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Gareth Ward joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996. He has served in British Embassies in Russia and China. He was Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Hanoi from August 2018 to July 2022. Follow Gareth on Twitter @GarethWardUK Full name:...
Richard is British High Commissioner to Nigeria and the UK Permanent Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) based in Abuja, from May 2023. Richard was the UK Executive Director at the World Bank Group Boards from...
Tim Cole was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) Migration Envoy from October 2017 until January 2019. He previously served as Head of the International Organisations Department, Commonwealth Envoy and, from 2012 to 2016, as Her Majesty’s Ambassador...
Julius Court is the Head of Office for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Kenya. Other senior roles Julius has held have included his time as Head of DFID’s Strategy Unit, Head of the UK Government Prosperity Fund and...
Legacy resources to support button battery safety and raise awareness produced for a product safety campaign during 2021.
Catherine West was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 9 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet in July 2024. Follow Catherine West on X/Twitter: @CatherineWest1
Andrew Mitchell was a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) between 25 October 2022 and 4 July 2024. On 12 April 2024 he was given the honorific title of Deputy Foreign Secretary. He was previously...
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Professor Charlotte Watts is Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence at the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She is seconded from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she is Professor of Social...
Simon Mustard was appointed Her Majesty’s British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone in April 2019. Prior to this appointment he was the Special Envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes Region from March 2017 to July 2019. Prior to joining the FCDO...
Miriam is a career diplomat. Before coming to Geneva she was Director of Corporate Services for Her Majesty’s Government in New York. Her career has focussed mainly on the European Union, the Commonwealth, Japan and the Middle-East. She has a...
Michael Tatham is the Chief Executive Officer for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024. Previously Michael was the UK’s Deputy Ambassador to the USA, from January 2018 to July 2022. He has completed a number of diplomatic postings and has specialised...
Dr Rachel Glennerster was the Chief Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and a member of the FCDO Executive Committee from September 2020 to July 2021. Prior to her appointment at the FCDO, she was the Chief...
Thomas Edward Coward is the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and Nauru. He took up his appointment in December 2021. Prior to his new appointment, Tom worked as a Team Leader for the Inclusive Growth and Livelihoods Team at...
David McIlroy took up his appointment as Chargé d’Affaires of the British Embassy, Asmara in Eritrea in April 2024. David was previously Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Guinea from 2019 to 2022. He was United Kingdom Deputy Permanent Representative to the...
Ruairí O’Connell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2001. He began his career in the Eastern Adriatic Department and has worked on a range of issues during since then, with a particular focus on European security and sustainable economic...
Tiffany Sadler served as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia from September 2020 to July 2024. Previously she was Director of the Tech Overhaul Programme in the FCO and was Deputy Head of Mission, Tbilisi from 2016 to...
Adam Drury arrived in Kigali in 2020 and became Deputy High Commissioner in 2022. He has previously been posted to Nigeria, where he worked on conflict and security issues. Adam joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2010 and...
Nicholas Abbott joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985. Prior to his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Mr Abbott was Head of the Strategy Department in the Middle East and North Africa Directorate at...
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