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Alan Gogbashian is His Majesty’s Consul General for Chicago, and has been in this role since January 2020. As Consul General, he leads the UK’s engagement across the 14 states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,...
Ms Dawn McKen took up the position of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro in August 2023. Curriculum vitae Dates Role 2022 Global Strategy Programme in International Security and Strategic Leadership, Royal College of Defence Studies 2022 MA in International Security...
Mr Ramin Navai was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay in October 2020. Curriculum vitae Dates Roles 2017 to 2020 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), Deputy Head, Counter-Daesh Communications Department, Communications Directorate 2015 to 2017 FCO, Head...
Melanie Robinson has been the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe since January 2019. Prior to this she was Executive Director for the UK at the World Bank Group in Washington from 2015 to 2018. Melanie has 18 years of experience in...
Matt Baugh OBE is Director, Euro-Atlantic Security at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), responsible for NATO and security policy issues across the Euro-Atlantic area. Before taking up this appointment in September 2022, Matt was Political and Security Director (and...
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council briefing on Iran’s attack against Israel, 14 April 2024.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Josephine Gauld is the Deputy High Commissioner and Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Programme and UN Habitat. Josephine joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in 2002. She has previously served in the democratic Republic of Congo, twice...
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Haiti.
Born in Edinburgh in Scotland, Keith was educated at Craigmount High School and at the University of St Andrews, from which he graduated with an MA (Honours) degree in Modern History with International Relations. Keith joined the Diplomatic Service in...
Dame Mariot Leslie joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1977. Her overseas postings have included Singapore (1978-81), Bonn (1982-86) and Rome (1998-2001), as well as two years spent on secondment to the French Foreign Ministry in Paris (1990-92). From 2002-06...
The British Embassy in Israel maintains and develops relations between the UK and Israel.
The British Embassy in Bishkek maintains and develops relations between the UK and Kyrgyzstan.
The British Consulate General in New York maintains and develops relations between the UK and the USA.
Alice was the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Israel from May 2022 to January 2023. She joined the Diplomatic Service in 2009 following an undergraduate and Masters at the University of Nottingham. In London she has...
Tanya Robinson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, now Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in 2000. She took up her role as Deputy Head of Mission to the British Embassy, San Salvador in October 2021. Over the last 20 years,...
Moazzam Malik was most recently Director General, Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). He was previously Director General, Country Programmes for the Department for International Development, overseeing the UK’s bilateral development partnerships around the world and was...
John Rankin CMG became Governor of the British Virgin Islands on 29 January 2021. Mr Rankin was Governor of Bermuda from December 2016 to November 2020. He was previously British Ambassador to Nepal and before that was British High Commissioner...
Liane Saunders is the British Ambassador to Oman. Prior to this appointment, they were the Staff Counsellor at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 2021 to 2023. Liane has previously served in diplomatic roles in the Middle East. Liane’s...
Harriet has been a member of the UK Diplomatic Service for 23 years. Before coming to Trinidad & Tobago in September 2020, she was British Consul-General to New England. Prior to that she was Deputy Ambassador at the British Embassy...
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