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Rita French is Britain’s Global Ambassador for Human Rights and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. Rita was appointed in May 2019. Rita has over 20 years of experience in public service. Rita began her career as...
Irfan Siddiq OBE was appointed British High Commissioner to Cyprus in August 2022. Curriculum vitae Term Post 2022 - present Nicosia, British High Commissioner to Cyprus 2018 - 2021 Khartoum, Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2017 - 2018 Plan International, International Advocacy...
Jan Thompson has served as the British Ambassador to Norway since April 2023. Previously, she was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to India in August 2018. She served as British Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2013-2017 and then, temporarily, as...
Ambassador Holland responds to the report presentation by Ambassador Wahl, Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Hamish joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1987, and has spent much of his career on Middle East and North African issues. Most recently he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Oman and before that he was...
Tim Morris was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan from May 2015 until April 2017. Mr Morris joined the FCO in 1981 and has served in London, Tokyo, Lisbon and Madrid. Before his role in South Sudan...
Mr Michael Gifford was previously Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2018 to 2021. Mr Gifford joined the FCDO in 1981 and served overseas in Abu Dhabi, Oslo, Brussels and Pyongyang. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Michael John...
Meetings attended by British ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Joanna Roper CMG was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2020. Previously, Joanna was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality from April 2017 until July 2020. She was acting Director...
Neil Crompton was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in February 2020. Prior to this appointment he was the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Directorate from 2015 to 2019. Crompton joined the FCDO...
Jessica Hand was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Angola and the Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe 2018 to 2021. Prior to that, she had led UK policy on conventional arms control issues, including the control regimes and...
Response to information request for details of meetings With UK Business Ambassador.
Dominic Jermey was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste in 2023. Dominic’s previous diplomatic postings include serving as HM Ambassador to Afghanistan (2016 to 2017) and to the United Arab Emirates (2010 to 2014). Dominic was Managing Director...
Argentine ambassador summoned to FCO.
Mark Kent was British Ambassador to the Argentine Republic from July 2016 to June 2021. He was previously Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand (2012-2016) and Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2007-2010). He has served in the British...
Dame Deborah Bronnert DCMG was the British Ambassador to the Russian Federation from January 2020 to October 2023 and left the Russian Federation on 1 November 2023. Biography 2020 to 2023 Russian Federation, Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2016 to 2019 FCO,...
Rob Fenn became His Majesty’s Ambassador to Nepal in August 2023. Prior to this he was the UK’s Deputy Head of Mission in Indonesia from 2018 to 2022. Rob joined FCO in 1983 and has worked in a variety of...
Dr Carolyn Browne was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2012 and took up her appointment in January 2013. Dr Browne joined the FCO in 1985 and served overseas in Moscow, New York, Brussels and most...
Mr James Sharp was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan in September 2019. Curriculum Vitae Full name: James Lyall Sharp Married to: Sara el-Gammal Sharp Children: Two sons 2018 - 2019 FCO, Full-time Language training (Azerbaijani) 2017...
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