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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...
Matt Field was appointed British Ambassador to the Czech Republic in January 2023. Matt was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 2018 to June 2022. Matt has previously served in a number of overseas political and policy...
Dr Christian Dennys-McClure was appointed British High Commissioner to The Republic of Cameroon and non-resident Ambassador to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in March 2021. Prior to this he was Cabinet Secretariat, Head – Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), Joint...
Sir Dominick Chilcott is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1982. He has served as: High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives (2006 to 2007) Deputy Ambassador to the United States (2008 to 2011) Ambassador...
Ian Duddy was most recently Interim Ambassador (Chargé d’Affaires) to Chile (July 2020 to February 2021). Previously he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Uruguay. Ian joined the Diplomatic Service in 2000 and has carried out a variety of roles in...
David arrived in Ottawa as British Deputy High Commissioner to Canada in August 2022. David has served in a number of roles at home and overseas, both across government and in the private sector. He joined the foreign service in...
Matthew Shouler is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Angola. Matthew has served in the Royal Navy in Sierra Leone, East Asia, and the Arabian Gulf, in the diplomatic service in London, Beijing, Jerusalem and Riyadh, and...
Mr Justin McKenzie Smith was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Georgia from August 2016 to August 2020. Before this, Justin was Deputy Head of Mission and Director for Trade and Investment at the British Embassy in Mexico City from 2011 to...
FCDO travel advice for Lesotho. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Why and how the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) uses social media and what you can expect from us.
Nadia Hashmi is the Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe. Nadia joined the Diplomatic Service in 2007 and has worked in Kuala Lumpur, Ankara, Paris and Abu Dhabi. Prior to that, in Brussels, she wrote the European Commission’s...
Ms Jane Miller OBE became the British High Commissioner to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and Her Majesty’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname in July 2021. Curriculum Vitae Dates Role 2020 to 2021 Tanzania, Development Director 2017 to...
Emily Cloke is British Consul General in Los Angeles. She is the senior representative of the UK government in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. In this role, she promotes trade and investment, scientific cooperation, tackling climate change, creative...
Information about MOD’s social media channels.
David was appointed as the UK’s Permanent Representative to NATO in April 2022. Before this, David served as the Prime Minister’s adviser on International Affairs and Deputy National Security Adviser from 2019 to 2022 and as British Ambassador to Israel...
Follow the news and activities of the British High Commission in India.
Judith Gough became the British Ambassador to Sweden in August 2019. From 2015 to 2019 she was British Ambassador to Ukraine. Ms Gough joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 2001 and has been engaged with Eastern Europe and Central...
Deirdre Brown is Deputy Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe based in Vienna. Deirdre joined the then Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1986 and has served at UK missions in Dhaka,...
Marc Thayre started as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Phnom Penh in August 2020. Prior to taking up his role he was Head of Political, Press and Projects at the British High Commission in Dar Es Salaam...
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...
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