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Jon Wilks CMG was British Ambassador in Doha from March 2020 to December 2023. He was previously Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq (2017 to 2019), Oman (2014 to 2017) and Yemen (2010 to 2011). He was also the UK...
Angus is Joint Head of the National Space Operations Centre, with combined responsibility for the UK’s space surveillance and protection capabilities. He joined the UK Space Agency in 2022 following a career in the Diplomatic Service where he served as...
Follow the news and activities of the British Embassy Paris and the British consulates in France.
Guy Warrington is the British Ambassador to South Sudan. He took up his appointment in March 2023. Full Name Guy Warrington 2016 – 2019 Freetown, British High Commissioner 2013 – 2016 UKTI (UK Trade and Investment), Director, English Regions 2008...
Giles Paxman was the British Ambassador to Spain 2009 to 2013. He was born in 1951. He studied at Oxford University before joining the Department of the Environment on its creation in 1974. After transferring to the Diplomatic service he...
The British Embassy in Liberia maintains and develops relations between the UK and Liberia.
March 2021 Tokyo, Ambassador 2020 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), Director, Coronavirus Task Force 2016 to 2020 FCO, Director for Consular Services, Consular Directorate 2012 to 2016 Tokyo, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission 2009 to 2012 FCO, Head, Far...
Ian Cameron Cliff, OBE, took up his appointment as Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy in Zagreb in May 2015. He arrived in Croatia from Kosovo, where he had been British Ambassador since March 2011. He started his career in...
Jack took up his appointment as Deputy Ambassador and Her Majesty’s Consul at the British Embassy, Republic of Belarus in June 2021. Prior to this, he was in London working as a Team Leader on UK Defence and International Security...
Peter Ricketts retired from the Diplomatic Service in January 2016. He was British Ambassador to France between February 2012 and January 2016. Peter is also non-resident Ambassador to Monaco. Before this posting, he was the British Government’s first National Security...
Mr Simon Thomas OBE was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia in July 2021. Simon joined the Diplomatic Service in 1997, after graduating from Birmingham University with a first class Honours Degree in Russian Language and Literature....
George Edgar OBE was British High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji from 2020 to 2021. Prior to the appointment he was Deputy Director & Coronavirus Task Force in FCO. Other roles include European Union Ambassador to Cambodia, Phnom Penh;...
Philip Hall OBE was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in November 2023. Philip’s previous roles included the Spending Review at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) from 2015 to 2016. From 2012 to...
Dr Phil Boyle took up his post as British Ambassador to Madagascar in November 2017. Prior to taking up his current position he worked in National Security Directorate at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). This followed his posting as...
Ian Richards succeeded David Ward as British Ambassador to Eritrea in July 2016. Ian Richards has served as a UK diplomat in Shanghai, Beijing, Caracas, and as interim head of post at the UK embassies in Ashgabat, Bamako and Conakry....
Mary Shockledge arrived in Somalia in April 2017 as Deputy Ambassador. She was previously in Uganda as Deputy High Commissioner.
Mark Bensberg was appointed Deputy Head of Mission for Norway in July 2017. Mark’s HM Diplomatic Service career spans Europe and Africa. Previous postings include Paris, Vienna and Brussels; as High Commissioner to Namibia, and more recently as Ambassador to...
Steven Dick died in Hungary on 24 March 2020 after contracting coronavirus. At the time, he was serving as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Budapest. Roles Dec 2019 to March 2020 Deputy British Ambassador to...
Sir Laurie Bristow was her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan from June to November 2021. Prior to this, Sir Laurie Bristow was the COP26 Regional Ambassador to the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia. Previously Sir Laurie was Her...
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