated the fourth edition of the initiative that promotes the professional growth of young women.
Tim Hitchens was the Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Summit Unit from March 2017 to April 2018. He was most recently a member of the Foreign Office Board, until April 2017. Until December 2016, he was the British Ambassador in...
Mr Giles Portman took up the position of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Romania in October 2023. Dates Role 2021 to 2022 FCDO , Director Europe, Europe Directorate 2020 to 2021 FCDO , Director EU Exit, Europe Directorate 2019 to 2020...
Victoria Billing was appointed FCDO Director Europe, covering the Mediterranean and Western Balkans, in March 2022. Victoria previously served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde and Republic of...
Iain took up the position of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to The Socialist Republic of Vietnam in August 2022. Full name: Iain Grant Frew 2018 to 2021 Brasilia, Prosperity Counsellor 2016 to 2017 FCO, Head of EU Exit Strategy Department 2015...
Sandy took up her appointment as Deputy Ambassador at the British Embassy in Lima in June 2022. She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2014 after working for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN)...
Alisdair Walker was the British Ambassador to Eritrea from February 2019 to November 2022. Before that, Alisdair was the Head of China Internal Team in East Asia Department at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). His previous postings include...
Catherine Inglehearn is His Majesty’s Ambassador to Niger. Catherine joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990. Her Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office career has included a wide range of roles covering Africa, Eastern Europe and energy related issues,...
Sir John joined the FCO in 1980 and after studying Arabic at SOAS and elsewhere has served mainly in the Middle East and South East Asia. His first posting was to Abu Dhabi. He has been Her Majesty’s Ambassador to...
Dr David Ellis was appointed as the British Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in December 2021. Previous roles 2016 to 2020: Minister and Deputy Head of Mission to Japan. Responsibilities included advancing UK-Japan relations on political and...
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